Blog Entries tagged 'leadership training'

Executive Coaching Leadership versus management

Meiron Lees — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Adapted from an article in Leadership-Tools.com

Executive coaching can help to determine whether you are more of a leader or more of a manager and assist in gaining the insight and self-confidence that comes with knowing more about yourself. The result is greater impact and effectiveness when dealing with others and running your business.

We are going to take a look at the executive coaching techniques in assessing the different personality styles in leadershi [...]

Stress Management: Transform your Thought Attacks

Meiron Lees — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0100

One of the key criteria of stress management is managing Thought Attacks™. A Thought Attack™ is what happens when your mind turns on itself and attacks any possibility of a positive outlook. It does this by focusing your thoughts on the negative and threatening aspects of a situation.

Once a Thought Attack™ enters your mind it starts to attract similar thoughts and begins to snowball. It gains further momentum until feelings of stress, anxiety and panic set in. [...]

Stress Management: It's your Thoughts that Matter Most

Meiron Lees — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0100

This article discusses the link between stress management and the thoughts we think. This link is a crucial key in taking control of our lives and sponsoring positive emotions in our lives. Often we think that situations and events create our stress but if we are to become better at stress management we need to dig a little deeper we start to realise that we have a bigger part to play than perhaps we realise.

Stress management is a extremely subjective; what may be stressful to o [...]

Executive Coaching - the Importance of Being in Flow

Meiron Lees — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100

This discussion focuses on the concept of flow and its role in the executive coaching process. This concept albeit an ancient one, is unused in most executive coaching programs primarily because its application is not fully understood. This article identifies what flow is and provides practical techniques for integration into the executive coaching process.

I once heard a great analogy for the human experience that most executive coaching professionals will identify with. It compares [...]

Executive Coaching: Holding the Space

Meiron Lees — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100

One of the many challenges for the executive coaching professional is having the skills to navigate a conversation when it potentially could trigger the client to react in a defensive or aggressive manner. Only the courageous executive coaching practitioner will push the boundaries when the consequences could result in his or her contract termination. This discussion focuses on how to hold the space for these types of conversations.

Executive coaching professionals often walk a fine [...]

Executive Coaching: The Causal Factors

Meiron Lees — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100

As we are well aware sustainable behaviour change is only made possible to the degree to which the drivers of behaviour are identified and explored. A key part of the executive coaching process is uncovering the causal factors to actions and the essential strategies that can be used to uncover them.

Executive coaching is an art. A skill and a technique that if mastered can literally change the world. The one crucial component that makes executive coaching outstanding is its ability t [...]

Leadership Training: The Transformational Process

Meiron Lees — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100

This article elaborates on the transition that leaders experience on their journey to achieve a level of leadership that makes their influence compelling and inspirational. A certain leadership training process is required in order to make this goal a reality. What does it take to be exceptional and what can leaders expect their leadership training programs to deliver?

Change is usually a challenging process for most and when leaders recognise that they need to do things differently [...]

Should Leadership Coaching be an Inside Job?

Meiron Lees — Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100

It is an interesting debate whether leadership coaching should be offered internally by senior executives or whether it is better to engage an external party to do the job. There certainly are pro’s and con’s both ways. This article takes the discussion a little further.

Although there are many common aspects to leadership coaching across the board from the behavioural considerations to the skills and capabilities of the leader there are many too that are specific to the [...]

Are Australian Leaders Connecting the Dots?

Meiron Lees — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100

The leadership mantra “For an organisation to change, I must change” is most certainly ringing true as the pressure to create the right culture becomes more of a pressing issue for Australian leaders. They want more from their people given the current economic climate and leadership training is now called upon to assist in making this happen.

It is for this reason that leadership training is more about aligning leadership behaviour to that of constructive cultures. It is [...]

Australia's Executive Coaching: A Trusted Industry?

Meiron Lees — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100

The point of discussion centres around that question of wether Australian executive coaching professionals have a high trusting relationship with their clients and what the factors are that would build trust between executive coaching professionals and their clients.

The concept of trust is gaining ground as one of the key and influential factor in determining success in the executive coaching industry. It certainly need to be earned and is not an automatic or assumed quality by [...]

