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The cutting edge of leadership and management innovation, in brief.
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Hot Topic
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A key topic for great leadership, right now.

High performance
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The latest ideas and fresh thinking from around the world.

Innovation
leadership

New findings on building the innovative enterprise.

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Guest expert shares their latest insights on the future of leadership

Recent Hot Topics
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Johari Window

If we were to ask other people how they see us, in terms of our character and our strengths and weaknesses, there is a better than average chance that the points raised would not entirely align with our thoughts and ideas. This is perfectly normal as they view us through a different lens and will see things differently to the way we see them. In this Hot Topic we will discuss that very phenomenon and how we can use it as coaches within sessions.

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Johari Window

Unconscious Incompetence to Unconscious Competence
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Unconscious Incompetence to Unconscious Competence

In this Hot Topic, we explore the learning journey that moves from “Unconscious Incompetence” to “Unconscious Competence”. The consciousness-competency model is a simple way of describing the relationship between skills development and self-awareness.

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Unconscious Incompetence to Unconscious Competence

Directive vs Non-directive Coaching
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Directive vs Non-directive Coaching

Different people require different approaches, good leaders have known this for what seems like eons. The same is true in coaching, coachees are human beings, with varying emotional states and different drivers that push them towards their goals and targets. It is important for coaches and leaders alike, to be able to identify these needs and select the best approach.

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KnowledgeBrief

Directive vs Non-directive Coaching

Self-awareness
Research

Self-awareness

The ability to understand oneself and how we impact those around us is often referred to as ‘self-awareness’. Most of us would like to believe that we are ‘self-aware’ but the truth can often be far harder to determine. Do we all take the time to pause and reflect on our interactions, and how that behaviour impacted others? With the fast pace of modern society and the reliance on technology for communication, do we have the time to truly understand the reason for our behaviour/reactions?

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KnowledgeBrief

Self-awareness

Building Relationships as a Coach
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Building Relationships as a Coach

Relationships are important to us all, be it our personal lives or within our chosen industry. We know they are important to us, we know that we need those relationships to be positive and we know that we need to play our part in making them successful. How often though do we actively seek to improve those relationships or develop new ones?

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Building Relationships as a Coach

Coaching Interventions
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Coaching Interventions

Coaching sessions will almost never be replicated, there are just too many variables, different clients, differing communication styles and varying priorities, amongst others. However, one thing a coach can do is decide upon the style of the intervention, even if it is the same as the intervention used previously. The session may not look the same but the focus and the intent can be very much as it has been previously.

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KnowledgeBrief

Coaching Interventions

Coaching Models
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Coaching Models

Coaching models are widely used to bring structure and coherence to coaching sessions, helping establish a common language and providing a roadmap for the conversation (Robins, 2017). Numerous models exist, such as GROW, CLEAR, and OSCAR, with literature detailing their use and the skills required. However, some scholars argue that models do not fully capture the complexity of real-time coach–coachee interaction (Robins, 2017; Bachkirova & Lawton Smith, 2015).

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Coaching Models

Information Based Decision Making
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Information Based Decision Making

Information based decision making is about using, presenting and communicating data that supports your decision-making process. This month, we’re focusing on how managers and leaders must be able to undertake critical analysis and evaluation to support decision making and use effective problem-solving techniques.

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KnowledgeBrief

April 2018 Apprenticeship Issue

Self-analysis
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Self-analysis

In this Hot Topic we will explore self-analysis and the role it plays within coaching. Coaching utilises varying models to establish a development pathway for the coachee, all under the watchful eye of their coach, who will support and challenge them where it is appropriate to do so. The one element that is essential for a coaching journey is self-analysis.

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KnowledgeBrief

Self-analysis

Linguistic Interpretation
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Linguistic Interpretation

In this Hot Topic, we explore Linguistic Interpretation. Linguistics is the scientific study of language. Language has many different functions and Linguistic Interpretation attempts to connect language with meaning.

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Linguistic Interpretation

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Better Management Training, Better Results

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