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80 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 5 years ago - ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsPeriodic interviews focused on goodness and leadership
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Leadership Story | Leaders Understand Energy
September 15, 2019 23:06 - 2 minutes - 3.71 MBIt has been a privilege getting to know a Christian-based organization following an open-enrollment Leadership Excellence Course this summer at the USAF Academy. We may ask ourselves, what does a Christian-based organization have to do with leadership? Good question. Let’s consider the scope of our follow on engagement, an Energize2Lead Workshop. Energy has a great deal to do with leadership. How many of us would ever say we we were energized by a demotivating leader, or more simply, a sourp...
Coaching Story | Leaders Create an Energizing Environment
September 02, 2019 12:14 - 3 minutes - 4.9 MBOne of the attendees at our most recent Academy Leadership Excellence Courses hosted at the USAF Academy shared a realization both on the first day to our group of eleven, and afterward during our one-on-one follow-on executive coaching sessions. Here’s what happened. Much of the first day of a Leadership Excellence Course is focused on learning about ourselves, in particular, what energizes us so that we may energize and perhaps inspire others. This attendee shared his reflection that over t...
Episode 25 - Interview with Brandon Lark, President of Great Southwestern Construction, Inc.
August 20, 2019 01:39 - 31 minutes - 43.3 MBIn Episode 25, we meet a next-generation business leader, who focuses as much on people as results, Brandon Lark. Starting out “in the field” as a Superintendent and Project Manager, Brandon was appointed President of Great Southwestern Construction in May of 2014. While a Vice President, Brandon launched a broad-based leadership development initiative, which has included working with Academy Leadership. Brandon first attended a three-day Leadership Excellence Course in November 2013, and has...
Coaching Story | Leaders Continuously Grow
July 31, 2019 14:46 - 3 minutes - 4.53 MBAt a recent Leadership Excellence Course hosted at the United States Air Force Academy, one of the attendees both had and shared a significant realization and growth experience. With Roger’s permission, it’s worth sharing with you: Team, I was going to share the following with you tomorrow at our all hands. Unfortunately, that schedule did not hold up. Given that all of us have so many things going on right now, I could not find a time when I thought we could get together as a team befor...
Leadership Story | Leaders Are Transparent
June 15, 2019 22:07 - 3 minutes - 4.53 MBAfter binge-watching the powerful HBO miniseries Chernobyl: https://www.hbo.com/chernobyl my thoughts turned to our country and the ongoing issue with Boeing’s 737 MAX. What’s common to both events? A single word: Transparency. Or, the lack of it. The first episode of Chernobyl highlights — at the individual and at the organizational level — consequences of not sharing information, or the truth, especially at the beginning of an accident. Any viewer of the series will be struck by the breat...
Coaching Story | Great Leaders Create Alignment
April 29, 2019 23:57 - 2 minutes - 3.64 MBAt an in-house Leadership Excellence Course last week multiple attendees realized, that from their position in the corporate hierarchy, the mission of the company was not as clear as it should be. This affects the teams they are responsible for, and may be addressed in multiple ways, which were discussed in several of our nine leadership workshops. Here are three examples. First, the corporate mission may be included or referenced in their Personal Leadership Philosophy, for both possible in...
Episode 24 - Interview with Andie Kramer and Al Harris, authors of Breaking Through Bias
April 11, 2019 15:08 - 52 minutes - 71.9 MBIn Episode 24, we meet a most interesting couple, Andrea Kramer and Alton Harris. Andie is a partner in the international law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP, which was just listed as one of the “10 Best BigLaw Firms for Female Attorneys.” Despite her successful and demanding legal career, Andie has helped thousands of women navigate both the obvious and subtle gender biases they encounter in all career settings. In 2015, she received the Inspiration Award from the Coalition of Women in La...
Coaching Story | Leaders Share Their Stories
April 02, 2019 18:59 - 4 minutes - 6.57 MBOur Academy Leadership group, a terrific team of former military officers who are also senior civilian executives, often share our stories. With his permission, I would like to read to you an email from Kevin Derbin, 1979 Naval Academy Graduate. It’s a powerful coaching story from Kevin and his wife Pam. Their words. Their story: I wanted to share a very personal story about the power of our Personal Leadership Philosophy. I hope you get a quick chance to read this and appreciate your busy ...
