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Leadership

When Coaching Leaders in a Global Marketplace, How Clueless Are You?

Join the Leading Coaches’ Center for the next Community Mastermind call featuring Leading coach, Tom Finn, author of Are You Clueless? 7 Clues to Profit, Productivity, and Partnership For Leaders in a Multicultural World.
DATE: Thursday, February 16th at 12 noon Easter/ 9am Pacific
TOPIC: Cluing In to Culture; How a Global Workplace Influences Coaches and Their [...]

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Next Leading Coaches Community Mastermind Call will be September 14th!)

You seriously won’t want to miss this.  Karlin Sloan is a star!  REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN.  Click here to get the dial in number: http://bit.ly/jLhXw
Date/Time: September 14, 2011, 11:00am central time/ 12:00 noon eastern time / 9am pacific
Topic:     Unfear: Facing Change in an Era of Uncertainty is Karlin Sloan’s latest leadership book, and she’d [...]

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What’s your theme for 2011?

My theme this year is “Innovative Influence” because that seems to be what the executives I coach are most seeking from our sessions.
From the creative, genius mind of Leading Coach Michael Bungay Stanier, a fun and juicy list of 11 words for 2011…what will your year be about?  What will your clients make 2011 about? [...]

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3 Easy Things New Leaders Can Do To Increase Odds Of Success

Have you read Scott Eblin’s book The Next Level? It’s an amazing book, and I love Scott’s blog post below where he boils it down to the three simple things that new leaders can do to increase the odds of success. Frankly, even if you’re not a new leader, this  is sound advice!  And [...]

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Sustainable Transformation (guest post by Charles E. Smith, Ph.D.)

Sustainable Transformation calls for returning to a zero point; returning to a possibility. It’s pure invention.
Sustainable Transformation is a misnomer as it’s generally used. You’re not really sustaining something. In order for transformation to happen, you have to become present or “real,” in the strongest possible sense, to what is now going on and to [...]

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Community of Practice

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by Lynn Grodzki, posted with permission.
The Storm
Late Sunday afternoon, after two weeks of a record heat wave, we had a violent thunderstorm. The bad news: electricity went out and 400,000 homes and businesses went dark. The good news: once the storm passed, the sun came out and so did the neighborhood.
I [...]

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Symposium Supplies Space to Study Sustainability

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What is sustainability as it pertains to coaches and coaching programs?
This is one question among many that 40 professionals convened in Washington, D.C. last week (June 24-25) to explore at the ICCO Symposium; a learning event for multiple stakeholders of coaching in organizations.  The beautiful McLean, Virginia office space for the event was generously provided [...]

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Leadership Influence Book Excerpt: 12 Steps to Power Presence

This article first appeared on Bloomberg Business Week
In an edited excerpt from his new book 12 Steps to Power Presence, executive coach John Baldoni writes about what differentiates an “empty suit exec” from one who is a genuine leader.
According to executive coach John Baldoni, one of the most popular topics he teaches [...]

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5 Things Every CEO Keeps Secret

by Shama Kabani of the Marketing Zen Group. Posted here with permission.
I just got back from The Leaders of Tomorrow conference at St. Gallen in Switzerland. It was a fantastic trip, and I gleaned some great nuggets of business wisdom from the world’s best.
One particular session that I really enjoyed was presented by McKinsey partner [...]

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Top Ten Books on Business Coaching

One of my clients recently asked me about what top ten books I’d recommend on coaching – for those who are coaches in businesses, organizations, or working with leaders.  Here’s the list!
1.  The Inner Game of Tennis (Tim Gallwey)
2.  Leadership and Self Deception (Arbinger Institute)
3.  The Power of Full Engagement (Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz)
4.  [...]

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