Leadership Training: Tips for Leading Gen Y

Meiron Lees — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0100

This discussion is centred on the need and expectations of Gen Y employees in Australian organisations and what leaders can do to meet those requirements. Many leaders are at a loss of the constructive leadership approach to Gen Y and are looking for ways to effectively communicate, guide and inspire this unique generation. What are the leadership training methodologies that can help?

The Gen Y has made their mark! This new type of employee has been the cause of many management and l [...]

Leadership Training: What is the ideal training result?

Meiron Lees — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0100

What are the ideal outcomes that Australian executives are looking for in their leadership training programs? This question is often a difficult one to answer because it requires executives to evaluate themselves to determine whether in fact they are representing the leadership role model they are espousing. So what are the ideal outcomes of leadership training programs in Australia?

The majority of leadership training programs are called to action as a result of specific challenges [...]

Executive Coaching: How Strong is the Ripple Effect?

Meiron Lees — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0100

The impact of any executive coaching program is only as good as how far it extends beyond the focus of the executive. What are the influences that are reshaping the organisation and what are the ripples that are being created as a result of an executive changing his thinking and actions? This article examines the extent that executive coaching moves beyond the individual into the hearts and minds of those that will be touched by the changes that occur.

I’m a strong advoca [...]

Executive Coaching: The Philosophical Approach

Meiron Lees — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0100

It is an interesting phenomenon that when we become in touch with ourselves from a deeper perspective transformation and change occurs at a faster rate. Many executive coaching methodologies are centred at either the cerebral or emotion level but few touch the more philosophical aspects of the issues at hand. This discussion offers a new approach to executive coaching that colours it with a fresh and brighter perspective.

There are many facets to the challenges we face and depend [...]

Leadership Training: What Australian Leaders Need to Know

Meiron Lees — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0100

So what is this great leadership training secret and is it something only for great leaders to learn?

Some of the most influential things man can do do not reside in the realm of complexity and difficulty but rather in utmost simplicity. Just think for a moment when you did something meaningful for someone. Did it require complex analysis or was it something from the heart that was effortless and a pleasure to do?

How much leadership training do we see that encour [...]

Executive Coaching: The Impartial Coach - Truth or Myth?

Meiron Lees — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0100

The major difference between executive coaching and business mentoring is that the executive coach leads their clients through a process that results in them gaining the clarity they need to make the right decisions.

Mentoring however is more about sharing the mentors expertise, knowledge and experience so that the client gains the wisdom of someone that has walked down a similar path.

The issue or impartiality therefore is more relevant to the executive coaching profess [...]

Leadership Training Programs in Australia - Who decides the content?

Meiron Lees — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0100

This blog explores the key aspects to effective leadership training in Australia. It discusses the competencies that are being called for by Australian employees and its alignment in leadership training programs. Is the content of leadership training programs determined by the leader, the trainer or by the employees led by them?

Development is one of essential elements to advancement both from a leadership and an employee perspective. When a leading consulting group did their resear [...]

Executive Coaching: Should Australian Coaches Be Accredited?

Meiron Lees — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0100

This article explores the question of whether the executive coaching industry in Australia should require coaches to be accredited? Let’s face it the number one sports people, world renowned leaders and politicians all have highly credible coaches. Are executive coaches exempt from showing their credibility through accreditation or qualification?

This debate has been buzzing around the Australian corporate coaching world over the recent past and is becoming increasingly rel [...]

Are Top Australian Leaders Made or Born?

Meiron Lees — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0100

For centuries there has been a debate whether it is our personalities or experiences that mould our behaviour. Are we born to be a certain way or can we learn to be a certain way with hard work and effort?

Can a leader who is aspiring to reach great heights succeed through effective leadership training and executive coaching programs or is there a time when we need to accept that we can’t change who are and that we just don’t have leadership greatness stamped inside of us [...]

The Essence of Corporate Coaching in Australia

Meiron Lees — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Corporate coaching in Australia is now becoming more accepted as a way of developing people and CEO’s are putting their money where their mouth is and investing in executive coaching and leadership training programs.

Executives are starting to experience the benefits of a one on one corporate coaching program where they can get down to the nitty gritty of the challenges at hand and solve them in an objective, safe and focused manner.

The difficulty however a [...]