From the category archives:
Yesterday I met an executive who had taken the time to put together a well-thought-out list of critical questions to ask before hiring a coach. Using his influence as a guide, I have developed the following list for you to consider before hiring your executive coach: Have you coached someone in a position similar to [...]
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Organizations don’t grow from cutting expenses, and individuals don’t attain mastery by trying to mitigate weaknesses. Leveraging strengths is the only way to do either. For decades Gallup scientists have been collecting mountains of data on the topic of leadership. They studied more than 1 million work teams, conducted more than 20,000 in-depth interviews with [...]
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If you’re a lucky leader, one of the most challenging issues you’ll face will be coaching high potentials. As people near peak performance, tasks become mundane, problems less interesting, and opportunities less fascinating. The adrenaline wanes. They start to experience discontent and to wonder what happened to the excitement. You may see less enthusiasm and [...]
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Not everyone evidences the desire or skills to move up the management ladder. A few of these key people will choose to stay in solo contributing roles, but most of your high potentials will need a way to move up the pipeline, through the various turns, to the upper echelons of the organization. In many [...]
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Chia Pets achieved popularity in the 1980s as Americans searched for a low-risk, low-commitment way to enjoy both a plant and an animal. The Pet Rocks, conceived and sold during the 1970s, had been all the rage, but they apparently didn’t offer the appeal of raising something live. Chia Pets, animal-shaped clay figures covered with [...]
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In your chain of command, you may have “Baby Boomers,” some “Gen Xers,” some members of “Generation Y,” and probably some “Why Nots?” or whatever names have made their way into the books since I started writing this. These books are filled with advice about how you must manage and lead the people in your [...]
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