

15 Types of Leadership Skills and How to Develop Them
In today’s fast-changing workplace, technical expertise alone doesn’t define great leaders. What sets them apart is their leadership skills — the ability to inspire, guide, and empower others. These skills can be learned, refined, and strengthened through experience, reflection, and structured learning, such as a leadership coaching certification . Whether you’re a manager, entrepreneur, or aspiring professional coach, here are 15 types of leadership skills and practical ways


Beyond Certification: Transformative Coaching & Leadership Programs at Regal Unlimited
Getting certified is easy. But becoming the coach or leader who transforms others? That’s rare. At Regal Unlimited, we offer that very journey. We don’t stop at certification, we facilitate transformation. Our work spans across: ICF Coaching Education (ACC & PCC, ICF accredited Level 1 & 2, for those beginning or deepening their coaching path) Coaching Unlimited (for credentialed coaches seeking mastery, mentoring, and business growth) Leader-As-Coach (leadership coaching


Best Executive Coaching Practices to Accelerate Business Growth
If L-E-A-D-E-R were an acronym, what would the R stand for? For us at Regal Unlimited, R represents Result-Oriented . After all, results are the benchmark by which managers and leaders are judged. Unfortunately, in the rush to meet quarterly and annual targets, many leaders lose sight of the bigger picture. They become so fixated on the scoreboard that they miss the forest for the trees. In today’s high-stakes, fast-paced business world, the margin for error is razor-thin. As


Why ICF Certification is the Gold Standard in Coaching
We live in a world where anyone with a social media account can call themselves a coach. No formal training, no structure, no feedback loop. Just marketing, hashtags and half-baked wisdom. But coaching isn’t casual advice. It’s a profession grounded in skill, trust, and presence. Credibility matters. That’s why at Regal Unlimited, we align our training with the International Coaching Federation (ICF) standards, the most respected body in the global coaching industry. So if yo


Leaders as Coaches: Fostering Growth, Trust, and Accountability
In today’s rapidly changing world of work, the role of a leader is transforming. Leadership is no longer about command and control. The future belongs to those who empower, listen, and enable — leaders who coach. When leaders adopt a coaching mindset, they don’t just manage people — they develop them. They cultivate a culture of trust, foster growth, and build genuine accountability. Coaching is no longer optional — it’s fundamental to leading in an age of complexity, change


AI in the Coaching Room? How Far Is Too Far?
As AI becomes a more familiar presence in our lives and workspaces, the coaching community faces a unique opportunity and responsibility to engage with it consciously. To explore this shift, we reached out to a few experienced professionals, including voices from the Regal community, individuals who bring both coaching depth and digital curiosity. We’re grateful to each of them, Madhu Gade , Narayann Swaami and Mani Mohan Sitaraman for taking the time to share how they’re


People. Potential. Planet. – Regal in 2024
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Pitfalls to avoid in ICF Coaching Certification
Becoming a Coach is a Responsibility. It’s a profession that truly touches lives and impacts the outcomes. Out of myriad reasons to become an ICF Coach – the most promising reason to become an ICF Credentialing is the provision of Reciprocal Peer Coaching! ICF Peer Coaching ensures that the coaches are regularly building their coaching muscle, and ensures cross-learning across credentials, geographies and niches of coaches. This is truly the best peer learning ecosystem tha


Why Should Leaders Consider Becoming a Coach?
The previous centuries of successful leadership was defined by the ability of leaders to have the correct answers. However, in this century, a drastic change is needed for the leader to be a coach. Coaching Leadership Style is the need of the hour to future-proof leadership.


Strategies for Developing Leaders As Coaches
The coaching leadership style is fast gaining momentum in the corporate world. As the corporate world reels under silent (and significant) problems of Moonlighting, Quiet Quitting, & The Great Resignation – the traditional leadership style of Command – Control has to be shunned.


Why Leaders Should Consider Becoming a Coach, Now More Than Ever
The quote above reveals a profound truth. The long game of survival is won not by might or intelligence, but by one humble trait, adaptability.
Leadership is not a short, thrilling T20 game, but a gruelling test match. Might, intelligence, or ability are inadequate if you want to be in the long game. When push comes to shove, can you adapt? That decides whether you survive 5 years or thrive 25 years in the leadership space.


