On 60 Minutes last Sunday, President Obama visited with Steve Kroft for two segments (part 1, part 2). Throughout he talked about the start of his Presidency, the challenges he is facing and much more. One small comment about one of his habits is an important lesson for all of us as leaders. He said
We live in a busy filled-to-the-brim world. This is true for everyone, but especially for leaders. There are more distractions, diversions and noise in our world than ever before in history. And while everyone has 24/7 news, email, texts, social networks and a hundred other sources of information and noise, leaders probably have more. .
In a workshop I was leading last week someone asked, “What is the difference between conversation and feedback?” I love this question – and I believe the answer is important for us as leaders in our coaching and mentoring role. Acting on the best answer to this question is critical to our ongoing leadership development
As I watched the announcement of the NCAA Basketball Tournament parings the other night, I saw what I see every year – analysts and pundits talking about who got the right and wrong seeds, who got snubbed, and what problems caused by the “mistakes” made by the Selection Committee. Later in the shows (both on
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, is moving from a regular newspaper to an online only presence. According to the New York Times this morning, it is the first major newspaper to take this action. Other media outlets will describe this as a sign of our economic times, a commentary on the shifting of the media landscape, and the
Last week in my Powerquotes Plus email, I shared a snippet from James Clavell’s novel Shogun. “To think bad thoughts is really the easiest thing in the world. If you leave your mind to itself it will spiral down into ever increasing unhappiness. To think good thoughts,however, requires effort. This is one of the things that discipline –
One of the best tools for building for accelerating your leadership development is a 360 Assessment. This is true whether you are a Supervisor, in Corporate Leadership or Executive Leadership. Regardless of your past experience, confidence and skill, a leadership assessment is perhaps the single most important next step in your leadership development program. Here are
In my last three posts, I have talked about the differences between knowledge and skills coaching (Just scroll down to read them). Consider this post a summary of them all. To answer the title of this post – “Is all coaching the same?” The answer is no. There is a difference between skills and knowledge.
Over the last couple of days I have posted about some challenges we face when coaching and mentoring. I talked about Why We Coach and Coaching For Knowledge. Both dealt with the differences between knowledge and skills. Today I briefly tackle a major blind spot we face in this area as a leader and coach.
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