Tag Archive: coaching

Ask the Enneagram Coach, Part 9

Ginger Lapid-Bogda's The Enneagram in Business portal contains an "Ask the Coach" feature, where a coach of each Type answers the same question about coaching, to give a flavor of the different possible perspectives. Ginger asked me to be the Type 9 – or Peacemaker – ...

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Ask the Enneagram Coach, Part 8

Ginger Lapid-Bogda's The Enneagram in Business portal contains an "Ask the Coach" feature, where a coach of each Type answers the same question about coaching, to give a flavor of the different possible perspectives. Ginger asked me to be the Type 9 – or Peacemaker – representative on this panel. ...

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Ask the Enneagram Coach, Part 3

Ginger Lapid-Bogda's The Enneagram in Business portal contains an "Ask the Coach" feature, where a coach of each Type answers the same question about coaching, to give a flavor of the different possible perspectives. Ginger asked me to be the Type 9 – or Peacemaker – representative on this panel. Here's my answer to ...

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The Leadership of Letting Go, Part 9

The second path to curiosity for leadership is to view things from another person's perspective. It's a common pitfall not to do this. In a recent coaching conversation, a manger was telling me about ...

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The Leadership of Letting Go, Part 8

Managers have answers; leaders ask questions. Lawyers only ask a question (in court) when they already know the answer; leaders ask questions to which they don't have the answer. They are curious. This curiosity pays dividends. By asking ...

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The Leadership of Letting Go, Part 7

When leaders operate under the illusion of control, it's a sign that their ego is running the show. Sometimes this is a good thing (it reminds them to get to a meeting on time), sometimes it leaves no space for a ...

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The Leadership of Letting Go, Part 6

In Part 3 of "The Leadership of Letting Go" I touched on the role of trust in leadership. People want to be able to trust, and be trusted by, their leaders. This demands that leaders ...

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The Leadership of Letting Go, Part 5

Leadership is increasingly challenging: more demands in less time. Upping the number of hours doesn't help either since the time to recharge and be fresh for the next day's challenges gets eaten ...

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Ask the Enneagram Coach, Part 2

Ginger Lapid-Bogda's The Enneagram in Business portal contains an "Ask the Coach" feature, where a coach of each Type answers the same question about coaching, to give a flavor of the different possible perspectives. Ginger asked me to be the Type 9 – or Peacemaker – representative on this panel. Here's my answer to ...

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Ask the Coach, Part 1

Ginger Lapid-Bogda recently launched The Enneagram in Business portal. The learning portal is part of this great resource, with great contributors such as Jerry Wagner (describing the Types or Styles in detail) and Bea Chestnut (on the Sub-types). There's also an "Ask the Coach" feature, where a coach of each Type answers the same ...

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