Monthly Archives: March 2011

Coaching with Compassion: Inspiring Sustained, Desired, Change

TheConferenceBoard’s 2011 Executive Coaching conference opened today with what I thought was an excellent keynote by Richard E. Boyatzis, PhD,  Distinguished University Professor; Professor,  Departments of Organizational Behavior, Psychology and Cognitive Science; H.R. Horvitz Family Business Chair; Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, … Continue reading

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Book Review: Reward Systems

I’ve long been a fan of Steve Kerr, the former chief learning officer at General Electric and Goldman Sachs. His 1995 article, On the Folly of Rewarding A, while Hoping for B, (Academy of Management Executive, 1995 Vol.  9 No. 1), is … Continue reading

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Commonalities in Diversity

It’s interesting how, depending on one’s perspective, others can be just like us, or nothing like us at all. How we “hold” our perspectives — and what helps them change — is the topic of this guest blog post by … Continue reading

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Good Questions = Better Leadership

“It may sound simple, but knowing how to ask a solid question is a discipline worth cultivating. And there’s one question some managers say is essential to doing their jobs well.” So starts “The one question every boss should ask,” … Continue reading

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Only When Employees Ask?!

Some truly stupefying information courtesy of the March 2011 edition of Workforce Management magazine, regarding how often organizations do (and do not) communicate their promotions policy and/or guidelines to employees …  

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Leadership is REALLY about Followership

Be a Courageous First Follower … “There is no movement without a First Follower. We’re told that we all need to be leaders, but that would be really ineffective. The BEST way to make a Movement is to courageously follow, … Continue reading

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The Scope of the BE

In coaching, we make the distinction between what people DO — the activities they choose to bring them closer to (or push them farther away from) their ideal goals and objectives — and who people BE — how they carry … Continue reading

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GGCI Newsletter » March/April 2011

The March/April  2011 edition of the GottaGettaCoach! Newsletter is now on-line at http://www.ggci.com/newsletter/2011-vol-02.htm or via email subscription. (To subscribe: www.ggci.com/MailingList.) Enjoy! The GGCI Newseltter Archives are located at:  www.ggci.com/newsletter.

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Decisions IT Employees Should NEVER Make

Another GREAT slideshow from our friends at CIO Insight about the importance of LIMITING how much empowerment you give to your IT employees because, “as reluctant as you may be to micromanage your teams, there are certain decisions that you simply … Continue reading

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