October, 2011

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How to Be a Really Useful Coach in Five Minutes or Less

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One of the jokes I sometimes make when I’m leading a workshop or giving a presentation is that being a coach is one of the greatest gigs in the world because you don’t have to know anything. All you. Please click the headline to read the whole story.

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A Self Exam on One Piece of Paper

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One of the many intelligent things that Socrates said is “An unexamined life is not worth living.” In an era when many professionals are running flat out until they crash, taking time for self. Please click the headline to read the whole story.

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Three Leadership Lessons from the Netflix Slide

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Netflix CEO Reed Hastings must be feeling a little bit like a team that ended up on the cover of Sports Illustrated and then started losing games. Last year, Hastings was on the cover of Fortune as. Please click the headline to read the whole story.

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Why All the Leaders Are Above Average

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My friends at SmartBrief on Leadership run a weekly poll on a question of interest to their 165,000 readers. A great guy named Mike Figliuolo, author of the just released One Piece of Paper, comes up. Please click the headline to read the whole story.

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“I Wouldn’t Want to Be You”

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Several months ago, I was in a coaching conversation with a “go to person" leader about the results of her 360 degree feedback from colleagues. Her highest rated behaviors were a strong mix of items. Please click the headline to read the whole story.

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Parenthood, Leadership and Being On Stage

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Leaders – whether they’re leading at home or in the workplace – are always on stage. Whether they know it or not; whether they like it or not, people are watching and taking their cues from what they. Please click the headline to read the whole story.

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What Do You Make of This?

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It’s amazing how much the Lloyd Bridges question, “What do you make of this?” comes up in day to day life. For instance, when an organization is going through a big change, “What do you make of. Please click the headline to read the whole story.