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Dick Patton CoachXConversation
Here’s the full video of the CoachXConversation with Dick Patton where he shares the insightful, and sometimes surprising, findings from
It Starts With the CEO: A Global Study (2021)
We recently completed a study involving nearly 1,000 CEOs worldwide. Perhaps you participated—if so, thank you. More than ever, we
2018 CEO Survey: The CEO: A Personal Reflection: Adapting to a Complex World
We found that Chief Executives are, in general, quite confident in their skills and abilities. At the same time, they
CEO Insights Vol. 25 – Spanning the Realities of the CEO Role
Our new report, “It Starts with the CEO,” interprets the views and opinions of almost 1,000 CEOs all over the
CEO Insights Vol. 24 – Creating the Space Complexity Demands: New Approaches for CEO Leaders
In December of 2019, a group of Egon Zehnder consultants and other talent professionals took a week-long course on complexity
Compassion in High Stakes, High Risk Leadership
In order to reach peak performance for yourself and your reports, you need the 3 components of emotional agility: empathic discipline, emotional rigor and psychological safety.
The Science of Coaching With Compassion
Compassion involves noticing another’s need, empathizing, and acting to enhance their well-being. In response to another’s pain, the motivation is to increase hedonic well-being…
HBR: Contempt Attack
It can come out of nowhere — a contempt attack. Like a panic attack, it arises suddenly and takes over completely.
Inc. – The Question That Can Change Your Life
Who do you want to be, Right Now? That’s the question that changed 2020 for me. I ask it of myself multiple times a day. It really can change your life.
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Whitney Johnson CoachXConversation
Here’s the full video of the CoachXConversation with Whitney Johnson where she talks about her simple visual model that helps
Dick Patton CoachXConversation
Here’s the full video of the CoachXConversation with Dick Patton where he shares the insightful, and sometimes surprising, findings from
Emotional Contagion: Richard Boyatzis
Here’s a clip of Institute Of Coaching’s LinkedIn Live CoachXConversation on emotional contagion with Richard Boyatzis. Richard Boyatzis is
CoachXConversation – Marshall Goldsmith
What do you get when you combine parts of Daily Questions, Stakeholder Coaching and Alan Mulally’s Business plan review? The
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Demo of Coach by Numbers
An example of a 10/10 conversation where the goal is to ask questions in order to elicit something from the other person in the conversation. This is
“Coach by Numbers” Demo: Marshall Goldsmith
The full video of Marshall’s Coach by Numbers demo
Infintity Loop Brainstorm with Whitney Johnson
Whitney and I accidentally taped our brainstorm! Turns out this was a happy accident because a lot of information came out on the Infinity Loop
“Coach by Numbers” Demo: Whitney Johnson – Full
Full “Coach by Numbers” demo, with the incredible Whitney Johnson, working on over-helping others. This is part of the Knowledge Philanthropy Project inspired by Marshall Goldsmith where
Mentor? Coach?! Infinity Loop pulls it all together.
Take a moment to think of your own leadership. How do you pull it all together, being a manager and mentor and a coach?
“Coach by Numbers” Demo – Marshall Goldsmith
The full video of Marshall’s Coach by Numbers demo
Infintity Loop Brainstorm with Whitney Johnson
Whitney and I accidentally taped our brainstorm! Turns out this was a happy accident because a lot of information came out on the Infinity Loop
“Coach by Numbers” Model: Video
Did you know that it is cognitively more difficult to identify what’s right than what’s wrong? This is the science behind my Coach by Numbers model. The
Infinity Loop Coaching For Executive Coaching
When talking with leadership coaches, most say they venture out of the classic coaching stance about 20% of the time. But this also makes many coaches feel
“Coach by Numbers” Process: MGH
An introduction to the process of Coach by Numbers followed by a demo with Matt and Carrie and then and explanation of the demo
Toxic Leadership
MIT Sloan: Toxic Culture Is Driving the Great Resignation
What is driving the Great Resignation? Wages? Not as much as you’d think. Researchers found corporate culture is a much
HBR: Contempt Attack
It can come out of nowhere — a contempt attack. Like a panic attack, it arises suddenly and takes over completely.
Inc. – The Question That Can Change Your Life
Who do you want to be, Right Now? That’s the question that changed 2020 for me. I ask it of myself multiple times a day. It really can change your life.
