Making the most of coaching in business

Making the most of coaching in business

There is an interesting gap between the ambitious definitions of coaching in the literature and what happens in many coaching practices from day to day.   On the one hand coaching theory promotes an ambitious, even transcendent view of the discipline –...
Succession Planning at the very top

Succession Planning at the very top

The right CEO, for this company now. There is probably no more important job for a company’s Board than selecting the right CEO.  And if the company has a succession plan aiming to groom internal candidates for the job, then it is critically important to select...
Spotting opportunities for change

Spotting opportunities for change

Pessimism about the ability of people to make profound changes in their ways of being at work and at home is embedded in our discourse, not only about others, but about ourselves. “I am too old to change” is something we start to say about ourselves from about age 30...