Leadership

Is a need for validation affecting you?

Is a need for validation affecting you?

By Roberto Giannicola, ACC July 2004, San Francisco.  It’s lunch time. I’m ready to deliver my first workshop. In the audience, there are roughly fifteen friends and acquaintances here to support me. After twenty minutes, that support turned into pity. Almost everyone...

The Dark Side of Emotional Intelligence

The Dark Side of Emotional Intelligence

By Nora Infante, PSYD As a psychologist and executive coach,  I am as interested in what makes a leader fail as what makes her succeed.  There has been a lot of attention recently on emotional intelligence, not just in the field of leadership, but about life skills in...

Tips for Coaching on the FLY

Tips for Coaching on the FLY

by Laura Hansen, PCC Many managers these days are expected to provide informal coaching  for their direct reports when development needs arise.  Sometimes those managers do not have the skill or the time to complete a full coaching discussion but need to offer...