Episode 23 - Interview with Dan Pontefract, author of open to think
March 09, 2019 21:21 - 41 minutes - 57.3 MBIn Episode 23, we meet Dan Pontefract, Dan is the founder and CEO of The Pontefract Group, a firm that improves the state of leadership and organizational culture. Dan has presented at four different TED events and also writes for Forbes, Harvard Business Review and The Huffington Post. Dan is an adjunct professor at the University of Victoria, Gustavson School of Business and has garnered more than 20 industry awards over his career. Dan previously served as Chief Envisioner and Chief Lear...
Leadership Story | Leaders Promote Emotional Intelligence
March 04, 2019 19:25 - 1 minute - 2.49 MBMy friend and colleague Susan Packard recently sent me a copy of her new book Fully Human. My hope is that it reaches a larger audience than her first work New Rules of the Game, which was written primarily, although not exclusively for women. Her book is subtitled, 3 Steps to Grow Your Emotional Fitness in Work, Leadership, and Life. This reminded me of a sentence in my Personal Leadership Philosophy: At the end of each day, key questions include “Did I do my best? -- At work, at home, and a...
Episode 22 - Panel Discussion With Professor Barry Strauss
February 23, 2019 00:02 - 1 hour - 96.6 MBIn Episode 22, we visit Cornell University, and Professor Barry Strauss’ history and classics course “War and Peace in Greece and Rome.” Professor Strauss led a conversation between the two of us about Leonidas and Leadership, engaging the students as well. You can hear Barry & I pretty well, but it might be a bit of a challenge hearing the students. Enjoy the discussion and let us know what you think.
Leadership Story | Leaders Learn From the Past
February 15, 2019 11:51 - 2 minutes - 3.95 MBHow many of you request feedback in order to learn and improve, or benefit from a 360 evaluation? This past week, at Cornell University, we went back a bit further and explored Leonidas I, the legendary warrior-king of the Greek city-state of Sparta. Most of us know of Leonidas I by way of Steven Pressfield’s wonderful book Gates of Fire. Or, we may have seen the movie 300. Both showcase the famous Battle of Thermopylae which pitted 300 Spartans against Persian King Xerxes’ army of hundreds o...
Episode 21 - Interview with Lisette Sutherland, author of Work together Anywhere
February 07, 2019 12:33 - 27 minutes - 37.7 MBIn Episode 21, we meet Lisette Sutherland, who describes herself as a remote-working German-born American living in the Netherlands who is today jazzed by the fact that it is possible to work from anywhere. Not just possible, but completely, productively workable — if you do it right. Lisette is a public speaker, workshop leader, and the director of Collaboration Superpowers, a company that helps people work together from anywhere through online and in-person workshops.
Leadership Story | Leaders Connect Instinctively
February 03, 2019 13:27 - 2 minutes - 2.96 MBThe past couple weeks have included multiple Academy Leadership Energize2Lead, or E2L, Workshops. Intentionally, this workshop is offered first during multi-day Leadership Development Programs so that attendees can understand themselves and others at a much deeper level. One of the attendees on day one of an Advanced Leadership Course declared to the participant group “I was not a fan of the E2L Profile,” and further mentioned he had contacted his supervisor before the course informing her “I...
Episode 20 - Interview with Kristen Lowers, Senior Director of IS, Saddle Creek Logistics
January 24, 2019 13:21 - 26 minutes - 36.2 MBIn Episode 20, we meet Kristen Lowers and learn how the development of a Personal Leadership Philosophy has shaped her leadership journey, both at work, and in life. Kristen first attended an Academy Leadership Excellence Course in December 2013 and an Advanced Leadership Course in September 2014. She has sponsored numerous in-house leadership events for her teams and is certified to facilitate Academy Leadership Energize2Lead, or E2L Workshops. I’ve had the privilege to serve as Kristen’s co...
Leadership Story | Leaders Connect Worldwide
January 20, 2019 19:29 - 2 minutes - 3.03 MBAn interesting series of leadership discussions started this month with a dynamic and intellectually curious colleague in Australia. Turns out we connected in May 2017 when I was speaking down under about Strategies for the Agile Leader, basing my talk on General Stanley McChrystal’s book Team of Teams. My colleague has a new role now, Director of Enterprise Agility at a well known global firm that works to help clients become leaders wherever they choose to compete. We connect on the weekend...
