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Teams: Coaching's Next Frontier and the Implications for Executive Coaches leadership: developing others/building teams leadership: managing yourself

Coaching continues to increase in popularity in corporations.  There are multiple reasons, but the bottom line is that there continues to be a big need for skill development for people in...

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An Important, but Underutilized Values-based Interview Question first 100 days / career leadership: managing yourself

Values-based interviewing suddenly seems all the rage.

The idea here is that you ask questions around important personal values that will contribute to success on the job or that are aligned with...

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The New Leader: Writer and Written leadership: managing yourself

In this post, I will quickly overview Kegan's theory of adult development, provide a metaphor for his highest stage, and talk about why this perspective is essential for new leaders.

Dr. Robert...

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The Real Lesson in the Taoist Farmer Story leadership: managing yourself

I wrote about the Taoist Farmer story in another post Schrodinger's Cat and the Value of Uncertainty in a Continuously Connected World, but as I continue to work on myself, it reveals new...

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Miles Davis’ Sagacious Advice for Leaders first 100 days / career leadership: managing yourself

In his autobiography, Miles Davis, the world renowned jazz trumpeter and band leader, claims to have changed…not just his style, but all of music six times. A bold claim to be sure, but...

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The Fifth Discipline, Prima Donnas and Seeing the Same Game culture leadership: developing others/building teams leadership: managing yourself

Almost 25 years ago, one of the best-selling management books of all time was released: Peter Senge’s The Fifth Discipline. I know I was in the minority, but to be honest, I was...

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Horrible Boss: “I Love You. Now Get Up!” leadership: managing yourself

Bosses are making everyone I know completely nuts. It should not be surprising.

A recent review of the academic literature concluded that “one in every two leaders and managers” is...

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Personal Growth, Velleity, and Playing Bass for the Allman Brothers leadership: managing yourself

I am a bit of a logophile. I subscribe to dictionary.com’s Word of the Day because I really enjoy it when I can capture the essence of something with a single word.

That...

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Management Development and Why You Can’t Fire a Cannon From a Canoe first 100 days / career leadership: managing yourself

A few years ago, I volunteered as the Strength and Conditioning coach for a nationally ranked youth hockey team. I was, at the time, already well-versed in functional, injury prevention oriented...

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Executive Presence and Duke Basketball's "Next Play!" leadership: managing yourself

Talk of Executive Presence, Power Posturing and the like is everywhere. Amy Cuddy’s TED talk on Body Language and Power has been viewed an astonishing 28M times. A recent study by Sei Jin Ko,...

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