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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How To Meet Members

The screenshot below will highlight a few key elements of the Meet Members page, which you can access from the home page at http://LeadingCoachesCenter.com anytime.
I recorded a super short video message for you.  You can access it at the link below!
How to Meet Other Leading Coaches at the Leading Coaches’ Center
Please watch this recorded message:  [...]

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Sabotage! How you’re stopping your clients truly succeeding

Guest Post provided by Leading Coach Michael Bungay Stanier
You’re FABulous
You’re a senior coach, wise and subtle, well trained and with many hours of coaching conversations under your belt.
It’s both a rewarding and comfortable place to be, and we do good in the world. (I’m taking the liberty to count myself as one of your peers.)
And [...]

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A Wealth of Multi-Media Content For You!

I always love to share great finds with our Leading Coaches’ Community, and I’ve been talking with the CEO of a great little company called Netbriefings. We will be featuring him as Faculty in the Leading Coaches’ Academy in the near future, but for now I wanted to share with you this treasure trove [...]

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2010 Executive Coaching Survey Released Today

Sherpa has released their fifth annual Executive Coaching Survey and I encourage you to check it out!  This survey identifies changes and trends in industry practices with over a thousand participants from forty-six countries.
The 2010 report answers critical questions:
• What is executive coaching?
• Who gets a coach?
• How are services delivered?
• Who becomes a coach?
• [...]

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Resource for you: Using ChangeGrid(tm) to build your business

Leading Coach Steve Eanes is sharing free information with our community!
Steve invites you to experience the ChangeGrid™ a client-driven, activity-specific coaching and management tool designed to help you not only gain more clients but also enhance your effectiveness and revenues within your existing client base.
Experience the ChangeGrid by going to http://www.tinyurl.com/leadingcoacheschangegrid
This should take no more [...]

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Coaches’ Concierge Shares Wisdom for Coaches from Jim Stovall

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Leading Coaches Toni Reece and Viki Winterton of the Coaches’ Concierge organized a telecall with the remarkable and inspiring Jim Stovall, who spoke about overcoming extreme adversity and gives insight to coaches from his place in the client’s seat.
If you don’t know who Jim is, here are just a few highlights:

National Champion Olympic Weightlifter
Author [...]

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Hate Confrontation? Seven Steps To De-escalate A Tricky Situation — With A Customer, A Colleague Or Even Your Boss

Guest post by Dr. Laurie Weiss

You may hate confrontation. Someone raising his or her voice may make you want to run and hide. And it certainly seems safer to freeze into nothing and wait till the situation burns itself out. But sometimes that’s just not an option. So here’s the plan you can prepare in [...]

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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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