Leadership Story | Leaders Cross The Knowing-Doing Gap
January 13, 2019 13:47 - 4 minutes - 5.65 MBThis past week we held our annual Academy Leadership Conference in south Florida. A lot happens over three full days, and we usually leave very energized. One of the reasons for this is that we share knowledge with each other. This brings to mind Jeffrey Pfeffer and Robert I. Sutton’s The Knowing-Doing Gap, in that we frequently seem to focus much more on knowledge than doing, exemplified by a passage on page 16: “But the view of knowledge taken by many consultants, organizations, and mana...
Leadership Story | Core Values Drive Leaders
January 04, 2019 00:19 - 2 minutes - 3.95 MBJust received an email from a client this past week: We’ve stayed connected since she first attended an open enrollment leadership course about three and a half years ago. She is an accomplished and talented HR director. She will be leaving her organization very soon. The message wasn’t a surprise and in fact, she should be very proud of her decision. We had a long phone call a couple months ago. She spoke about the senior leadership team, and how one of them, in a chief marketing role, was ...
Leadership Story | 2018 Reflections and Thank You
December 31, 2018 23:21 - 5 minutes - 7.93 MBTwenty-four books were reviewed this year: Work Without Walls Working With Difficult People Disrupt Yourself Counter Mentor Leadership The Genius of Opposites Pacing for Growth Out of Our Minds Violent Leadership Thinking in Bets The Introverted Leader Career Leap Crash Radical Candor Five Stars Brave Leadership the culture engine Let There Be Water Build An A Team Creating Things That Matter Why Great Leaders Don’t Take Yes For An Answer open to think Work together Anywhere QBQ! decide bri...
Coaching Story | Leaders Delegate and Instill Accountability
December 31, 2018 23:14 - 2 minutes - 3.54 MBDuring a recent executive coaching session, our primary focus was reviewing organizational changes made over the past 90 days. You see, the client is restructuring several groups, with the specific objective to improve operational results, eliminate redundant work, and vastly increase team accountability. The beginning of the presentation would please any executive interested in measuring operational results. One slide contained a line graph illustrating a dramatic decrease in team support re...
Leadership Story | Leaders Create Change
December 16, 2018 21:58 - 3 minutes - 4.19 MBDay three of the new 2019 Academy Leadership Advanced Leadership Course took place this past week. Our Advanced Communications and Effective Decision-Making workshops were fantastic, each covering well over two hours. The contest winners in the Effective Decision-Making workshop received copies of Counter Mentor Leadership, The New IT and Lead From the Heart which was a lot of fun. Having two long workshops doesn’t afford much time for the third workshop, Leading Change. With most audiences, ...
Leadership Story | Leaders Align Core Values
December 06, 2018 16:16 - 2 minutes - 3.68 MBDay two of the new 2019 Academy Leadership Advanced Leadership Course took place this past week. The client and I decided to switch days two and three allowing our group of eight to launch the Core Values Alignment Workshop as soon as possible. At the beginning of the workshop we watched a short video clip by Jim Collins describing Core Values & Company Culture featuring Jim Collins, Tony Hseih, and Steve Jobs. The description by Tony Hseih of Zappos really touched our group, particularly the...
Leadership Story | Leaders Seek the Best Talent
November 24, 2018 19:48 - 2 minutes - 3.44 MBLast year at a conference in Australia I was asked to participate in a debate. The topic to argue for or against was: “Co-located teams are always more productive than remote teams,” or something like that. Our team of three argued against the point and won the debate. However, the topic keeps coming up in leadership courses and coaching sessions. This brings to mind the definitive work on workplace flexibility - Lisette Sutherland’s Work Together Anywhere, and this is the first of undoubtedl...
Leadership Story | Leaders Give Candid Feedback
November 17, 2018 21:32 - 2 minutes - 2.9 MBDuring a recent in-house Academy Leadership Excellence course, the topic of feedback came up. One of the attendees mentioned Kim Scott’s recent book Radical Candor. More specifically, the client wanted to bring up the behavior Ruinous Empathy. Several in the course mentioned that not enough helpful feedback occurred within their organization, in particular coaching. One specific attendee, during a self-evaluation exercise, described an otherwise positive and knowledgeable boss, who in six yea...
Leadership Story | Leaders Avoid Multitasking
November 11, 2018 11:41 - 2 minutes - 3.61 MBIn a recent coaching session, the client shared a revelation which occurred after attending an Academy Leadership Excellence course. She realized her everyday work rhythm was an exhausting attempt to get as much done as possible, often performing multiple tasks at the same time. That’s right - multi-tasking. We all do it. And it’s a really bad habit we should avoid as leaders. A quick exercise will prove why. Try this, either now, or sometime in the future. You’ll need something to record ti...
