Archive for Executive Coaching
Worst Practices in Management and Leadership
Author and Consultant David Noer Takes a Look at Worst Practices David Noer, author of Healing the Wounds and an organizational change expert I worked with at the Center for Creative Leadership, is working on a new concept — WORST practices instead of BEST practices. I love this idea. Below is his request for information. [...]
Master of Applied Positive Psychology Now Available at University of Pennsylvania
I’ve mentioned the folks working on Authentic Happiness before on this blog; they are led by Dr. Marty Seligman and located within the University of Pennsylvania. I first learned about Seligman via his book, Learned Optimism, which I read in the 1990s and still find reasons to think about (on a fairly regular basis) today. [...]
Personal Development – One Word at a Time
Gail Fritz, a writer friend of mine recently shared the following essay with me. I was struck by the possibilities of the exercise she describes for both the individuals and the organizations with which I work. When a company or nonprofit is trying to articulate its vision, one of the most difficult things is to [...]
LinkedIn Lab Coming Soon
I’ve had some requests to do a LinkedIn(R) Lab similar to the one-hour practical overview that I ran a couple of weeks ago about Twitter. Right now I am planning to run the LinkedIn Lab on Monday, November 16, 2009 at 5 pm and run it again with the same content on Thursday, November 19, [...]
Selecting Your Coach – Remember Your Feedback
Once you have decided that coaching is the developmental approach you would like to take, the next step is to choose the right coach for you. Recommendations from colleagues are helpful in terms of coaching effectiveness, but coach selection also requires some important personal considerations. Will you benefit more from a coach with an outside [...]
Executives & Entrepreneurs Need to Innovate and Execute
Someone who can innovate and execute is indispensable to employers and is often a skill that leads to entrepreneurial success according to an article by Jonathan Fields (click to read his blog post on the subject). Here’s an excerpt from the post: “Truth be told, though, there’s one person who’s even more valuable than the [...]
Job Search & Unemployment Resource for Winston-Salem
Special thanks to Sarah Glover for sharing a first-rate resource from the folks in Winston-Salem, NC. While the resources listed might not be relevant for all the readers of the blog since we have a national (and even a few outside the U.S.) readership, I still thought I would share the link because there are [...]
Overcoming Job Search Obstacles in Today’s Economy
Joyce Richman, my co-author for the ebook, Getting Your Kid Out of the House and Into a Job, and I were talking the other day. We both had been hearing a lot from clients and colleagues about how the economy was affecting them. We ended up talking quite a bit about those who are currently [...]
July 7, 2009 Announcements from Barbara Sher
I am a Sher Success Team Leader and a fan of Barbara Sher’s. If you don’t know Barbara, she is the NY Times Best Selling Author of Wishcraft which is now in its 30th year in print. Here’s Barbara Sher’s latest set of announcements. I hope you find something helpful or inspiring from Barbara. – [...]
Do-It-Yourself Career Development
With corporate downsizing at an all-time high and entrepreneurs and small businesses on the rise, many of us are finding we have to “do-it-yourself” in some areas where we might once have had help. Specifically, we have to actively manage our own careers, including keeping an eye on our own training and development. Whether you [...]
