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Why Coaching is the Secret Sauce of Leadership

Rick Conlow

It is about learning a process and applying all the skills required for good relationships and emotional intelligence. For example, a study by the Personnel Management Association compared training alone to coaching and training. They found that training alone increased productivity by 22.4%.

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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? So, does mindfulness training develop leaders?

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

Harvard Business

But when he had the chance to get candid feedback during a company training, he realized that he wasn’t focused enough on how he was showing up. The human mind rarely operates in a rational fashion, and our judgments are seldom free from bias.

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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. Being personable, emotionally intelligent, someone with whom they feel they could work, and confident are all very important to this firm.