Articles in Home | Business Articles | Coaching Title|Newest|Oldest Coaching Leaders for Change  By : Patsi Krakoff, Psy. D. How do you get leaders to change? How do you optimize their talents and potential? What are best practices of executive coaching programs that produce lasting results in effective leadership behaviors that drive business results? -- Coaching Still Brings Results  By : Patsi Krakoff, Psy. D. Many attempts have been made over the past decade to quantify return on investment of coaching programs for executives in organizations. This article examines studies of ROI on coaching in organizations. -- Getting the Most out of Executive Coaching  By : Patsi Krakoff, Psy. D. When used for the right reasons and with competent practitioners, executive coaching can provide significant and lasting benefits for both individuals and organizations. But like other innovations, coaching is in danger of becoming just another business fad. When not effective, it can cause harm to individuals and organizations and waste large amounts of money. -- The Business Case for Coaching  By : Patsi Krakoff, Psy. D. Coaching paves the way for decision makers to create higher levels of organizational effectiveness through dialogue, inquiry and positive interactions. Coaching creates awareness, purpose, competence and well-being among participants. Coaching is NOT another feel good exercise based in soft skills that has no correlation to the bottom-line. This article examines the ROI of coaching in businesses. -- Executive Coaching Is Hot  By : Patsi Krakoff, Psy. D. Driving the trend in executive coaching is the business reality which makes good staff hard to get and harder to keep. In the need for constant change to stay competitive, companies see coaching as a way to help valued employees develop swiftly in the changing business environment. -- Secrets of Successful Careers: Finding Your Core Purpose & Strengths  By : Patsi Krakoff, Psy. D. Are there secret keys to having a rewarding and personally satisfying career? Why do some people get promotions that bring out their best talents, while others—equally talented—never seem to get the positions where they can thrive and show their strengths? -- Understanding Executive Failure  By : Patsi Krakoff, Psy. D. CEOs are now lasting just 7.6 years in office on a global average, down from 9.5 years in 1995, according to consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton. Two out of every five new CEOs fail in the first 18 months (HBR, January 2005). -- Survival of the Fittest: Feedback is not for Sissies  By : Patsi Krakoff, Psy. D. In order to be persistently successful, people and organizations need to adapt continually to their environment. This requires information from the environment. The more open the feedback loops, the more effective the adaptation and change can be. Few leaders have truly open and honest feedback within their organizations -- Managing Yourself: Are You Ready for a Coach?  By : The world of work is changing, and fast. Having a successful career means continually learning and adapting to rapidly evolving environments. You can’t do it alone. Coaching yourself is like the blind leading the blind: You can’t know what you don’t know -- How Do You Develop Leaders? Practice, Practice, Practice  By : Leadership isn’t just for leaders anymore. People at all levels are being asked to step up and assume leadership behaviors. Companies are investing millions of dollars annually in leadership development training to meet this challenge. Results are positive: Studies show companies that excel at developing leaders tend to achieve higher long-term profitability. But it seems there are as many approaches to leadership development as there are leadership developers. It is necessary to ask if any of this is working—and, if so, how? --- Good Boss, Bad Boss: 20 Bad Habits Leaders Should Stop Now  By : Almost all of us delude ourselves about our workplace achievements, status and contributions. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but it can certainly mislead us when we are told we need to change. It can be challenging for high-level executives to improve their interpersonal skills. We tend to believe the habits that have helped us rack up achievements in the past will continue to foster success in the future. But as the title of his recent book asserts, "What Got You Here Won’t Get You There," according to executive coach Marshall Goldsmith. === The Leadership Void: The Problem That Isn't Going Away  By : Most executives and HR specialists know a large percentage of baby boomers will retire over the next five to 10 years — and with them, 50% of the CEOs of major companies. But as with Hurricane Katrina, we see it coming and aren’t doing enough: We remain woefully unprepared. ==== Things That Get in the Way of Executive Coaching  By : Patsi Krakoff, Psy. D. Too many executives receive poor or no coaching. They miss opportunities to become more effective in their positions of influence and are often denied promotions they deserve. They fail to recognize that hiring an executive coach can help them enormously. It’s the right tool to alleviate common leadership problems, but executives often don’t take full advantage of it. They aren't fully informed to get the most from coaching to improve their performance and enhance their career growth. ======= The Costs of Ego - Coaching Category  By : Dr. Patsi Krakoff Fifty-three percent of businesspeople estimate ego costs their company 6 to 15 percent of annual revenue; 21 percent say this cost ranges from 16 to 20 percent. That’s somewhat astonishing, considering “ego” is difficult to measure by any standards. But even if ego accounts for only 6 percent of revenue, the annual “cost of ego” would translate to nearly $1.1 billion to the average Fortune 500 company — roughly equal to the average annual profit of these same companies. ====	Customized Newsletter Services: All-in-One Ezine Services, How to Broadcast Your Ezine, 25 Proven Ways to Grow Your Ezine List - click on this link. Newsletter Nuggets: Bi-monthly ezine with tips to make your ezine tasks easy - click on this link. 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