When Stanford University’s Business School surveyed more than 200 CEOs about Executive Coaching, they found an interesting dichotomy. Nearly 100% of CEO’s said they would welcome Executive Coaching and leadership advice, yet only a third of those surveyed say they had the opportunity to work with a coach. What Is Executive Coaching? Executive Coaching is designed … Read more
Executive Coaches can make a significant difference in your career development. They will push you, make you think, and hold you accountable. They will challenge you and make sure you are not becoming complacent. However, the future of executive coaches and executive business coaching is evolving. These coaching trends will play a role in how executive coaching firms … Read more
If you’ve got high performers in your workplace, you’re going to have conflict from time to time. You can harness these disagreements to have productive discussions that can lead to a positive conflict resolution or you can let them fester and ramp up the tension for everyone. Unresolved conflict can lead to: Stress for the … Read more
Becoming self-aware may sound like a grandiose idea, but true leaders are aware of their strengths and weaknesses. Research shows a concrete connection between self-awareness and confidence. Self-aware leaders are more creative, more decisive, develop better work relationships, and are generally better communicators. Self-awareness is the foundation for these positive outcomes: More effective leaders More employee … Read more
After last week’s article “The One Thing I Learnt About Asking for Feedback…” I thought it timely to write about the importance of delivering feedback effectively. In most organisations that I deal with, “feedback” is something that is delivered during a performance review. That’s a 6 month or annual opportunity to feedback on an individual’s performance. This is crazy – I need … Read more