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Turning Those Flabby Abs Into That Sexy Six-Pack

Marshall Goldsmith

I recently got a call from Mary, an EVP for human resources, who was dealing with the integration of people and systems after her company had made a large acquisition. He has suggested that we get an executive coach to work with Bill. I see the impact of this kind of thinking all the time. Only you can do it.

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A Six-Second Six Pack? Really, Now…

Marshall Goldsmith

For instance, a few months ago, Mary, an EVP for Human Resources, who was dealing with the integration of people and systems after her company made a large acquisition. He has suggested that we get an executive coach to work with Bill. We see the impact of this delusional thinking around us every day.

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Wait! Don't Fire That Person (Yet)!

Persuasive Powerhouse

August 8th, 2010 | Author: Mary Jo Asmus As an executive coach for the last eight years, I’ve had some phenomenal clients put on a short list of “leaders to discard” even though they shouldn’t have been. Although I’ve been assured that coaching is not being used as a last resort, I sometimes find out differently later.

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Management Coaching and Development. Situation, Objectives and First Meeting Plans

Mike Cardus

Their direct manager and the human resources director believe these managers have the cognition, complexity and skilled-knowledge to be successful in his current role and would benefit from 1 on 1 coaching and development. Delegation of short-term tasks, to free up time for the areas they have control over.

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Most Work Conflicts Aren’t Due to Personality

Harvard Business Review

Most of us are, by nature, “cognitive misers,” a term coined by social psychologists Susan Fiske and Shelley Taylor to describe how people have a tendency to preserve cognitive resources and allocate them only to high-priority matters. So what’s the right approach to resolving conflicts at work?