Leadership principle #1: Get people involved

I had an impassioned discussion with a few people yesterday, which highlighted the importance of my

Leadership Principle #1:  If you get people involved in designing the future, they will be much more likely to support WHATEVER the group’s result is.

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May 5th, 2010 | Tags: , , , | Category: Business Leadership | Leave a comment

Finding the possibilities

I was excited to read a post by Chris Hutchinson of Trebuchet Group yesterday entitled Overcoming the hurdles to people seeing possibilities.  Chris explored what he sees as the stage set behind what identifies powerful possibilities, namely, matching:

  • Unmet capacity
  • Our desire to help
  • Unmet needs and wants

I’d recommend that you jump over there and read it.

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April 29th, 2010 | Tags: , , | Category: Business Leadership | Leave a comment

Is your coaching program on track?

I’ve been doing a lot of research recently into the concept of Coaching Supervision, and thought it would be useful to share with you what I’ve learned.  This is a concept that’s of great value to any company which is looking to put together a program which includes coaching services, either internal or external.

The fundamental idea is that Coaching Supervision is the way that you maintain the connection between what’s going on with Coach-Client engagements, and the larger goals of your program.

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March 24th, 2010 | Tags: , , , | Category: Business Leadership | Leave a comment

Are coach credentials important?

When I was coaching inside a large company, we had a bit of a debate going on:  Why should we care about coaching certifications or credentials?

If you’re thinking about hiring coaches, it’s an important question, and a decision you should make with some thought.

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February 10th, 2010 | Tags: , , , | Category: Business Leadership | Leave a comment

Show me the value!

Inside a company, all investments should be justified and evaluated based on the value they return.  Coaching, education, facilitation, and other “soft” investments are no different.

The problem is that many times it’s difficult to translate these into hard dollar amounts.  But think about it this way:  There’s many decisions you make which don’t immediately turn into dollars of revenue or profit.

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December 30th, 2009 | Tags: , , , | Category: Business Leadership | Leave a comment