Coaching Story | Leaders are Open Thinkers
November 02, 2018 14:16 - 2 minutes - 2.86 MBIn a recent coaching call, the client, who is in a senior leadership role in her company, shared her desire to elevate herself, and to learn to breathe. One of the improvements listed in her action plan is learning to say no more and to avoid low payoff activities and interruptions which take away from time she is trying to block off. How many of you also struggle like this? In our Academy Leadership Excellence Course, we learn that people who are in crisis mode: Do First! Manage Second! Com...
Coaching Story | Leaders Align Toward a Future Vision
October 26, 2018 21:45 - 2 minutes - 4.02 MBThis week afforded time for an extended discussion with a Chief Information and Innovation Officer, starting with 360 survey results for a key direct report we’re using to set up executive coaching sessions. It’s always fascinating how different groups in a single organization rank organizational priority of six leadership competencies and six leadership characteristics. Recall, leadership competence, or what a leader does involves: Vision and strategy, job competence, industry knowledge, com...
Leadership Story | Leaders Focus Conversations and Decisions in Order to Develop Others
October 20, 2018 21:16 - 2 minutes - 3.75 MBThis choinquecast was scripted while on a morning flight from Denver to Tampa, after we finished a three-day Academy Leadership Excellence Course in Colorado Springs. A common theme during our several days together was the desire to occupy a leadership role, but the tendency to stay in a management, or task-oriented mode most of the time. One of the more courageous in the group admitted exasperation at being in “crisis mode” every day, and how exhausting it had become over the past couple yea...
Coaching Story | Leaders Lead Meetings
October 12, 2018 01:59 - 3 minutes - 4.36 MBExecutive presence. What it that? This has come up several times during coaching sessions recently, including a one-on-one with the advocate for a director who will soon move to the C-Suite. In both sessions, the discussions included meetings, and how performance could be improved during them, along with increased executive presence. Here’s a couple ideas to consider. Try the 2 + 2 Rule, mentioned by Dr. Mindy Hall in Leading with Intention. Dr. Hall learned of the 2 + 2 rule from a trusted...
Coaching Story | Leaders Create a Safe Environment
October 06, 2018 15:33 - 2 minutes - 3.58 MBOne of my coaching clients is eager to implement numerous improvements in a rapidly changing information technology organization. Among the targeted improvements is more open and candid communication, especially in meetings. Over lunch, we discussed techniques and ideas worth trying. Three topics came up. First, use of our personal leadership philosophy. Setting expectations, which may include how we should communicate with each other, is a vital part of anyone leader’s compass. We may even ...
Coaching Story | Leaders Focus on Culture
September 28, 2018 18:37 - 2 minutes - 3.81 MBDuring a “catch-up call” with a client, my colleague shared that her prior company was acquired by a larger one. During the acquisition, despite a generous offer, she made a decision to seek a new opportunity at another small company rather than stay with the larger one. The new firm sounds technically sophisticated, hip and rapidly growing - overall a fun place to work and develop at the same time. Curious, I asked her how in her HR role she could make the biggest difference from a leaders...
Leadership Story | Leaders Connect
September 22, 2018 03:11 - 1 minute - 2.39 MBDuring a recent in-house Academy Leadership Excellence Course, we shared ideas at the end of day one to improve the second and third days of the course. The first suggested improvement was that we share more with each other. Well, by day three the group really took the comment to heart. One attendee was struggling with an underperforming subordinate meeting a critical deadline during the course, and another shared a harrowing personal cancer scare. In short, we learned quite a bit about each ...
Leadership Story | Leaders Use Development-Driven Decision Models
September 14, 2018 19:33 - 2 minutes - 3.34 MBDuring an Advanced Leadership Course with six attendees, we found ourselves repeatedly comparing development-driven decision making with time-driven decision making. For some in the group, the whole idea of a development-driven decision may have been a brand new idea. This should be no surprise. Imaging you are a project manager. Most metrics are tied to fundamental criteria such as cost and schedule, or time. In a time-driven decision making model, we use decision quality, implementation, a...
