As the second initiative in the ongoing research being engaged on behalf of the New Executive Coaching Summit (NECS), the Institute for Research on Professional Coaching has conducted an online survey regarding Leadership Development and the implications of this development for executive coaching practices. Following is a brief report being made by Dr. William Bergquist that summaries some of the …

Sixteen of the registered participants in the upcoming New Executive Coaching Summit gathered by zoom to discuss early research findings from surveys surrounding leadership development. Dr. Bill Bergquist presented the early findings and highlights of the survey results, and we discussed the implications for the field of executive coaching. Theme: Executive coaching and leadership development Do we need to change …

Team dynamics and the relationship between the leader and his team members are influenced by our early and later attachment experiences. Attachment theory and its translation into practical situations in organizations provide a very rich resource for leaders and supervisors to understand team dynamics, examine team performance, and shape change therein.

Applied positive psychology (APP) in the workplace is more than being happy at work. It’s having the knowledge and skills to apply basic positive interventions in one’s life.

Published in, and reproduced with permission from, choice, the magazine  of professional coaching www.choice-online.com by Suzi Pomerantz and Bill Lindberg originally published in March 2009. After the business world reeled from the debacles of corrupt leaders who splattered the pages of the Wall Street Journal, the rebound cry was for transparency in leadership. In response to the government secrecy of …

Leaders need a break. Your coaching clients need a break.  You need a break. In order to get off the hamster-wheel of business (i.e., busy-ness), leaders can learn a few key mindfulness strategies that will help them to create space and breath in their otherwise uber-overwhelmed day. Below are a few excerpts from the new book for leaders called  Yoga …

Lisa Ann Edwards is one of the popular speakers at WBECS, and has shared this coaching tool with us! Tool title: The ROI of Developing Your Women Leaders The tool is a PDF you can download using the red button at the bottom that says, “Download Article” Tool Benefits: Gain insight into what makes a great ROI case study Learn why …

The third issue of Marshall Goldsmith on Leadership & Coaching delves into Marshall’s process for coaching leaders to change their behaviors for performance improvement. The Coaching for Behavioral Change process has been used around the world with great success by internal and external coaches. Follow the steps in this series and leaders will almost always achieve positive behavioral change. The …

By Marshall Goldsmith Continual contact with colleagues is so effective in helping leaders develop that they can succeed even without a large, formal program. Leadership is a relationship not between the coach and the “coachee,” but between the leader and his or her colleagues. Learn the eight steps to effective leadership development in this issue of the Marshall Goldsmith On …

This magazine is dedicated to the inspiring and thought-provoking ideas of Dr. Marshall Goldsmith on the topics of leadership and professional coaching. Dr. Goldsmith has been recognized for the past four years as one of the Top Ten Business Thinkers in the World and the top-rated executive coach at the Thinkers50 ceremony in London. His newest book, Triggers, is a …