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Our world is facing an unprecedented crisis. In the days, weeks and months ahead we will need coaches and coaching more than ever. As ICF coaches, we are leading the future and pursuing a powerful vision: ensuring that coaching is an integral part of a thriving society and every ICF Member represents the highest quality of professional coaching. ICF defines coaching as partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their per

While there is no absolute way to find the right executive coach, here are some essential dos and don’ts. From executive coaching to leadership coaching to business coaching, these guidelines will serve you well in your search for the perfect coach. So here are five things to remember when you go ‘coach shopping.’ Checklist to choose the suitable Executive Coach 1) Understand your needs Before you begin your search, spend some time getting to know what you need help with and

1. Listen – What to listen?: What the  client  (or coachee/team-member, depending on the context) is saying,  not  saying, beyond body language. Listen deeply, with empathy, unconditional positive regard, and if possible, with unconditional love. A mother’s love is closest to unconditional love. A great Guru demonstrates the same. Hence the mirror is a popular metaphor for active listening. No judgment, no opinion, no rush to offer a solution. Is it possible? This is a skill

Co-Rona to Coro-Na: The shift in consciousness #Covid19 is the biggest challenge leaders face today. How we handle this challenge will decide our legacy . We have a choice to script the right legacy. As Viktor Frankl said, ‘if we chase happiness, we may not get it’. Hence what we do for the collective good, will decide the legacy. While the #lockdown has redefined ‘ Uncertainty ’ in #VUCA, the future looks uncertain for almost all. While we take all the precautions prescribed

Janet M. Harvey, CEO inviteCHANGE ICF Master Certified Coach Accredited Coaching Supervisor, Coaching Supervision Academy Certified Mentor Coach, inviteCHANGE & ICF Team coaching is potent process through which teams remember, restore and sustain their collective wisdom and strengths to deliver on the shared team purpose. Teams and the organisations they contribute to are all too often seduced by the task of things and our well-worn habits to react to daily requests and forge

Guest Author PK Narayanan CEO Coach www.pknarayanan.com Having ‘Individual Excellence’ and ‘Collective Brilliance’ at the same time amongst the top management team is a dream of every business Leader. The exciting fact is that it’s possible! We often see Business Unit heads / the top management team members / the functional heads in organisations display Individual Excellence (excellence of their respective teams included); yet the ‘Collective Brilliance’, working seamlessly

Dear Leader, Greetings from Regal Unlimited. We hope you are doing well during these challenging times. Trust your family, friends are all safe and well. Prayers with you all. Stay safe, stay blessed. How are you dealing with the restrictions – Lockdown, WFH, uncertainty (VUCA, re-defined)? For leaders, in all areas (corporate to political to administration to not for profit and religious), all verticals within, at all levels, this is the challenge of a lifetime. Every leader

Had recently listened to a wonderful podcast on  2018 Best Countries  on  @WhartonBizRadio podcast by  @Danloney21 . There were a few surprises. Listened to another brilliant podcast on # Happiness,  with the author  ‘Blue Zones of Happiness’ . (Bullet points are my random thoughts, rest of it is from the podcast) After Blue Ocean Strategy & it’s updated version recently, it is good we have something on ‘Blue’ zones of happiness. It is still sad we have a few zones of happine