Coaching Story | Leaders Embrace Conflict and Disruption
September 07, 2018 17:56 - 2 minutes - 3.85 MBBy the third follow-on executive coaching session after a three-day Leadership Excellence Course, a chemistry usually forms between coach and learner. It is important to understand that the best coaching relationships are two-way: for sharing, for learning, and for continuously improving. Two positive indicators of substantial learning and ongoing chemistry from a recent coaching session come to mind. The first involves conflict. Most of us seem to naturally avoid conflict, let’s just say yea...
Episode 19 - Interview with “the choinquecast host” Jim Emerick
August 30, 2018 14:17 - 33 minutes - 44.6 MBIn Episode 19, we turn the tables on the host, Jim Emerick. Rather than have Jim interview an author, leader, or influencer, we’ll learn a bit more about the choinquecast host, and how this all started. Our interviewer today, Amy Coppola, attended Jim’s first Leadership Boot Camp over seven years ago, and has stayed in touch with Jim ever since.
Leadership Story | Great Leaders Pace Themselves
August 23, 2018 23:06 - 2 minutes - 3.24 MBAugust is time for vacation, and it’s also time for the fall semester for college students. After a successful two-day drive returning our daughter to her apartment and roommates, we had a day together before leaving Tori to begin her senior year. It was a gorgeous morning and we found ourselves at Buttermilk Falls State Park, just southwest of Ithaca, NY, for a discovery hike. After just a few minutes it was pretty obvious who was focusing on hiking first, and who prioritized discovery. A fe...
Episode 18 - Interview with “the culture engine” author S Chris Edmonds
August 16, 2018 21:49 - 48 minutes - 66.9 MBIn Episode 18, we meet S Chris Edmonds, founder and CEO of The Purposeful Culture Group. For nearly three decades, industry-leading executives have sought Chris out to help them build and sustain values-aligned cultures that are purposeful, positive, and productive. When it comes to improving workplace cultures, Chris cut his teeth in the trenches, through 15 years of leading and managing teams. Realizing he had a knack and a passion for getting people on the same page and working well toget...
Coaching Story | Leaders Focus on Energy
August 10, 2018 21:35 - 1 minute - 2.59 MBA recurring theme this past week is staying healthy and energized. During an executive coaching session a client shared that a key personal goal is better health for increased energy. Turns out this is a good idea since eight more people were just added to her team. In an Academy Leadership Excellence Course follow-on coaching session, a client shared they are waking up an hour earlier to exercise before work and stopped drinking cappuccinos. Several pounds lost already - very energizing. Nex...
Episode 17 - Interview with “Brave Leadership” author Kimberly Davis
August 02, 2018 10:39 - 42 minutes - 58.4 MBIn Episode 17, we meet Kimberly Davis, author of Brave Leadership. Since 2001, Kimberly has been leading development programs world-wide, around authentic leadership, purpose, presence, influence, presentation skills, communication skills, engagement, and customer experience. In March of 2009, Kimberly launched OnStage Leadership, which has received rave reviews and has made an impact on leaders across the country. Kimberly also teaches Authentic Influence and Executive Presence for SMU's Cox...
Leadership Story | Great Leaders Seek Feedback
July 26, 2018 23:32 - 2 minutes - 2.83 MBWelcome to today’s Choinque Leadership Story | Great Leaders Seek Feedback Earlier this week, an Academy Leadership Energize2Lead Workshop was held for the administrative team of a private high school. It was a fun, informative, and of course, energizing workshop - a favorite to facilitate. At the end of the workshop, the head of school asked me a question: “Jim, do you have any advice for us now that we have finished this workshop?” That’s a pretty good question, and the development of the...
Leadership Story | Leaders Cross Generations
July 20, 2018 20:42 - 2 minutes - 3.03 MBWhile facilitating a Leadership Excellence Course this week, we separated attendees into three generations during a motivation workshop: Baby boomers born between 1946 and 1964 Generation X born between 1965 and 1977 Generation Y born between 1977 and 2000 Baby boomer group perceptions of Gen Y included: Sense of entitlement, digitally connected all the time, did not pay their dues, sought equality and lacked loyalty. Interestingly, impressions also included: They are full of energy and i...
Leadership Story | Coaching is the Heart of Leadership
July 13, 2018 17:39 - 2 minutes - 3.88 MBHave you ever left a business due to lousy service? Of course you have. How about afterward? Did the business, upon realizing you no longer wished to be a customer - magically seem have unlimited resources, processes and procedures available to regain your loyalty as a customer? This past week such thoughts are on mind. A colleague who I’ve had the privilege to coach, on and off over the years, shared with me that he has been placed on a Performance Improvement Plan, yes a dreaded P-I-P. Wha...