Dissonant Leadership: WBECS Presentations
Managing a boss who is having a negative impact on you is a necessary skill for those navigating their way
Abrasive Leadership: Literature Review Notes
Carol has put together a summary of the top literature reviews on powerful leaders.
Tepper: Abusive Supervision
More than a decade has passed, but Mary Mawritz can still hear metal-tipped tassels tapping against leather loafers — the signature sound of her boss roaming the halls of his real estate company.
Destructive Leadership: Research Review
In this article, we propose a framework for understanding destructive leadership that summarizes the extant destructive leadership research and extends it in new directions.
Toxic Leadership: Tracing the Destructive Trail
Toxic leadership not only impacts performance at the organizational level but also at the individual level. The aim of this paper is to understand the theory of Toxic Leadership and the behaviors exhibited by Toxic leaders.
Workplace Abusive Supervision: Research Review
Brilliant article. This paper reviews studies concerned with abusive supervision and provides a constructive revision of Tepper’s 2007 model.
Team Psychological Safety Survey: Amy Edmondson
This is the Team Learning and Psychological Safety Tool Created by Amy Edmondson
Boyatzis
The Science of Coaching With Compassion
Compassion involves noticing another’s need, empathizing, and acting to enhance their well-being. In response to another’s pain, the motivation is to increase hedonic well-being…
Emotional Contagion: Richard Boyatzis
Here’s a clip of Institute Of Coaching’s LinkedIn Live CoachXConversation on emotional contagion with Richard Boyatzis. Richard Boyatzis is
The Ideal Self For Intentional Change: Academic Article
The Ideal Self as the Driver of Intentional Change Purpose – If the ideal self is the emotional driver of
Developing Sustainable Leaders Through Coaching and Compassion
By integrating recent findings in affective neuroscience and biology with well-documented research on leadership and stress, we offer a more
Intentional Change Theory: 5 Steps
How do people make changes in their behavior? What does it take to make lasting change? These are questions my colleagues and I have studied…
Marshall
CoachXConversation – Marshall Goldsmith
What do you get when you combine parts of Daily Questions, Stakeholder Coaching and Alan Mulally’s Business plan review? The Life Plan Review: a new and incredible
The Marshall Goldsmith Life Plan Review
The Marshall Goldsmith Life Plan is a personal high-performance plan that can profoundly change your life. Live the Life you want. Marshall has brought together different streams
Increasing Mindfulness
Ask Yourself One Simple Question I have been a philosophical Buddhist for almost 50 years. In my journey through life, I have read about 400 books on
Try Feedforward Instead of Feedback
Providing feedback has long been considered to be an essential skill for leaders. As they strive to achieve the goals of the organization, employees need to know
Six Daily Questions
Every day, I get the same phone call. The voice on the other end asks me a series of daily questions: did I do my best to
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Human-Centered, Real Time Leadership
How do we become the best leader we can be? How do we help others to rise to their best performance? The answer is in what we call Three-Dimensional Leadership.
HBR: Contempt Attack
It can come out of nowhere — a contempt attack. Like a panic attack, it arises suddenly and takes over completely.
Inc. – The Question That Can Change Your Life
Who do you want to be, Right Now? That’s the question that changed 2020 for me. I ask it of myself multiple times a day. It really can change your life.
Forbes: Patricof Co Career Development Services
Forbes recently wrote an article on Patricof Co Career Development services and I was honored to be highlighted, along with David Noble. We’ve been working with great
COVID Research: A Look at the Science
I recently heard about some very sobering statistics on the emotional toll of COVID. I was shocked at the statistics and realize I should share these with
Resilience Under Fire
We are now living and leading in an invisible firestorm that surrounds us. Some of us have been socially distanced or isolated and are fairly protected. Others
So Why Was I Stunned When It Bit Me
The storm had moved out to sea and the shoreline on the eastern Cape of South Africa boasted the largest waves in years. We almost missed the
What if we should have an elephant in the room?
We all know an elephant in the room is bad, right? But there are many kinds of elephants. This one is an old bull who ambled up
Empathy is not looking in the mirror
You’re not being empathic if you’re just looking in a mirror. I’m sitting with my husband on a remote Greek Island. The water lapping at our feet,
Meeting the undead in Toraja: an unexpected lesson
In the coaching and leadership world, where our organizations are global, we try to be culturally competent. But are we? Do we see past ourselves? I walk