How to Develop Coaching and Mentoring Skills – by Priya Sundaram
Coaching and Mentoring: What’s the Difference Coaching and mentoring are people-enabling professions. They have a lot of overlap in the skill set required, people’s expectations & outcomes delivered. For example, both coaching & mentoring ➢ Calls for a high level of trust & vulnerability ➢ Exposes to newer ways of thinking & being ➢ Progresses towards desired goals ➢ Have an expanding effect on people, both personally & professionally. However, coaching and mentoring


The Difference Between Leadership and Management
“ Management is about persuading people to do things they do not want to do; leadership is about inspiring people to do things they never thought they could. – Steve Jobs, American entrepreneur & Co-founder, Apple ” For a long time now, there is one question that has been the centre of attention across managerial writings, from opinion blogs to HBRs, from brash articles to prescribed textbooks; literally, everywhere: What is the difference between leadership and management?


Finding Your Swing – Reasons Why Every Corporate Leader Needs a Leadership Coach
Introduction When the struggling professional golfer Rannulph Junnuh meets Bagger Vance, the mysterious caddie, magic happens. In the movie, The Legend of Bagger Vance, Vance helps Junnuh find and perfect his goal swing, and in the process, also shows him how to excel in life. Timothy Gallwey, a Harvard educationalist and tennis expert, authored the bestselling book The Inner Game of Tennis. He used the word ‘inner’ to indicate the player’s internal state as Gallway says “the


Are your Agile Coaches creating advanced People Operating Systems (POS)?
Agile Coaching Institute has carefully crafted the four critical roles that Agile Coaches/Leaders must exhibit in order to deliver excellence. But the questions loom large Are the Agile Coaches rightfully bearing those four roles? Are they adequately equipped to execute these four roles? Is there a missing piece? The answer is NO! The answer is NO, because, of the nature of these four roles. Facilitating Mentoring Teaching Coaching On the face of it, these four roles look ver


Why Become an ICF Coach? Know From a Coach’s Perspective
“Why become an ICF Certified Coach?” Why become an ICF coach is a question that every aspiring coach asks himself/ herself at the outset of the training journey. In a world of self-acclaimed coaches, why pay for training and accreditation, one may wonder. This question, I have asked myself at different juntures and have been asked by many others who want to pursue, or are curious about coaching. If I had to sum it up in one word, for me, it is ‘freedom’. I got to this in par


Why it’s essential for leaders to Co-Create a new VUCA World : Vulnerable, Unnerved, Candid & Awakened.-by Mini Shah
“VUCA” – Vulnerability Uncertainty Complexity Ambiguity – a concept that has been around since the 1980s, and has been researched, socialized, and embraced over the last several years. The term itself can raise alarm bells and anxiety in some. And yet, understanding and navigating the VUCA world we are in is a critical life skill today. Geo-political changes, social changes, and rapid advancements in technology are but a few factors that contribute to us being in a VUCA world


Staying Career Resilient & Market Responsive in a VUCA world – by Shekar Rangarajan
Every year, we muddle our way through VUCA . Feel relieved when the year-end pressure gets over. We celebrate the year-end until the next one arrives. Have we got any wiser? Transactional minds carry on regardless. Transformational minds question the wisdom of reacting to VUCA, which entails a Knee jerk reaction that causes erratic non-performance Poor resource mobilization, allocation, utilization and Invoke undesirable results and unintended consequences Diligent minds rec


Agile Coaching & ICF Coaching – A Perfect synergy?
Having noticed an increase in the number of Agile Coaches coming to our ICF Accredited Coach Training Programmes, we are curious to explore how these two professional paths make an interesting & complementary synergy. Agile coaches and Leaders are often in two minds about ICF Coaching, hence this expert blog aims to satiate that query. Read on…


How can Agile/Scrum Leaders benefit from ICF Certification – Experiences from Agile Experts
“To win the game, go where the puck is going to be, not where it already is.” The Agile/Scrum/Lean industry is going through a tectonic shift. The increasing focus on merging the ‘Coaching competencies’ along with the techniques, tools, and frameworks of Agile Methodology has gained traction, globally.

