Coaching highlights from coaching Columbia Business School students: Shortcomings of 360-degree feedback reports

on October 17, 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.] In the context of the lessons from coaching Columbia Business School students in leadership, I’ve mostly written about the value of 360-degree feedback processes and reports and[…] Keep reading →

Coaching highlights from coaching Columbia Business School students: Weaknesses are often strengths misapplied

on October 16, 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.] Today I’ll cover one of the most encouraging perspectives for many students and clients whose reports show they underperform in a few areas. For example, this student’s[…] Keep reading →

Coaching highlights from coaching Columbia Business School students: foreseeing challenges

on October 15, 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.] Learning leadership and developing leadership skills isn’t like learning history or any other academic subject. Learning leadership and developing leadership skills means learning about yourself and other[…] Keep reading →

Coaching highlights from coaching Columbia Business School students: Focus on the client

on October 14, 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.] Effective coaching means focusing on the client‘s interests and progress, not the coach’s. I like working with clients, especially students where I used to go to school,[…] Keep reading →

Coaching highlights from coaching Columbia Business School students: Use Feedforward

on October 13, 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.] 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 →

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