Tag Archives: leadership
Putting your leadership profile to work
Learning Leadership has a free program for you to discover your leadership profile. There are many ‘tests’ that one can take to find more about oneself. Most such efforts usually stop at just that. While the organizations ordering those tests … Continue reading
After initial success, Ajit faces pangs of growth
Ajit runs a technology company. Ajit’s is one of those few companies that are started by technologists with passion for creating new products or new ways of doing things. Ajit and his small band of people have tasted initial commercial … Continue reading
Importance of Emotional Leadership program
At Learning Leadership, we always recommend that our Emotional Leadership program is used as a platform to launch leadership development initiatives in an organization. A leader’s ‘presence’ is felt when he or she inspires people to achieve something worthwhile. Inspiration … Continue reading
Leaders and their decisions -2
Business leadership is all about making decisions. Decision making can not be easily taught in leadership courses, however good they are. See what is happening here. A CEO is meeting his management team. The subject is review of some proposals … Continue reading
Leaders & their decisions…1
Scene : A coaching session with a CEO. CEO: There are now two candidates for the job of the operations head. A has many years of relevant experience and is less qualified. I can get him easily and at a … Continue reading
A new thinking in leadership and management….(overwhelmed)
You must be coming across this phrase often, particularly if you are a business leader who tries to keep in touch with the current research and thinking in the fields of leadership and management. There is always some new thinking. … Continue reading
How to be hardnosed: What to look for in your executive coach -7
What kind of leadership? This is going to be tough for you to decode. Ask, “What kind of leadership will I learn?” You may get answers like “Situational Leadership”, “Value based Leadership”, “Strategic Leadership” and so on.. These answers do … Continue reading
What to look for in your leadership coach -6
Experience as a business leader. Your executive coach should have been in a formal position like a CEO or a Managing Director or a President of a business organization and he or she should have served on the board of … Continue reading
What to look for in your leadership coach -5
The belief that one can learn leadership. There are many successful business leaders who think that one is born with leadership skills. They therefore think that one is either a leader or one is not a leader. This is not … Continue reading
What to look for in your leadership coach -4
Non-judgmental attitude! Why? You need a coach to help you think widely and deeply. If your executive coach reaches conclusions fast (he or she as an accomplished business leader may be able to reach conclusions faster), your thinking process will … Continue reading