What is the meaning of life – and could you sum it up in 25 words? What if someone offered you $10,000 for your best description? The website www.themeaningoflife.com is running such a contest, and while it may be a marketing ploy, it’s an astute one. Who isn’t intrigued by this question? But … [Read more...] about The Meaning of Life – In 25 Words or Less
Coaching
Secrets of Successful Careers: Finding Your Core Purpose & Strengths
Are there secret keys to having a rewarding and personally satisfying career? Why do some people get promotions that bring out their best talents, while others—equally talented—never seem to get the positions where they can thrive and show their strengths? According to Gallup research only … [Read more...] about Secrets of Successful Careers: Finding Your Core Purpose & Strengths
The Business Case for Coaching
Coaching paves the way for decision makers to create higher levels of organizational effectiveness through dialogue, inquiry and positive interactions. Coaching creates awareness, purpose, competence and well-being among participants. Coaching is NOT another feel good exercise based in soft skills … [Read more...] about The Business Case for Coaching
Executive Coaching Is Hot
Driving the trend in executive coaching is the business reality which makes good staff hard to get and harder to keep. In the need for constant change to stay competitive, companies see coaching as a way to help valued employees develop swiftly in the changing business environment. A growing … [Read more...] about Executive Coaching Is Hot
Survival of the Fittest: Feedback is not for Sissies
"It is not the most intelligent of the species that survive the longest, it is the most adaptable." -- Charles Darwin In order to be persistently successful, people and organizations need to adapt continually to their environment. This requires information from the environment. The more open … [Read more...] about Survival of the Fittest: Feedback is not for Sissies
Getting the Most out of Executive Coaching
When used for the right reasons and with competent practitioners, executive coaching can provide significant and lasting benefits for both individuals and organizations. But like other innovations, coaching is in danger of becoming just another business fad. When not effective, it can cause harm … [Read more...] about Getting the Most out of Executive Coaching
Leadership Coaching for Results
“As long as there are human beings doing the work, businesses can profit by creating more fruitful relationships with them.” Stratford Sherman and Alyssa Freas, Harvard Business Review, Dec. 2004 Many attempts have been made over the past decade to quantify return on investment of coaching … [Read more...] about Leadership Coaching for Results
Understanding Executive Failure
CEOs are now lasting just 7.6 years in office on a global average, down from 9.5 years in 1995, according to consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton. Two out of every five new CEOs fail in the first 18 months (HBR, January 2005). Recent corporate scandals and bankruptcies reveal that some CEOs fail … [Read more...] about Understanding Executive Failure
Leadership Coaching for Behavioral Change
How do you get leaders to change? How do you optimize their talents and potential? What are best practices of executive coaching programs that produce lasting results in effective leadership behaviors that drive business results? Executive coaching is a tremendous opportunity for leveraging … [Read more...] about Leadership Coaching for Behavioral Change
The Four Agreements at Work: An Inside Job
In his book The Four Agreements, Don Miguel Ruiz distills the essence of Toltec wisdom into four principles for living a life of value: 1. Be impeccable with your word. 2. Don’t take anything personally. 3. Don’t make assumptions. 4. Always do your best. How elegantly simple and, as some … [Read more...] about The Four Agreements at Work: An Inside Job