Coaching Story | Leaders Align Actions and Values
July 06, 2018 10:33 - 2 minutes - 2.83 MBOn the first day of a Leadership Excellence Course, we share the first draft of our Personal Leadership Philosophy. By the end of the course, we have a working draft of the document to share with others and to help hold ourselves accountable. On day three of an Advanced Leadership Course, we explore our organization’s Core Values, defining them and attributing Normative Behavioral Statements to each listed value. Overlap between our individual philosophy and organizational values creates alig...
Leadership Story | Leaders Walk the Talk
June 28, 2018 22:13 - 2 minutes - 3.13 MBA common question after facilitating a Leadership Excellence Course is: “How do I know when I’m actually living my leadership philosophy?” Good question. One of the best indicators is when we make a tough decision, an uncomfortable decision, and realize - often after the fact - that something violated our leadership philosophy. Over the past month an informal coaching session formed with a LinkedIn connection in London. Let’s call the connection Alex. Alex is interviewing with a hiring Senio...
Episode 16 - Interview with “Pacing for Growth” author Dr. Alison Eyring
June 21, 2018 17:21 - 28 minutes - 38.5 MBAre you a marathoner or triathlete? In Episode 16, we meet Dr. Alison Eyring, author of Pacing for Growth - Why Intelligent Restraint Drives Long-Term Success - who has run marathons and is currently training for a triathlon. Dr. Eyring is a growth expert, organizational psychologist and CEO of Organisation Solutions in Singapore which combines her 25+ years advising the “Fortune and FTSE 500” and some of the most innovative high-growth companies on earth with what she has learned from train...
Leadership Story | Leaders Persuade
June 14, 2018 03:30 - 1 minute - 2.42 MBEver notice how some of the greatest lessons are found by looking to the past? As what we may call a purpose-driven economy expands, and the global competition for talent likewise increases, the importance of communication skills in leaders becomes paramount. Leaders must be able to communicate well with different constituencies, from the board room to customers, and perhaps most of all, to the individuals and teams they directly lead. In Carmine Gallo’s new book, Five Stars: The Communicat...
Episode 15 - Interview with “Crash” author Carla Moore
June 07, 2018 15:57 - 39 minutes - 54.8 MBEver have a life-changing event? In Episode 15, we meet Carla Moore, author of Crash - Leading Through the Wreckage - who has. An empowering and proven leader, Carla currently serves as Vice President of Sales Strategy and Education for Home Box Office (HBO) in New York. She began her career with HBO as an entry-level sales trainer 20 years ago and worked her way up, working in multiple departments. Carla is an active public speaker, delivering conference keynotes and facilitating workshops ...
Leadership Story | Leaders Understand Team Members Personally
June 03, 2018 16:45 - 2 minutes - 2.96 MBWe’ve learned through authors such as Mark Crowley that engagement in the workplace has been flat for about thirty years. Maybe old habits don’t die at all. Maybe we just need a fresh way of looking at things. In Kim Scott’s refreshing book Radical Candor, she challenges the classical Nine-Box Matrix Talent Model, developed by McKinsey, which positions individuals into a box based on potential and performance. Scott’s a deep thinker, and found she didn’t like using the word potential, because...
Coaching Story | Leaders Ask Active and Engaging Questions
May 25, 2018 00:36 - 2 minutes - 3.78 MBIt’s refreshing when a professional reaches out and asks for help during a period of career growth - for executive coaching. Since this has happened quite a bit this month, Marshall Goldsmith and Mark Reiter’s terrific coaching book, Triggers, came to mind. You may have heard of Marshall before, he’s a really good coach and he’s been doing it at a very high level for decades. Powerful and lasting growth usually requires objective evaluation and structured coaching. Notice that evaluation and...
Coaching Story | Super Leaders Deeply Know Their Team
May 17, 2018 14:07 - 2 minutes - 3.27 MBRetention. Talent pipeline. We keep hearing these HR terms. In the past couple weeks, a military commander reached out wishing to improve low reenlistment numbers for first term airmen, a federal bankruptcy court shared plans for a 12-month regional leadership development program for junior team members and a local CEO seeking executive coaching connected on LinkedIn. What’s going on? In Dr. Sydney Finkelstein’s meticulously researched masterwork, Superbosses, subtitled How Exceptional Leade...