A recent study found that 70% of CEOs are either underwhelmed by their onboarding process or have had no structured onboarding process at all. What would please about 99% of the employee population in a company is nowhere nearly sufficient for CEO-level onboarding. A study from the Aberdeen Group looked into the onboarding processes of […]
Unicorn Hunting with Cornelius in the Valuation Swamp “Keep the money together” was proud Staten Island native Cornelius Vanderbilt’s very last words to his family. Following that heart-warming goodbye, he took his final breath of cold air at the beginning of 1877’s lethal winter, which later became known as the “Big Die-Up.” Although no unicorns died that […]
From your point of view, what are the key benefits of executive coaching and leadership development? Without a doubt, the management and leadership playbooks have been turned upside down by the pandemic - what worked yesterday, for the most part, is no longer relevant going forward. As a result, we all need help maneuvering and […]
Executive Coaching has emerged as an essential way of supporting peak performance for senior leaders and teams. In this article, we examine the benefits of coaching and how executives should use it to develop and maintain a competitive edge.
Analia Mendez is the founder of Signature Careers—a career and professional development company helping mid-career clients transition into new careers and improving business cultures through a strengths-based approach. Analia and her team have collectively over 40 years of career and workforce development experience and have helped thousands to date.
In her book, The Visibility Factor, she shares stories, actionable advice, and an easy-to-follow process for readers to create authentic visibility for themselves. Publishers Weekly calls The Visibility Factor: "A clear-eyed persuasive, and encouraging guide to standing out for the better as a leader within a company." The book is helping her create a visibility movement […]
What is leadership coaching? Business leaders of all levels may benefit from leadership coaching, a powerful management training tool that helps them use their leadership abilities to their fullest potential. It helps you become more conscious by allowing you to practice and get clear feedback (Herminia et al.). You will improve your natural leadership skills […]
Because he has received guidance in his leadership development from many coaches and mentors over the years, I am passionate about “paying it forward” as a coach to others. “As a youth, I felt a call to build bridges between people across our differences and to cultivate a culture of serving the common good,” says […]
Tell us about your books Unleash Your Power and The Intentional Leader and the topics it explores? For years, I travelled the world working with teams, in every industry at every level, which were struggling to overcome challenges. Whether it was low morale, high turnover, silos, destructive culture norms, not producing targets, the themes were […]
Tell us a little bit about the correlation between life and business coaching for executives? The distinction between business coaching and life coaching is initially a mere description of which area of life prompted consulting a coach. But in the end, it is always about the same individual and his/her personality, abilities, patterns and characteristics […]
We caught up with Gordon to hear all about the importance of having an exit plan that will protect your assets. How vital having an exit strategy is? Here's an example - I work with a lot of Private Equity investors who look at 100 investments to then make one. However, they always come up […]
Despina Sfakinos is a Coaching Psychologist with a passion for helping people excel both personally and professionally. She has a PhD in Coaching Psychology and to date has coached over 1,000 people across a range of public and private sectors. She’s also created, developed and delivered introductory through to advanced coach training to a wide variety of audiences within the university and private sectors. Apart from practising in her home country Australia, Despina has also worked in Europe, London and Tokyo.
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