Early returns from Sherpa’s 7th annual survey reveal hot new  trends and opportunities in leadership and organizational development. Read the free  executive summary here. Go here to participate: http://qsurvey.net/coach Free downloads, complete research reports, from Sherpa Coaching and Executive Education partners at the University of Georgia, Texas Christian, Miami University.

This extensive annotated bibliography draws on scholarly papers from the behavioural science literature as presented in PsycINFO, Business Source Premier and Dissertation Abstracts International,

On September 14, 2011 we held a digitally interactive mastermind call featuring Karlin Sloan. We had 41 Leading Coaches register for the call, and we interacted on the Leading Coaches’ Facebook page while on the call with Karlin. You can listen to the recording here or simply push play on the player below. Topic:     Unfear: Facing Change in an …

The essence of leadership, said Greenleaf, is the desire to serve one another and to serve something beyond ourselves, a higher purpose.

Every coach holds a particular framework when coaching, along with lenses that lay beyond our conscious awareness.

Sector: Software Development Assignment: Values, Branding and Positioning for University Spin Out. Period: 2005 Background The Company had recently spun itself out from a major Scottish University research facility. Having successfully utilised its first round funding to establish a profitable trading platform, the client wished to enhance its marketability to potential second round institutional finance sources by strengthening the understanding …

Sector: Not for Profit Assignment: Establishment of Core Values & Core Purpose to Launch a European Centre of Excellence. Period: 2004 Background To assist with the creation & launch of a unique Centre of Excellence, based in Glasgow, to assist businesses in deriving value from their Intellectual Assets (IA). Supported by the Scottish Government & European Union funding, the centre …

(excerpted from “Integral Leadership Coaching: A Partner in Sustainability” by Lloyd Raines, published March 2007, Integral Leadership Review.) How do coaches explore the moral dimensions of leadership without passing judgment in the process? How might we engage in inquiry in ways that stimulate careful reflection on the leader’s and organization’s impact on others and nature? We do this carefully and …

The 2011 Sherpa Coaching Survey has a special emphasis on general topics surrounding leadership development. This is the longest running, most method-sound research of its kind.

An effective modern leader will often focus on creating a TANGIBLE VISION and this is done through focused motivation, the setting of specific goals, and the monitoring of the ways in which (and extent to which) these goals are achieved within the organization.