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Why
Do Companies Provide Coaching?
Between
25 percent and 40 percent of Fortune 500 companies hire
executive coaches for their employees, according to
Philadelphia-based Hay Group, an international
consulting and research firm. Here's a breakdown
on why they provide coaching:
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For
leadership development |
70% |
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For
skill development or style differences |
64% |
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To
retain top talent |
40% |
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As
part of management succession planning |
34% |
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To
ensure success after promotion or with a new
hire |
30% |
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For
pre-termination counseling |
18% |
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Other |
3% |
Source:
Coaching: How Is It Used In Your Company?
Lee, Hecht, Harrison, 2000.
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Leading
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In this second volume of The Drucker
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twenty-seven remarkable thought leaders help
today's leaders meet the challenge of releasing
the power of innovation. This book brings
together Clayton M. Christensen, Jim Collins,
Howard Gardner, Charles Handy, Rosabeth Moss
Kanter, C. William Pollard, Margaret Wheatley,
and other thought leaders to offer you practical
guidance on leading your organization to a new
dimension of performance.
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The
Leadership Challenge
"I
found
myself constantly nodding and saying to myself,
'That's right! That's how it's done!
That's what it feels like.' [Kouzes and
Posner] capture the essence of what I've found
is at the heart of transforming
leadership."
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Chairman
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Leadership―the
inner side of greatness, a philosophy for
leaders
Peter
Koestenbaum, the preeminent business
philosopher, has been a trusted mentor to
business leaders worldwide. In this thoroughly
revised edition of his classic book he shares
his wisdom about the fundamental nature of
leadership and shows what it takes to become an
exceptional and passionate leader in today's
complex world. At the very heart of the book is
his Leadership Diamond model— a paradigm that
challenges managers to transform their thinking
and approach everything with fresh effectiveness
in order to reap richer results and become great
leaders.
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Hesselbein
on Leadership
Frances
Hesselbein rose from a volunteer troop leader to
become CEO of the Girl Scouts of the USA. During
her tenure Hesselbein transformed the Girl
Scouts and created one of the most vibrant and
recognized organizations in the world. In the
course of her brilliant career, she was
recognized by Fortune magazine as the "Best
Nonprofit Manager in America" and was
awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Now,
for the first time, Frances Hesselbein has
collected her most incisive and stirring
writings on the topic of leadership in one
compelling book. The book affirms Hesselbein's
specific leadership principles that will give
readers the inspiration to go forth and become
exemplary leaders. It is also filled with the
practical knowledge readers need so they can
make a difference every day. These gems of
leadership wisdom include Hesselbein's thoughts
on innovation, change, diversity, and what it
means to be a woman leader. At the heart of the
book is Hesselbein's belief that leadership is
about character-a question of how to be, not how
to do it. Hailed by Warren Bennis, Peter Senge,
Jim Collins, Peter Drucker, and others as one of
the most innovative and inspired leaders today,
Frances Hesselbein gives readers a star to steer
by. Hesselbein on Leadership will engage,
energize, and motivate readers to do their best
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How
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Five Useful Tips For Saving Time, Right Now!
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Reframing
Stress |
Quotes
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How
Much Authority Should You Give To A Team? |
Judgment
based on experience determines how much authority a team
should have, but there are three helpful questions to
guide your decision-making.
Is
the team prepared to accept its assigned
responsibilities?
The team's level of ability and maturity determines is
readiness to respond. Thoroughly discuss what is
expected and carefully monitor team progress.
Support the team with checks and balances.
Encourage autonomy as the team matures and gains needed
skills.
Is
the team responsible for the right things?
Responsibility
for production, without accountability for quality can
lead a team to unwise decisions.
Does the
team have the support to develop?
It's tempting to step in and take over when teams
falter. Without the opportunities to learn from
mistakes, teams will not develop. Hold teams
accountable, but be patient. |
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Five
Useful Tips For Saving Time, Right Now! |
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When
you are a busy person, managing your time isn't just
important, it's critical. Here are five ways to
save time:
Turn decisions into
deadlines:
Deadlines
prioritize decisions and galvanize action. A
decision to be made is an intention; a deadline to be
met is a commitment.
Act quickly on small
decisions:
Don't
sweat the small stuff. Taking action creates
momentum and sets direction.
Break down big decisions into smaller
decisions:
Get
the ball rolling. Success on smaller decisions
builds commitment to the bigger decision.
Be
confident:
Demonstrate
the strength of your convictions. Don't look back,
until you have met your goal.
Seek excellence, not
perfection:
No
decision will be perfect. Be ready to revise and
respond to new information, new challenges and new
opportunities. Be ready to continuously improve. |
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When
things seem to be falling down around you, it's easy to
lose perspective. Here are five things to keep in
mind that may help to reframe the stressful situation:
Is
this really a problem?
Sometimes a problem is really an opportunity for you to
improve. If it is a problem you will probably do
as well as most people in solving it. If you
succeed, you will benefit. If you fail, in some
way you will benefit too.
Have
others dealt with this problem?
Talk to your friends and others you respect. Find
out how this problem has been successfully handled
before. You may even discover an innovative
solution that you can share with others.
Can
this problem be divided into more manageable parts?
Most overwhelming problems can be broken down and taken
on in smaller pieces.
What
are my priorities?
Think about everything you have to do. Make a list
and rank by importance. Where does this problem
really fit into your day, week, life.
What
is the worst that can happen?
What consequences do you face if this problem isn't
resolved today, tomorrow, next week, this month, this
year, ten years from now? |
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"Leadership,
like swimming, cannot be learned by reading about
it."
Henry
Mintzberg
"Charisma
becomes the undoing of leaders. It makes them
inflexible, convinced of their own infallibility, unable
to change."
Peter
F. Drucker
"Example
is leadership."
Albert
Schweitzer
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