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4 UGLY Conversations to With Your Team Before Year End

Let's Grow Leaders

The other day I was facilitating a 2 day offsite strategic planning retreat for one of my start-up clients. We’d designed a “speed-generation” problem solving session where groups rotated through stations to identify the ugly issues that needed to be addressed and worked on real solutions. Own the Ugly.

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Top Leadership Goals for the New Year

Crestcom

Crestcoms accredited and award-winning leadership training provides insights into key leadership competencies, from communication and problem-solving to decision-making and strategic planning. Investing in leadership development shows your team that you value growth. By joining Crestcom L.E.A.D.R.

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Inflexibility vs. Adaptability

International Coach Academy

By cultivating a mindset of flexibility, resilience, and proactive problem-solving, individuals not only navigate life’s challenges more effectively but also inspire others to embrace change as a catalyst for personal and professional success.

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Need a Better Strategy for Strategic Planning? | FourSight

FourSight

Ad agency president, Stacie Boney, knew she wanted to make a big improvement in her team’s approach to annual and quarterly strategic planning sessions. Boney, however, knew there was room for improvement in their approach to strategic planning.

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Holistic Transformation: The Double Diamond Coaching Approach Coaching Model

International Coach Academy

Develop a strategic plan, adopt new habits, and try small-scale experiments. Focusing on creativity shifts problem-solving to unlocking possibilities and connecting with authentic selves. Coaching Questions: What are some possible solutions to the challenge you’ve identified? Try “Yes, and” techniques.

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Zen and the Art of Coaching in Systems

International Coach Academy

In other words, coaching appears to focus on the individual, emphasizing forward-looking orientation, and problem-solving. How do we reconcile these underlying themes of self-improvement and problem-solving with modern research on systems as the unit of concern, rather than individuals?

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Leading with Empathy: Humanizing Digital Transformation Through Coaching

International Coach Academy

During times of rapid technological change, employees want their managers to have coaching skills in addition to self-compassion, problem-solving, strategic planning, and encouraging participation [1].