Month: December 2010
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Coaching Leader Quality 20 – Ability to Articulate and Model the Values
Great coaching leaders know the importance of clearly articulated and practiced values. The values act as a compass for both leadership and team behaviors and norms. In 2001 when the Phoenix Suns’ Jason Kidd…
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Coaching Leader Quality 19 – Creates Great Teams of Assistant Coaches
Great coaching leaders not only build great teams of performers, they build a great team of assistant coaches. In many cases the assistants go on to become great coaches in their own right. A…
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A new leadership tool – a sugar packet
I’m having a great time recently coaching a high performing leadership team in the Philadelphia area. As part of their coaching process they are utilizing 360° feedback (staff members giving confidential feedback about their…
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Coaching Leader Quality 18 – Ability to Be Innovative and Creative
When we study many of the greatest coaches, we see that they were pioneers in the way they approached their craft. Lee Strasbergmade actors go to deep dark places within themselves to find their…
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Coaching Leader Quality 17 – Embody Lightness When Needed
Another great quality for coaching is lightness. When a coach can bring lightness along with all of these other qualities; it can create a good environment for learning and development. If you think about…
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Reviewing the game film – toxic, high maintenance superstars
I have the privilege of providing executive coaching to many successful leadership teams. One team in particular that I have been working with over the past several years, had a noticeable breakthrough. In our…
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Coaching Leader Quality 16 – Ability to See With an Objective Eye
At the heart of coaching is performance improvement. Performance improvement requires good technique and attention to detail. Coaching leaders can see performance with an objective eye, being able to discern the nuances of great…
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Coaching Leader Quality 15 – Resilience
Great coaching leaders have the ability to stay positive in the face of adversity and failure. This another way they set the tone for the team. If you think about the old adage, “If…
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Coach Leader Quality 14 – Patience
Great coaching leaders are patient when they need to be. They are patient when they see people with potential working hard, doing the right things, and striving to improve. They know excellence and mastery…
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Coaching Leader Quality 13 – Healthy Amount of Ego and Humility
Great coaching leaders have already got their ego needs met from other places; they have a healthy amount of ego. To say it another way, they want to succeed but at the same time,…
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