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Leadership

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)
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Everything Wonderful is a Surprise

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By Charles E. Smith Ph.D.
This article first appeared in Xonitek – Operational Excellence by Design. Posted with permission.
John Lennon said, “Life is what happens while you’re busy making other plans.”
I’ve spent a good part of my life making lists, setting goals, making plans and calling people up.  Mostly, it’s been a waste [...]

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Kindred Spirits Roundtable – What Happened On the Leading Coaches’ Mastermind Call?

Did you miss the last Leading Coaches’ Mastermind Call?  Want to know what happened?
Leading Coach and Leading Coaches’ Academy Faculty Charles Smith, PhD., transformational coach to CEOs for over 40 years and author of multiple books on innovation and sustainable transformation, guided our conversation about the impact of energy on predicable business results.  It  was [...]

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The Power of Contagion Goes Both Ways

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Leading Coach Jeremy Robinson launched a new blog in October that I just have to share with you!
He had me from his opening post:  The Financial Crisis and a pathology of the Leadership Contagion where he shares his equation explaining emotional contagion:

Emotions are contagious.
Emotions are highly contagious amongst groups.
The workplace is a group.
The workplace [...]

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Is there a better way for organizations to anticipate and address impending challenges?

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Here’s a great new article from Charlie Smith that explains Why Things Work. Charlie’s a genius when it comes to helping leaders navigate innovation breakthroughs, and what organizations are not seeking innovation these days?
Here are a few quotes from the article, and I definitely recommend downloading the whole thing:
“The world is littered with examples [...]

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