In their third and final article on findings from their research into corporate values, Andy Boddice and Peter Robinson conclude that leadership and culture are critical factors for an organization’s success or failure. They explore the critical distinction between management and leadership and the importance of clarity of common purpose in an organization. “We can identify that many CEOs do …

Leading Coaches Sheila Maher and Suzi Pomerantz have been brainstorming about what advice we’d give to those executives in organizations who have the job of hiring executive coaches.  We’ve put together a rating scale and we’d love your feedback and input, from your own experience, about the hiring of “individual coaches of excellence”, whether they are solopreneur coaches or chosen …

Leading Coach Andrew Boddice and his partner conducted research across the top 500 businesses in Scotland.  This article is the second in a three-part series.  Leaders of organizations must be able to create the right environment for employees and articulate the direction of the business. You can download the PDF of the article to read it in full using the …

Leading Coach Andrew Boddice and his colleague, Peter Robinson, report on the findings of a survey that sets out to establish how business leaders in Scotland see the importance of culture and values in their organizations. If you would like to read the article, you can download the PDF below using DOWNLOAD button: Boddice Research: CA Mag Values survey

What’s the latest in leadership? What’s the hottest choice as a second career? As a recognized professional in your field, you’re invited to be part of an online study about executive coaching and leadership. When you take part, you will receive an exclusive ‘first look’ at results. This fifth annual survey is sponsored by Sherpa Coaching, the University of Georgia, …

Do you agree?  Please login to add your thoughts below in the Comment box! Press Release: Right Management MEDIA RELEASE originally posted on Scoop Tuesday 17th November 2009 Leadership Coaching still a ‘cottage industry’, white paper argues. Leadership coaching must be better aligned to business outcomes and more effectively measured if it is to mature beyond a cottage industry, according …

I hope you’ll take a look at the Frank Bresser Global Coaching Survey because there is a lot of interesting data about the state of our profession worldwide. Here are a few snippets from the Executive Summary: The density of business coaches in Europe is 1 coach to 45,000 inhabitants The density of business coaches in the USA plus Canada …

One of my clients sent this to me this morning…it’s good stuff to fuel our discussions of coaching leaders! Adapted from the upcoming “The Wall Street Journal Guide to Management” by Alan Murray, published by Harper Business. Leadership is less about your needs, and more about the needs of the people and the organization you are leading. Leadership styles are …

Guest post contributed by Charlie Smith Thirty years ago if you said “coach” people mostly thought of a handful of sports figures. Today it seems there are millions of coaches — business coaches, executive coaches, life coaches, project coaches, career coaches, coaches’ coaches.  Coaching may be today’s version of the “Philosopher’s Stone” – that magic sought by alchemists in the …

The following poem was created by Susan Symington, an executive coach in the DC area who was inspired to write it during the ICCO Membership Lab meeting in San Antonio last month. She gave me permission to share it with you here…. Why is lost in what Be is lost in do and sometimes in have only by peeling back …