Executive coaching in the mindset of performance
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Executive coaching in the mindset of performance In 30 years of coaching, I have found that rarely does leadership development take place without it involving at least some executive coaching in the mindset of performance. Most executives have reached their current positions because they were first skilled at leading themselves. Then worked to acquire […]
Continue Reading...Organisational design, causes of failure
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Organisational design, causes of failure Politics In an organisation where the leaders have allowed politics to trump everything else (usually because they came to occupy their positions through politics rather than commercial nouse), politics eventually strangles the organisation. It may take many years, but it always eventually happens when politics is allowed to dominate. Some […]
Continue Reading...Harness the power of culture
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Harness the power of culture What are the payoffs for those who harness the power of culture? What happens if a leader does not take a positive approach to harness the power of culture? Drucker famously said: “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” Brilliant as he was, and I am a huge fan, more so since […]
Continue Reading...Common Leadership Coaching Errors
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Common Leadership Coaching Errors New executive coaches make very predictable errors. This blog is written to raise awareness of and help overcome common leadership coaching errors. Rapport formation Knowing that a great rapport is massively important in leadership coaching outcomes, many new coaches start by spending a huge amount of time trying to form a […]
Continue Reading...TRAINING: STOP WASTING YOUR TRAINING BUDGET
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TRAINING: STOP WASTING YOUR TRAINING BUDGET 95%+ of all training is wasted, and as Pareto would have predicted, 80% of the waste comes from 20% of the causes. Just in case you think the call to stop wasting your training budget applies to only the bottom end of the training spectrum, it does not. Near […]
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Psychometric tests: Stop wasting your company money on psychometric tests When challenged with the above facts many proponents of psychometric testing claim: “Of course, we don’t just use one test. We use many for greater accuracy.” Let’s examine that reasoning. If you use a test that has a predictive validity of 0.3 in conjunction with […]
Continue Reading...Writing Skills for Executives
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Writing Skills for Executives Writing skills for executives, alongside personal presentation skills, are hugely important. The more senior your leadership responsibilities the more advanced your written communication skills are expected to be. Many a promising career has been derailed by poor written communication skills. And many have blossomed after the acquisition of skills to produce […]
Continue Reading...Leadership coaching
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What can leadership coaching do for you as a leader? What more could you achieve if you mastered, or delegated leadership coaching to expert others? You could Get improved performance from your staff, on both an individual and team basis;Empower your key people them with a sense of ownership and commitment; And if you learned […]
Continue Reading...Leadership: are you an ASS?
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Leadership: are you an ASS? Most people assume that emotional intelligence is the thing. Our title now makes sense – Leadership: are you an ASS? If you want to be an ASS, like most top leaders, contact PsyPerform. Prof Nigel MacLennan Copyright 2016 Dr Nigel MacLennan
Continue Reading...The Success Factors of Change Management
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The Success Factors of Change Management What are ‘The Commandments’, the principles that must be followed? Encouragingly, there are only 10 Commandments of Change. Understand and follow ‘The 10 Commandments of Change’ and your change management will be successful, every time it is possible. (Only available to coaching clients.) Breach any one of The […]
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