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How to Choose the Right Executive Coach

By Executive & Leadership Effectiveness
So, you wrote the post pandemic ‘survival’ /  ‘fight back’ plan, you are well and truly ‘in the middle of it’ and every day, people are looking to you for answers and delivery. It is relentless.  Well, it is for...So, you wrote the post pandemic ‘survival’ /  ‘fight back’ plan, you are well and truly ‘in the middle of it’ and every day, people are looking to you for answers and delivery. It is relentless.  Well, it is for...
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June 10, 2021

7 Key Leadership Themes for 2021

By Executive & Leadership Effectiveness
What a time to be a leader?! We recently blogged about ensuring your strategy has embraced a review of the external forces impacting your business, organisation / charity.  So how is your organisation placed, given these external forces, many of which...What a time to be a leader?! We recently blogged about ensuring your strategy has embraced a review of the external forces impacting your business, organisation / charity.  So how is your organisation placed, given these external forces, many of which...
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January 29, 2021

COVID 19 – Next Steps: The 3 R’s

By Executive & Leadership Effectiveness
Covid 19 has affected and will continue to affect your business in ways you have not yet imagined. It is going to linger with us for many months / years to come.  As we emerge slowly into less restrictive lockdowns...Covid 19 has affected and will continue to affect your business in ways you have not yet imagined. It is going to linger with us for many months / years to come.  As we emerge slowly into less restrictive lockdowns...
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May 28, 2020

Annoyance, Reflection and Leadership

By Executive & Leadership Effectiveness
“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves” (Carl Jung). The pressures of leadership, lead to the leader experiencing an array of emotional responses to situations and people. In the moment of heightened response,...“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves” (Carl Jung). The pressures of leadership, lead to the leader experiencing an array of emotional responses to situations and people. In the moment of heightened response,...
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August 1, 2018

Lonely At The Top?

By Executive & Leadership Effectiveness
“The higher we rise, the more isolated we become: All elevations are cold.” Stanislas de Boufflers, Le Libre Arbitre, 1808 No-one ever became a leader because it makes them popular. In fact, business leaders (not just at the top –...“The higher we rise, the more isolated we become: All elevations are cold.” Stanislas de Boufflers, Le Libre Arbitre, 1808 No-one ever became a leader because it makes them popular. In fact, business leaders (not just at the top –...
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December 15, 2015

Five Reasons To Use An Executive Coach

By Executive & Leadership Effectiveness
I’m quite regularly asked what seems like a very basic question: What does an executive coach do, exactly? It’s something I like to hear from time to time, because it’s good to go back to basics once in a while...I’m quite regularly asked what seems like a very basic question: What does an executive coach do, exactly? It’s something I like to hear from time to time, because it’s good to go back to basics once in a while...
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April 14, 2015

Leadership Loneliness

By Executive & Leadership Effectiveness
People often say that it’s lonely at the top, but there is academic evidence to prove it. A report for the Harvard Business Review in 2012 found that half of CEOs admitted to feeling loneliness in their job, and that...People often say that it’s lonely at the top, but there is academic evidence to prove it. A report for the Harvard Business Review in 2012 found that half of CEOs admitted to feeling loneliness in their job, and that...
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December 18, 2014

Feel The Fear, And Do It Anyway

By Executive & Leadership Effectiveness
No-one ever got anywhere by standing still. Change is incredibly important for business, but it’s also one of the most difficult things to manage, simply because humans aren’t especially keen on it. That’s why managing change is one of the...No-one ever got anywhere by standing still. Change is incredibly important for business, but it’s also one of the most difficult things to manage, simply because humans aren’t especially keen on it. That’s why managing change is one of the...
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November 25, 2014

Our View On What Makes A Great Leader

By Executive & Leadership Effectiveness
Following her extensive work with leaders over many years Katherine Farnworth has written this blog on ‘What makes a great leader’. When it comes to leadership, I believe, as Aristotle once said, “the whole is greater than the sum of...Following her extensive work with leaders over many years Katherine Farnworth has written this blog on 'What makes a great leader'. When it comes to leadership, I believe, as Aristotle once said, “the whole is greater than the sum of...
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August 14, 2014

The Best Possible You

By Executive & Leadership Effectiveness
In an idle moment the other day I typed ‘leadership’ into the books search box on Amazon. I got almost 90,000 results. Let’s think about that for a moment; there are 90,000 books on leadership available to buy. It’s even...In an idle moment the other day I typed ‘leadership’ into the books search box on Amazon. I got almost 90,000 results. Let’s think about that for a moment; there are 90,000 books on leadership available to buy. It’s even...
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August 4, 2014