The Need for Leadership Transition Management
Generations of corporate leaders have taken on new roles, felt their way around, stumbled a bit, pulled themselves…
A collection of articles on topics related to leadership and coaching, written by experienced members of the CFI Fraternity.
Generations of corporate leaders have taken on new roles, felt their way around, stumbled a bit, pulled themselves…
I became a certified coach in the year 2001 – that is almost 20 years ago. From a…
Several years ago, I suffered from a bad back and after much effort found great relief from consulting…
As more and more individuals contemplate becoming a coach and more and more contemplate opening institutions to train…
The world has seen several business cycles, economic ups and downs. In the throes of each of these…
The original title of this article did not have the parentheses. I hastily added it because I thought…
Every organisation of some standing has some form of a shared leadership platform or forum. These forums are…
In the last few weeks my office assistant who is updating my contact list has been asking me…
The song Chingaree Koee bhadake sung by Kishore Kumar for the film Amar Prem raises some philosophical questions. I find one particular…
The impatient executive Imagine this conversation between a Coach and his client, a hugely successful but impatient executive.…
Now is the time of the year when managers sit with their employees to discuss and sign off…
Until Valentines day, love was in the air. Soon after, we find that fraud is in the air.…
The ability and inability to delegate at a level that is appropriate to one’s position in the organisation…
If you walk the streets of any of our cities, you will see innumerable scan centres, imaging centres,…
Ryan Bingham works for an HR consulting firm that specialises in termination assistance – basically firing employees. Ryan…
Coaches are human beings – they did not descent from heaven. Coaches also play several roles in addition to…
Here is a typical (but fictitious) discussion in a talent council meeting in a typical company: You see,…
Over the years, we at CFI have received several hundreds of requests for coaching support for executives. Most…
The most important step in setting up a successful coaching engagement is the process of the coachee finding…
The ability of any manager or leader to develop the people working for them has always been considered…
Have you ever coached leaders who tend to take the moral high ground but do it by ending…
Ever so often, we hear the story of a very successful leader’s career suddenly getting derailed. He or…
First things first. I am not using the term wounded healers in the same way that Psychologist &…
In the field of Insurance, a pre-existing condition is defined as a health condition that existed prior to…
One of the most popular demands from any coach is to improve a leader’s executive presence. While it…
We keep hearing more and more organisations talk passionately about “their culture” and how they wish to preserve…
You could be a leader, manager, team member or colleague. How do you know if you are communicating…
One of the most common coaching needs is this – to help a leader think and act more…
The ultimate test of a coaching engagement is often the visible change that your client is able to…
Leveraging the power of Alternative Interventions in Coaching – a transactional analysis perspective As change catalysts, Executive Coaches…
Abstract “Mergers & Acquisitions are a business reality among mid-size corporations. In such contexts, entrepreneurs constantly seek coaches…
Leveraging the power of Alternative Interventions in Coaching – an NLP perspective The term Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP)…
The Coach is listening intently to his client as the client narrates in great detail the specifics of…
Will the approach and perspective of a counsellor who is counselling a client who is an adolescent be…
A monkey and a fish were caught in a terrible flood and were being swept downstream amidst torrents…
ABSTRACT Smart CEOs understand the interdependence of strategy and execution and do not get carried away by the…
As more and more research points out to the impact of managerial styles on employee engagement, companies are…
Those who invest in coaching (like in the case of training), coaching constantly wonder if their investment is…
As in every other profession, we have in the field of coaching, the good coaches and the not…
This article focuses on some of the ground level issues involved in setting up an effective relationship between…
A participant of CFI’s CEO Coach Accreditation Programme was looking forward to his coaching internship to apply the…
Your organization has just offered you the opportunity of working with a coach as a part of your…
Considering Coaching as part of your leadership development approach? Or perhaps you already have an institutionalized coaching process,…
Assessment has an important place in leader development, given that it creates the necessary disequilibrium to motivate change.…
This Guide is meant to help Potential Sponsors of executive coaching engagements help their team members (the coachees)…
I have been engaging with client organisations for their coaching needs for well over 15 years and I…
One of the common behavioural changes that leaders commit to make to their coaches is to listen better.…
How many times has this happen to you? You are standing in front of the stove to boil…