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‘Become the Leader You Are: Self-Leadership through Executive Coaching’ – the e-book written by Lindsay Wittenberg – is now published and available for download. It’s a mini-manual to build high-quality leadership, self-leadership and self-coaching. Each chapter provides perspective, insight and practical suggestions on key topics for leaders to make part of their daily lives.
It emphasises authenticity and self-awareness, relationships and systemic thinking, and the value of diversity and self-management. It considers emotional intelligence, resilience, neuroscience and mindfulness as areas of knowledge and practice which offer additional particular benefit to the leader.
Access it here for £3.99 (click ‘Or buy the eBook for only £3.99’ underneath ‘Start your free month’).
Dr Carole Pemberton, Visiting Professor at the University of Ulster Business School, has written the following review:
Lindsay Wittenberg has written a book that is as valuable for coaches as it is for leaders. As an executive coach she works with leaders to help them deal with the challenges of leadership, by supporting them in becoming the leaders they are, rather than the leaders they think they need or have to be. She does this by using her own values of humanity, integrity, authenticity, openness and courage in the service of leaders finding those qualities in themselves. In this short but impactful book she shows her passion for leadership and for coaching as a means by which leaders can learn to be more at ease in their leadership of themselves and others. She also believes in the ability of individuals to self-coach if they are open to reflection, and offers practical means in each chapter as to how a leader can reflect on themselves in action.
In a series of succinct chapters she addresses topics including authenticity, self awareness, trust and leadership, leadership as relationship, leading within systems, managing emotions, resilience, leading across cultures and across generations, and career management. She synthesises the learning from her own practice to offer valuable insights for leaders, and in doing so highlights the value a leader can gain from working with an expert coach.
Access your copy of the e-book here
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'Become the Leader You Are': the e-book is published
‘Become the Leader You Are: Self-Leadership through Executive Coaching’ - the e-book written by Lindsay Wittenberg - is now published and available for download.
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Power Games: new article in 'Coaching at Work'
'Power Games' - Lindsay's article in the March/April 2015 issue of 'Coaching at Work' explores the use of power in the coaching relationship - and particularly how some clients hand over their power to their coach. This can provide a useful dimension on how clients use (or fail to use) their power at work.
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Neuroscience of Decision Making and Risk
Our workshop for coaches, consultants, and trainers ‘The Neuroscience of Individual and Group Decision Making and Risk' with neuroscientist Dr Geoff Bird will take place in London on Thurs 30th April 13.30-17.00. Sign up here
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Leading across Cultures
To work effectively with difference, the starting point is to understand and be aware of oneself: behaviours, emotions, interpretations, assumptions, and the impact of assumptions. It means taking a holistic view, being curious, and holding back from making judgments of the worth of this or that person, or from jumping to conclusions. Leaders who are culturally aware create sub-cultures of greater trust, more effective communication, healthier relationships and leadership that releases infinitely more potential.
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Factors in managing the executive career
Executives who have taken their careers in hand in a holistic sense, thinking ‘whole-life’ rather than simply in terms of the next apparently logical step on the ladder, are more likely to enjoy career longevity and deliver the fullest value for themselves and their organisations. The Wittenberg Career Coaching Model weaves together multiple factors within multiple perspectives to take account of this ‘whole-life’ approach.
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Step back to go forward
Coaching clients who can't see the bigger picture of their challenge can look their problem in the eye by externalising the issue: working with the systemic factors of their environment can bring a fresh perspective and acknowledging ‘what is’ often makes a new solution possible.
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Your personal brand: a marketable identity
Your personal brand conveys what makes you compelling, memorable and interesting, and becomes increasingly important the more senior the roles you take on. Expressing your personal brand relates to your passions and the sources of your personal fulfilment, your values and your achievement, your strengths and your reputation, your personal vision and your thought leadership.
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Leadership coaching
Leaders who embrace the process of learning and raising their levels of self-awareness, self-understanding, understanding of others and understanding of the systems and contexts they operate within stand to gain the most from leadership coaching. On their coaching journeys they learn to listen to themselves and see themselves as others see them. They become more authentic, they see more clearly what kind of leaders they want to be, and they discover how to make that happen. They learn how to respond rather than react, in a fuller awareness of the choices they make.
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You're unbelievable!
'You're uneblievable' - the latest article in my regular reflection column - has been published in 'Coaching at Work'. I'm inspired by Dr Kate Granger, a 32-year-old doctor who’s a terminally ill cancer patient and who's launched #hellomynameis. Change that lasts is internally motivated rather than externally motivated.
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