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Why Coaching is the Secret Sauce of Leadership

Rick Conlow

Coaching is the secret sauce of leadership success. While there are other important leadership skills, the lack of coaching is one of the main reasons for leadership derailment. It is about learning a process and applying all the skills required for good relationships and emotional intelligence.

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How to Bring Mindfulness to Your Company’s Leadership

Harvard Business

Mindfulness is the height of fashion in leadership development circles. There is in fact very little data in relation to the impact of mindfulness training on leadership development. We need to know: Does mindfulness training actually “develop” leadership? Emotional Intelligence. Yes and no.

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Why We Keep Hiring Narcissistic CEOs

Harvard Business

When discussing the future of leadership, most conversations focus on bright-side traits. The other half is understanding what leaders should not do, which begs the question of how the dark side of leadership will evolve (or devolve) in the future. Leadership is changing — fast. Consider the case of narcissistic CEOs.

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KPMG Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Thankfully, everything stayed in a nice orderly fashion, the way accountants like it, after the audit portrayed Peat Marwick in a favorable light. Consulting Mag’s “Top 25 in Consulting” for “Excellence in Leadership to Mike Nolan of KPMG (2014). This was the first time a public accounting firm had initiated a peer review process.

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What Self-Awareness Really Is (and How to Cultivate It)

Harvard Business

As an organizational psychologist and executive coach, I’ve had a ringside seat to the power of leadership self-awareness for nearly 15 years. For example, one study found that more-experienced managers were less accurate in assessing their leadership effectiveness compared with less experienced managers.

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