March 14th, 2009
ZDNet has published an interesting and somewhat unusual video on Leadership versus Management that points out the benefits of management rather than the more traditional call for leadership.
The main points are:
#1: Leaders inspire; managers measure
#2: Leaders guide, managers navigate
#3: Leaders envision, managers maintain
#4: Leaders talk, managers listen
#5: Leaders support, managers teach
#6: Leaders hope, managers analyze
#7: Leaders authorize, managers direct
#8: Leaders rally, managers retrench
#9: Leaders expect, managers demand
Tags: Leadership, Management
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March 13th, 2009
The Irish Times has published an interesting interview with Richard Phelps of PricewaterhouseCooper about measuring human capital.
Human resources metrics have been around for some time. Traditionally, organisations have measured areas such as revenue per employee and return on human capital. According to Phelps, however, their status as a footnote in company annual reports has developed. Once the preserve of the human resources department, increasingly, the finance department and the chief executive are taking lead roles in measuring human capital.
“Our research shows that measuring talent has shot way up the agenda for chief executives recently to become either the number one or the number two issue for them,” he notes. Getting good data and interpreting it appropriately is key, but when they start looking at their organisations, CEOs are often taken aback, he adds. A surprisingly large number of companies, for example, don’t have a handle on the number of people they employ.
Tags: Human Capital
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March 11th, 2009
PersonnnelToday has published a short article about the value of coaching - even when an executive coach is not available - by learning to “slow down and use our inner wisdom”.
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March 10th, 2009
BusinessWeek has published an interesting article today about the benefits of succession coaching. The basic message is:
Dos and Don’ts for coaching your successor so the new leader enters to applause,
you bow out gracefully, and the transition is seamless
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March 3rd, 2009
US News has published an article about celebrity-style coaches. The article states that people often turn to coaches during times of transition, which is true.
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February 25th, 2009
The Wall Street Journal’s LiveMint.com has published an article on demand for executive coaching services in India in a difficult economic climate, where Indian business is becoming increasingly international, but at the same time executives have to deal with downsizing and cost cutting.
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February 11th, 2009
Entrepreneur magazine presents a convincing article about Can Coaching Help Your Business? that points out Before you slash the training budget, consider what one-to-one coaching can do for your company leadership.
The article provides the criteria for selecting an executive coach:
- Industry experience and exposure to senior staff issues and concerns
- Graduate level education in business management or the behavioral sciences
- Exposure and/or certification in a variety of assessment tools (and the ability to give feedback)
- Five-plus years of corporate coaching
- Broad exposure and expertise in organizational change
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January 4th, 2009
The Irish Times has published a good review of The Secrets of CEOs: 150 global chief executives lift the lid on business, life and leadership by Steve Tappin and Andrew Cave.
The most interesting part of the review is:
What motivates and drives the world’s top chief executives? The key business differentiator is talent. Martin Sorrell says: “If you have the right people running the business units it works magically. It’s like turning up the volume.” Chief executives only succeed through people.
The best part of the book (and for me the only really good part) lies in the chapter on preparing to lead. This requires ambition, but above all, an appreciation that being a leader mandates an apprenticeship of sorts and an understanding that there is no defined path to success.
There is good solid advice here: build the right foundations; get wide experience best found in a fast stable (per Archie Norman, companies such as Mars, Tesco, some professional firms, I suspect, McKinsey); be prepared to go where the opportunities are; work globally. You need to develop what are described as business leadership habits: adapt the mindset of a chief executive, develop winning habits but know how to lose, find a mentor, but also have a life and learn to celebrate your successes. And above all, be true to yourself.
Tags: Leadership, Motivation
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January 3rd, 2009
Harvard Business Review’s Editor’s Blog has published a podcast on What Coaches Can Do for You. The podcast discusses results of a survey of 140 experienced exective coaches. Interestingly, the podcast describes some of the pitfalls and dangers of executive coaching, such as overdependance of an executive on his coach.
Tags: Harvard Business Review
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