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Tough-minded Leadership with Tenderhearted Skills

Lead from Within

In business today, every leader, every boss, every chief executive officer, wants their company to be successful and so they advocate for tough-minded attitudes and strong-willed personalities. A tough-minded leader needs to also advocate for tenderhearted skills. A great leader partners a tough mind with a tender heart.

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Leadership Skills that Inspire!

Coaching Tip

Over his four decades focusing on high-level executives, Fred Halstead has come to recognize and understand the distinguishing traits of high-performing leaders. In "Leadership Skills that Inspire Incredible Results" , Halstead emphasizes the power and payoff of sharpening fundamental leadership abilities, including: Listening actively.

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Leadership Interview: Mehdi Tazi, CEO at Beassur Marsh Shares His Perspective on Talent Gaps

N2Growth Blog

I recently had the privilege of speaking with Mehdi Tazi Chief Executive Officer at Beassur Marsh , a Morrocan based insurance brokerage during our global leadership tour. JH: In a recent international leadership survey, over 80% of CEOs answered that they do not have the talent to execute their current corporate strategy.

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How “Strategically Aligned” is your Leadership Development Program?

Great Leadership By Dan

If you’re in charge of your organization’s training, talent management, succession planning, or HR function, when’s the last time you talked to your C-level executives about leadership development? Within the last few months - I talk to our C-level Execs on a regular basis about leadership development. Pick one answer: A.

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“My management apprenticeship helped me get a job as a CEO”

Chartered Management Institute

Discover how his recent management degree apprenticeship took his career to the next level – and what one could do for you, too “A lot of people become accidental managers,” says Will Burchell CMgr FCMI, 44, chief executive officer at Leeds-based charity, the Bone Cancer Research Trust. It definitely helped me get a job as CEO.”

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What is Executive Coaching?

Coaching Tip

Executive coaching focuses on improving performance and developing individual skills. With regard to one-to-one coaching of leaders, often referred to as executive or leadership coaching, it is often used by organizations when a leader has been appointed to a new role or has been identified for one in the near future.

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Leaders' Lack of Interaction Skills

Coaching Tip

Most frontline leaders lack the fundamental interaction skills and behaviors required to be effective leaders, according to new trend research taken from a meta-analysis of assessment data from thousands of leaders around the world. Leaders lack the fundamental frameworks, skills, and tools to have effective conversations.

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