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Conflict and change – they are not occasional disruptions – they are constant companions of leadership. Conflict shows up in team disagreements, clashing priorities, or even quiet tensions, no one voices. Change arrives through reorganizations, market shifts, or the sudden need to adapt to new technologies. Leaders are expected to navigate all this smoothly. Yet many discover that the biggest challenge is not what is happening around them, but how they respond. Coaching doe

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

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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

“  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?

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

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 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

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

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…

“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.

Ajay, an Agile Professional at one of the ‘big four’ corporations has had a stellar career. For the last 12 years, he has successfully led agile teams for product design and development. His track record speaks volumes about his expertise in Agile Methodologies. Off late, the deployment of the projects has been slipping away. In a recent Enterprise-wide Agile intervention, the team, though well equipped, could not deliver the required outcomes. Ajay wondered, where has he gon

Dear Leader, “We won’t take you back, we only propel you forward in the year.” To be  ‘Regal’  is to be majestic in life (Professionally and Personally) and as we draw curtains to the eventful 2021, we ask you to introspect and envision the transformation and progress in your journey ahead. Presenting a snapshot of our journey with ‘YOU’. Please feel free to watch, read and listen to any of the following resources. ICF India Conclave 2021 was the biggest coaching event of the

Business excellence as studied in my MBA had two critical elements, organizational performance, and organizational climate. While many leaders focus on performance, the research indicates that it is the Organizational Climate that catalyzes performance. Hence, Business Excellence, or BE as we commonly called it, is achieved when organizations look at every employee as an invaluable human resource. Professional coaching enables employees in leading themselves, teams, and organ

The ICF Coaching Conclave 2021, India had a series of accomplished leaders sharing their most valuable insights covering a vast range of topics revolving around coaching. I also got an opportunity to listen to some of the brilliant minds of the Industry. I attempt to capture some of our collective key takeaways from the talks. The first session commenced with a  powerful address by Mr. Sridhar Vembu, the co-founder and CEO of Zoho Corp. In the last 25 years, Zoho Corp. has em