Coaching for Leaders

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Coaching for Leaders focuses on practical leadership development, mentoring, communication, and management skills for people leading teams and organizations.

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Goal setting

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How to review your annual goals and set up for next year

Coaching for Leaders July 22, 2024


Goal setting 9
Productivity & habits 5
  • Missing goals isn't failure — starting with intention moves you forward
  • Separate the desired result from the method; substitute freely
  • 7 of 9 goals achieved or advanced with honest weekly check-ins

Fundraising & VC

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Smart people's financial blind spots and how to fix them

Coaching for Leaders July 22, 2024


Fundraising & VC 8
Hiring & recruitment 6
Productivity & habits 5
  • Why being smart makes you worse at asking financial questions
  • College debt rule: never borrow more than your first-year salary
  • Fiduciary vs. suitable — most advisers aren't required to act in your interest

Identity & self-belief

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How to use the S-curve model to support your own and others' growth

Coaching for Leaders July 22, 2024


Identity & self-belief 9
Management 7
Resilience & grit 6
  • The slow, invisible phase of learning is where real growth happens.
  • Shame about past experiences hides skills that could accelerate your next curve.
  • Saying 'I am a programmer' instead of 'I'm becoming one' changes outcomes.

Management

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A five-step framework for defining problems before solving them

Coaching for Leaders July 22, 2024


Management 9
Vision & mission 6
  • Why solving the wrong problem wastes more resources than not solving it
  • The 'thud factor': how to know when you've found the real problem
  • From revenue decline to lost 'cool factor' — a live problem-definition walkthrough

Communication

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How Jay Powell managed a difficult stakeholder at the Federal Reserve

Coaching for Leaders July 22, 2024


Communication 9
Management 7
Resilience & grit 6
  • Powell's four unwritten rules for handling a hostile, unpredictable boss
  • Build political allies before the crisis hits, not during it
  • Why Fed independence is fragile without active relationship-building

Communication

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How to use elevator speeches for executive presence

Coaching for Leaders July 22, 2024


Communication 9
  • An elevator speech is a dialogue, not a monologue or 30-second blast.
  • Use a number and a label to make any answer instantly memorable.
  • The longer you talk unfiltered, the less executive you sound.

Productivity & habits

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Practical strategies for breaking reactive leadership habits

Coaching for Leaders July 22, 2024


Productivity & habits 8
Management 6
  • Five minutes a day beats ambitious plans that the whirlwind kills.
  • Noise-cancelling headphones may solve your interruption problem entirely.
  • Who you report to matters more than which role you choose.

Management

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How millennial managers can overcome workplace perceptions

Coaching for Leaders July 22, 2024


Management 9
Identity & self-belief 7
  • Promoted peers often withdraw — the relationship redefinition is lonely
  • Self-differentiation, not people-pleasing, is what makes the transition stick
  • Patience, not experience, is the real barrier to the next level

Pivoting

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Moving from consuming leadership content to practising it

Coaching for Leaders July 22, 2024


Pivoting 8
Productivity & habits 5
  • Passive consumption of books and podcasts rarely changes behaviour without structure
  • Switching from directing to questioning unlocks team buy-in and self-generated solutions
  • Accepting rather than resisting necessary change dramatically lowers leadership stress

Management

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How to find, evaluate, and hire the right coach

Coaching for Leaders July 22, 2024


Management 8
Identity & self-belief 5
  • Coaches who give value freely before being hired are the most trustworthy.
  • Personal fit and gut instinct matter as much as credentials or track record.
  • High-pressure 'decide now' tactics are a reliable red flag to walk away.

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