[This post is part of a series on Coaching Highlights from coaching Columbia Business School students. If you don’t see a Table of Contents to the left, click here to view the series, where you’ll get more value than reading just this post.] If I talk about coaching, especially in limited times with very talented people, I have to talk about Feedforward. I refer to my previous post on it[…] Keep reading →
Coaching highlights from coaching Columbia Business School students: Create accountability for yourself
on October 12, 2012 in Blog, Education, Leadership, Tips[This post is part of a series on Coaching Highlights from coaching Columbia Business School students. If you don’t see a Table of Contents to the left, click here to view the series, where you’ll get more value than reading just this post.] Adding accountability to your transformation increases its chances of working and the quality of your work. I hope I’ve written this idea in many other posts. I[…] Keep reading →
Coaching highlights from coaching Columbia Business School students: find a relevant exercise
on October 11, 2012 in Blog, Education, Exercises, Leadership, Tips[This post is part of a series on Coaching Highlights from coaching Columbia Business School students. If you don’t see a Table of Contents to the left, click here to view the series, where you’ll get more value than reading just this post.] No matter what you want to improve about yourself, no matter how important the insight of feedback, and no matter how much you can learn from books,[…] Keep reading →
Coaching highlights from coaching Columbia Business School students: figuring out what to start with
on October 10, 2012 in Blog, Education, Leadership, Tips[This post is part of a series on Coaching Highlights from coaching Columbia Business School students. If you don’t see a Table of Contents to the left, click here to view the series, where you’ll get more value than reading just this post.] When your 360-degree feedback report features this chart and you want to start improving something, what do you start with? Keep in mind, you don’t need a[…] Keep reading →
Coaching highlights from coaching Columbia Business School students: Personal development skills
on October 9, 2012 in Blog, Education, Leadership[This post is part of a series on Coaching Highlights from coaching Columbia Business School students. If you don’t see a Table of Contents to the left, click here to view the series, where you’ll get more value than reading just this post.] Leaders learn and push themselves to develop personally constantly and consistently. They don’t see it as a burden, just something they do. Nor do they feel compelled[…] Keep reading →
Coaching highlights from coaching Columbia Business School students: Improve one thing at a time
on October 8, 2012 in Blog, Education, Leadership, Tips[This post is part of a series on Coaching Highlights from coaching Columbia Business School students. If you don’t see a Table of Contents to the left, click here to view the series, where you’ll get more value than reading just this post.] A lot of students see the dots on the charts in their reports and decide they want to improve a few. In this chart, for example, they’ll[…] Keep reading →
A sample 360-degree feedback report: qualitative feedback
on October 6, 2012 in Blog, Education, Leadership[This post is part of a series on Coaching Highlights from coaching Columbia Business School students. If you don’t see a Table of Contents to the left, click here to view the series, where you’ll get more value than reading just this post.] Any feedback report has to include qualitative feedback — that is, free form feedback that describes how the subject performs and how to improve. In my experience[…] Keep reading →