Archive for (Self) Leadership Skills
Does 100% focus mean we are giving our best?
I was recently talking with a smart and ambitious manager who had just been promoted. She was worried that her team might have troubles accepting her as their boss since she is younger than they are, and she therefore wanted to improve her leadership skills.
When I asked her about her medium- to long-term goals she [...]
The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
Does Coaching Work?
“Business Coaching is attracting America’s top CEOs because, put simply, business coaching works. In fact, when asked for a conservative estimate of monetary payoff from the coaching they got… managers described an average return of more than $100,000, or about six times what the coaching had cost their companies.”
FORTUNE Magazine
“Many of the worlds most admired [...]
The Personal Side of International Business
When we think of business, the first thing that comes to mind is “money”. Sure, business is about money. Financial Statements, Revenues, ROI, Profitability.
What is the one thing that makes business possible?
There is only one thing that makes business possible: People. You need people who think of what to sell, people who produce these things, [...]
Engaging vs. Expecting: Outcome Leaders Exchange – April 19
Hello!
I really enjoyed tonight’s Leaders’ Exchange – a great tele-conference with nice, bright and extraordinary people from around the globe!
The Topic we discussed was “Engaging vs. Expecting”
Members in our Leaders Exchange are managers, executives, entrepreneurs and small business owners, consultants and university professors. We are all in different positions and sectors, each one of us [...]
Get Unstuck by Releasing Automatic Thoughts
Have you ever heard of Dr. Masaru Emoto? He is a Japanese researcher who claims that when human speech, thought and intention are directed at water droplets before they are frozen, images of the resulting water crystals will be beautiful or ugly depending upon whether the words or thoughts were positive or [...]
Agenda for “Engaging vs. Expecting” – Leaders Exchange on April 19
What is the Leaders Exchange
The Leaders Exchange is an international tele-conference call with bright, passionate and open-minded Executives and Entrepreneurs from all over the world who want to discuss ideas, share insights, give and receive support for their professional development.
Upcoming meeting
Monday, 19 April 2010 – 8:30 p.m. Rome/Paris/Berline time (60 minutes)
7:30 p.m. London, 2:30 p.m. [...]
What are the Benefits of Coaching for Organizations?
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) is Europe’s largest HR development professional body. In 2005 they conducted a research among 29 UK organizations, including BBC, Panasonic Europe, Selfridges, Shell to understand whether Coaching works and what results it provides.
Following is an excerpt from the research.
Reported results seen from the use of coaching [...]
What are the Benefits of Coaching?
If you would like to know the benefits of working with a professional coach, following are 6 benefits you can expect from working with us. These statements are based on our clients’ testimonials as well as on our own personal experience with coaching.
Click here if you would like to read about the benefits of coaching [...]
5 Critical Questions if You Want a Promotion
Marion* is a high-performing Marketing Communication manager in a large software company, and in the course of the past 6 years she has been organizing and leading several successful campaigns that brought in thousands of new leads. In her passion for her work she also identified some critical spots where the company was losing money, [...]
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