Coaching & Leadership

Developing a High-Performance Organization
Engagement refers to the degree to which employees connect with their work and feel committed to their organization and its goals. People who are highly engaged act and feel in the following ways. They:

8 Competencies for Uncertain Times
8 Leadership Competencies to Win During Uncertain Times…The Reform Unknown!!! I have talked with 100s if not thousands of healthcare leaders over the last five years, and what we know from the best in this business, is they all demonstrate some or all 8 competencies.

The 20_20 Leader
What is a 20:20 leader? Well at Harbour Resources we feel it is a leader who is well balanced in the skills and personality traits needed to raise our lid and make us effective in leading the organizations for which we are responsible. We base our findings on the thousands of executive we have talked with through our leadership recruiting and development practices as well as the research many others in the world of leadership have performed.

Tony Dungy on Relational Leadership
Of all the men in sports, few command as much respect as Tony Dungy. His unique leadership abilities have been a frequent topic of discussion, inspiring all those around him and guiding many to future success. Hear some of his ideas and perspectives about being a Christian leader.

Creating Coaching Cultures… A CCL research white paper
When leaders were asked what outcomes they expected from coaching and how effectively these outcomes were being realized, wide gaps emerged. Creating coaching cultures requires a new approach to change, and the leaders identified five key strategies to achieve the desired end.

How to Improve Corporate Culture
Company culture—an organization’s attitudes, beliefs, actions and values—develops out of the actions and inactions of the company leaders. Culture can’t be changed by creating new policies, sending out memos or asking ground-level employees to change their actions or attitudes. When leaders adopt a clear behavioral leadership strategy, they can overcome workplace culture issues that don’t serve the goals of the organization.

Jim Collins on Creating Enduring Greatness
“You can either follow a paint-by-numbers-kit approach to life and do what everybody thinks you should do and stay within the accepted lines,” says Collins, “or you can decide you want to create a masterpiece and start with a blank canvas. It might not ever turn into a masterpiece, but the only way you can hope for a masterpiece is starting with a blank canvas.”

Relating Management to Football
Adaptation is crucial in business. People must adapt their skill sets and personality traits in order to blend with their work cultures. Unfortunately, adaptation can only get you so far, and when the going gets tough, people’s natural instincts and behaviors get going. Brett Favre is the perfect example: The man has one of the longest-running careers in the National Football League, or at least he did until the National Football Conference championship game.