Leadership Coaching Transforms Bad Tempered Production Manager

by Leadership Coach, David Ferrers

A few months back I was asked to provide leadership coaching to a production manager. This engineer was highly regarded by his employers as an effective problem solver and determined achiever of results. However, he was seen as a “pusher” rather than a “leader”. At our first meeting I was immediately struck by the manager’s [...]

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Leadership Coaching Benefits

by Leadership Coach, David Ferrers

The great benefit of leadership coaching is that real change is very likely to result. This is because coaching is participative. People tend to learn better and thus adopt new, improved leadership habits more easily, when they are actively engaged in the learning process. Just sitting, listening to someone talking about leadership theory or practice [...]

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The Communication Cycle Step 6 – Improve

by Leadership Coach, David Ferrers

One of the points that differentiates you from a machine is that you can improve of your own volition. You don’t have to be programmed by an outside agent. If you don’t have that urge to improve, to make more of yourself, you may as well be a machine. Once you have worked your way [...]

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Self-awareness an Important Key to Developing Leaders

by Leadership Coach, David Ferrers

I just read a most interesting and thought-provoking article on the HR Ringleaders Blog. The title of the article is Self-Awareness Powers Great Leadership. The point that the author makes is that, even when managers are sent on leadership training courses, they often make little long-term difference to their behaviour. She puts this lack of [...]

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