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Personal Best

Want to be Great at Something?

Want to be Great at Something?

Atul Gawande, New Yorker. ​A great endorsement for coaching - even for professionals who are at the top of their game.   http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/10/03/personal-best

Want to be Great at Something?

Want to be Great at Something?

Want to be Great at Something?

TED Talk by Atul Gawande, This excellent TED Talk is the companion to his New Yorker article "Personal Best". https://www.ted.com/talks/atul_gawande_want_to_get_great_at_something_get_a_coach

Personal Renewal

Want to be Great at Something?

Seven Transformations of Leadership

Speech by John Gardner, Delivered to McKinsey & Company, Phoenix, AZ, November 10, 1990. In this outstanding speech, Gardner makes a strong case for the importance of lifelong learning, epitomized by his quote, "It's what you learn after you know it all that counts." http://www.pbs.org/johngardner/sections/writings_speech_1.html

Seven Transformations of Leadership

Seven Transformations of Leadership

Seven Transformations of Leadership

 David Rooke and William R. Torbert, Harvard Business Review. A clear explanation of Adult Development Theory and how personal growth intersects with and impacts leadership development. Some coaching clients find this article very helpful in explaining changes they are experiencing.   ​https://hbr.org/2005/04/seven-transformations-of-leadership

What Makes a Leader?

Seven Transformations of Leadership

How To Pick an Executive Coach

 Daniel Goleman, Harvard Business Review. Goleman's definitive article on emotional intelligence explains why it takes more than intelligence and technical competence to be a good leader. Emotional Intelligence - self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skill - is crucial. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/DIII/What Makes a Leader.pdf 

How To Pick an Executive Coach

Seven Transformations of Leadership

How To Pick an Executive Coach

How To Pick an Executive Coach - Things you need to look for and questions you should ask", by Thuy Sindell, Ph.D and Milo Sindell, M.S., Psychology Today. This is a good article to read prior to selecting an executive coach.  https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-end-work-you-know-it/201208/how-pick-executive-coach 

Book Recommendations

Language and the Pursuit of Happiness

Change Your Questions, Change Your Life - 10 Powerful Tools For Life And Work

Change Your Questions, Change Your Life - 10 Powerful Tools For Life And Work

by Chalmers Brothers, New Possibilities Press, 2005: This is the book I recommend to coaching clients more than any other. Although "Leadership" is not in the title, it will help leaders conduct more productive, satisfying conversations - and that makes for better leaders. Key topics include improving listening, building trust, and accountability.

Change Your Questions, Change Your Life - 10 Powerful Tools For Life And Work

Change Your Questions, Change Your Life - 10 Powerful Tools For Life And Work

Change Your Questions, Change Your Life - 10 Powerful Tools For Life And Work

by Marilee Adams, 2009: Although it will take only an hour or two to read, practicing Ms. Adams recommendations for asking questions can make a big difference in our effectiveness and how we are perceived by others. Her premise is, "Great results begin with great questions". It is a simple concept with powerful results.  

The Coaching Habit – Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever,

Change Your Questions, Change Your Life - 10 Powerful Tools For Life And Work

The Coaching Habit – Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever,

 by Michael Bungay Stanier, Page Two Books, 2016: This very short and extremely practical book is an outstanding guide to help leaders start coaching their team members. The author explains 7 short, simple questions that help team members think for themselves and create their own solutions and develop their talents. A "must read" for leaders who want to lead with a coaching mindset.

Nine Lies About Work – A Freethinking Leader’s Guide to the Real World

The No Asshole Rule Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't

The Coaching Habit – Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever,

by Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall, Harvard Business Review Press, 2019: An excellent book that challenges widely accepted practices in performance management, feedback, identifying high potential employees, corporate goal setting, work/life balance, etc.

Leadership That Gets Results

The No Asshole Rule Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't

The No Asshole Rule Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't

By Daniel Goleman, Harvard Business Review Classics, 2017: This 87-page, double spaced, large font book is small enough for your pocket and is a "must have" for any leader who wants to articulate their leadership style. Goleman describes 6 leadership styles and offers practical tips for how to implement. Buy this book!

The No Asshole Rule Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't

The No Asshole Rule Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't

The No Asshole Rule Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't

 by Robert I. Sutton, 2010. Although the title may be crude, this book offers very practical, useful suggestions for improving one's work environment. One toxic employee can wreck an entire team. This book helps steel supervisors to remove toxic employees and reap skyrocketing office morale and an accompanying long-term productivity surge.

Book Recommendations

Language and the Pursuit of Leadership Excellence

Black Box Thinking: Why Most People Learn From Their Mistakes – But Some Never Do

Black Box Thinking: Why Most People Learn From Their Mistakes – But Some Never Do

Chalmers Brothers and Vinay Kumar, New Possibilities Press, 2015: This book applies the great material from Language and the Pursuit of Happiness to the workplace. The authors offer techniques to help leaders conduct more productive, satisfying conversations, which is one of the main things leaders are paid to do.

Black Box Thinking: Why Most People Learn From Their Mistakes – But Some Never Do

Black Box Thinking: Why Most People Learn From Their Mistakes – But Some Never Do

Black Box Thinking: Why Most People Learn From Their Mistakes – But Some Never Do

By Matthew Syed: Penguin Random House, 2015: This is a great book to read if you want to encourage innovation in the workplace and help your team learn from mistakes.

The Leadership Machine – Architecture to Develop Leaders for the Future

Black Box Thinking: Why Most People Learn From Their Mistakes – But Some Never Do

The Leadership Machine – Architecture to Develop Leaders for the Future

by Michael M. Lombardo and Robert W. Eichinger: Lominger, The Leadership Architects, 2004: A good resource for guiding development of future leaders in large organizations.

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