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Leadership

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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Management vs. Leadership: Facing up to Leadership

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In their third and final article on findings from their research into corporate
values, Andy Boddice and Peter Robinson conclude that leadership and
culture are critical factors for an organization’s success or failure. They explore the critical distinction between management and leadership and the importance of clarity of common purpose in an organization.
“We can identify that [...]

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Participate in a Survey

What’s the latest in leadership? What’s the hottest choice as a second
career?
As a recognized professional in your field, you’re invited to be part of an
online study about executive coaching and leadership. When you take part,
you will receive an exclusive ‘first look’ at results.
This fifth annual survey is sponsored by Sherpa Coaching, the University of
Georgia, Miami [...]

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Leadership Styles

One of my clients sent this to me this morning…it’s good stuff to fuel our discussions of coaching leaders!
Adapted from the upcoming “The Wall Street Journal Guide to Management” by Alan Murray, published by Harper Business.
Leadership is less about your needs, and more about the needs of the people and the organization you are leading. [...]

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Coaching is…

The following poem was created by Susan Symington, an executive coach in the DC area who was inspired to write it during the ICCO Membership Lab meeting in San Antonio last month. She gave me permission to share it with you here….
Why is lost in what
Be is lost in do
and sometimes in have
only by
peeling back
each [...]

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Ever Thought About Your Role as an “Inspirer”?

Our very own Leading Coach, Toni Reece, has been engaged in a project called The Get Inspired Project.  When she interviewed me for the project, she showed me a whole world I never considered before…that of seeking to inspire, intending to inspire, causing inspiration on purpose…as if you could follow a system or methodology to [...]

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See You In San Antonio?

If you are a Leading Coach in this community who also happens to be an ICCO member (International Consortium for Coaching in Organizations), there are still a few openings left for the upcoming inaugural ICCO Member Lab, taking place at the beautiful River Walk in San Antonio, Texas.  I’ll be there, and I’d love to [...]

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