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Executive Coaching has been glorified to amplify performance, enhance business outcomes and reshape the thinking of executives for excellence. While all this is true, an HBR study revealed that Executive Coaching can have serious pitfalls as well. To quote the study, executive coaches can actually turn a bad situation into worse because of their inherent biases, providing straitjacketed solutions & by ignoring deeper psychological issues!  The link to the entire HBR article i

Mindfulness- Is it going to change your life radically? Probably not. But, will it help you transform yourself with every small step to greatness? Absolutely. In the previous article on mindfulness ( Mindful leadership: making work life better ), we noticed how inculcating mindfulness as an inherent trait benefits corporate leaders for a better and more rewarding life both professionally and personally. Now, let’s dive deeper into how to be more mindful and hence more remarka

Beyond Coaching Psychobabble: Let the Buyer Beware (Manfred Kets de Vries, INSEAD Distinguished Clinical Professor of Leadership Development & Organisational Change)   ‘ The advertising pitches of many coaches raise false expectations and seem designed to fool the gullible ‘, says the author. Interesting perspective, I may add!   Coaches Beware?!  I am tempted to add. This post by the Prof is a timely reminder and a good opportunity for us (coaches) to step back and look at o

Coaching & Regal Coach Certification for Young Leaders & Millennial by Subash CV | Oct 15, 2017 | Coach Certification , Coach Training , Uncategorized Every small change in life is like death & rebirth For example, deciding career stream, new job, marriage, move from executive to manager to leader, parenting, etc. For these important shifts we don’t get coaching/mentoring, but go by what others have done,... The fad of everyone being a coach easy to fail – Chicago Tribune by

‘The rapid growth of the coaching and consulting industry is staggering. According to a research study by  IBISWorld , at the end of 2014, it was said that coaching is a  $1 billion  industry that the ICF  expects  to grow by 20% in 2017′. (Pls note it is coaching, consulting and all that broadly fits into two diverse areas – for coaching and consulting are totally different, like two parallel lines. In between lies, training, guiding, mentor by subject matter expert, therap

A great session for us executive coaches and leadership/business coaches on coaching, leadership, mindfulness & LIFE! Great to hear Jan stress on #LifePurpose. And Viktor Frankl (‘ one of the best books’ , Man’s Search for Meaning), came up more than once (a personal favorite). ‘W e can’t influence stimuli. But we can influence the reaction . Between the stimuli and the reaction is the freedom of choice‘ -Dr. Frankl Every ‘no’ is the beginning of a ‘YES’ ! Steve Jobs always

Inviting all ACC (ICF) coaches to join us for your PCC journey… thru Coacharya Advanced Program, an ICF accredited ACTP Program  to PCC. The current batch at Chennai completed first two months (six modules) in Nov & Dec, 2016. Sessions in Jan & Feb will be relevant to those who aspire to move from ACC to PCC, both in terms of content & depth. Classroom  sessions at Crowne Plaza, TTK Road, Alwarpet, Chennai – two days a month, over weekend January 2017 – 7th, 8th (Saturday & S

Back from a very refreshing trip to Dubai. Was a delegate at #ICFME2014, Dubai. Met up with my mentor-coach, Janet Harvey. Got to re-connect with Coach-Guru, Dr. Marshall Goldsmith. Caught up with many old friends, made a few new friends. The trip was totally hassle-free. Travel, stay, conference, et al. Feeling grateful! Walked around Jabel Ali resort, with peacocks! Went around the city, with friends’ Lexus, Audi, Volvo, etc. (love those machines, on Dubai roads!) More impo