Coaching for Leaders

Chris McChesney: The 4 Disciplines of Execution Chris McChesney is the Global Practice Leader of Execution for FranklinCovey and the co-author of the bestselling book The 4 Disciplines of Execution * with his colleagues Sean Covey and Jim Huling. Key Points The 4 Disciplines: Focus on the wildly important Act on the lead measures Keep a compelling scoreboard Create a cadence of accountability. Res...

Lisa Cummings: Lead Through Strengths Lisa Cummings is the founder and CEO of Lead Through Strengths , a firm that exists to help people find and use their strengths at work. Lisa and her team serve large teams and organizations to help them leverage the results of the CliftonStrengths (formerly StrengthsFinder) assessment. She is also the host of the popular Lead Through Strengths podcast . Many...

Teresa Chahine: Social Entrepreneurship Teresa Chahine is the social entrepreneurship program leader at the Harvard School of Public Heath and the Innovation advisor at Alfanar Venture Philanthropy. She’s the author of Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship *, a 12-step guide to building an impactful venture. You can find her on Twitter , Instagram , and LinkedIn . Key Points Find the root cause...

Bonni Stachowiak: Teaching in Higher Ed Bonni Stachowiak is the host of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast , a professor of business and management at Vanguard University , and my life partner. Prior to her academic career, Bonni was a human resources consultant and executive officer for a publicly traded company. She is the author of The Productive Online and Offline Professor: A Practical Guide *...

Sharone Bar-David: Abrasive Leaders Sharone Bar-David is the author of Trust Your Canary: Every Leader’s Guide to Taming Workplace Incivility * and president at Bar-David Consulting, a company offering solutions for creating a respectful workplace and rehabilitating abrasive leaders. Key Points Abrasive leaders often don’t realize how they’re acting, or if they do, they don’t realize the negative...

Chris Deferio: Keys to the Shop Chris Deferio is the host of Keys to the Shop , a podcast that helps coffee service professionals to advance their careers by discovering more about barista work, management, leadership, and the operational knowledge to run a coffee shop. Chris has decades of experience managing teams of part-time staff in a high turnover industry. In this episode, he shares the mos...

Amanda Davis: Onboarding Employees Amanda Davis is an executive consultant with 25 years of professional leadership and management experience specializing in the development and implementation of strategies and programs for better service delivery. Key Points The Two-Tiered Approach to Onboarding: Part 1: First day on the job Keep it short (1.5-2 hours long). What are the essential things an emplo...

Bonni Stachowiak: Teaching in Higher Ed Bonni Stachowiak is the host of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast , a professor of business and management at Vanguard University , and my life partner. Prior to her academic career, Bonni was a human resources consultant and executive officer for a publicly traded company. She is the author of The Productive Online and Offline Professor: A Practical Guide ....

Erin Meyer: The Culture Map Erin Meyer, a professor at INSEAD, teaches us how to influence cross-culturally. Erin is the author of the bestselling book The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business *. Key Points It’s more helpful to know how cultures compare to one another on specific issues than it is to just describe a specific culture. Different cultures have sig...

Brenda Bernstein: How to Write a KILLER LinkedIn Profile Brenda Bernstein is the Founder and Senior Editor at The Essay Expert and the author of How to Write a KILLER LinkedIn Profile *, a book that held the #1 best-seller spot in Amazon’s business writing skills list for 2 years. Key Points LinkedIn profiles are very important for job seekers. Your headline is the most important place to have key...

Michael Bungay Stanier: The Coaching Habit Michael Bungay Stanier is the author of eight books, including The Coaching Habit , which has sold more than a million copies and is the best-selling book on coaching this century. In 2011 he created and edited End Malaria, a book written in partnership with Seth Godin that raised more than $400k for Malaria No More. Michael is the founder Box of Crayons,...

Bonni Stachowiak: Teaching in Higher Ed Bonni is the host of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast , Dean of Teaching and Learning and Professor of Business and Management at Vanguard University , and my life partner. Prior to her academic career, she was a human resources consultant and executive officer for a publicly traded company. Bonni is the author of The Productive Online and Offline Professor...

Dan Ariely: Payoff Dan Ariely is the James B. Duke Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics at Duke University and a founding member of the Center for Advanced Hindsight. His books include Irrationally Yours, Predictably Irrational, The Upside of Irrationality, The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty, and his most recent book, Payoff: The Hidden Logic That Shapes Our Motivations . Key Points T...

Collins Osayamwen: Facilities Management Collins Osayamwen is the Managing Partner/Senior consultant of Sheltercare FM Consult based in Nigeria. He is also a founding partner of the Corporate FM Alliance – a group of international companies working together on regular basis to provide facilities management and real estate services throughout the Europe, Middle East, and Africa region. He was the I...

Eugenia Weiss: Military and Veteran Transitions Eugenia Weiss is a clinical associate professor at the University of Southern California’s Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work. She is the co-author of the book The Civilian Lives of U.S. Veterans: Issues and Identities * and Supporting Veterans in Higher Education: A Primer for Administrators, Faculty, and, Advisors *. Key Points Military and...

Tom Henschel: The Look & Sound of Leadership Tom Henschel is the host of The Look & Sound of Leadership , a popular leadership podcast spanning almost a decade. In addition, Tom is a talented executive coach and principal of his firm, Essential Communications . Key Points Networking is about abundance and a mindset of giving Networking is about relationships, not goals. Networks are built...

Bonni Stachowiak: Teaching in Higher Ed Bonni is the host of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast , Dean of Teaching and Learning and Professor of Business and Management at Vanguard University , and my life partner. Prior to her academic career, she was a human resources consultant and executive officer for a publicly traded company. Bonni is the author of The Productive Online and Offline Professor...

Mariano Mosquera: Preventing Corruption Mariano Mosquera, is an Edmond J. Safra Network Fellow at Harvard University and Postdoctoral Fellow of the National University of Cordoba. He is a professor of Ethics and Access to Public Information of the National University of Córdoba and professor of Public Policy at the Catholic University of Cordoba. Key Points Different places in the world have diffe...

Jurgen Appelo: Management 3.0 Jurgen Appelo calls himself a creative networker. Since 2008 Jurgen has penned a popular blog covering the creative economy, agile management, and personal development. He is the author of  Management 3.0 *, the bestselling agile management text and the proactive follow-up book, Managing for Happiness *. Key Points Not all things work for each company. You must experi...

Terry Lipovski: Underdog Coaching Terry Lipovski is the President of Ubiquity Executive Coaches . He is a leadership coach and workshop facilitator to top organizations around the world include organizations like Schlumberger, Air Canada, and GE. Key Points Being different from colleagues can present a challenge Many people at a disadvantage don’t realize it Some people just need someone who is in...

Bonni Stachowiak: Teaching in Higher Ed Bonni is the host of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast , Dean of Teaching and Learning and Professor of Business and Management at Vanguard University , and my life partner. Prior to her academic career, she was a human resources consultant and executive officer for a publicly traded company. Bonni is the author of The Productive Online and Offline Professor...

Mindy Danna: Adult Development Mindy Danna has over 20 years experience helping individuals and organizations achieve their goals through coaching, organization development, and strategic facilitation. She specializes in workplace communication, influencing skills, sales management, team building, strategic facilitation, and conflict resolution. Key Points The stages of development from Robert Keg...

Muriel Wilkins: Own the Room Muriel is the Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Paravis Partners . She hosts the Coaching Real Leaders podcast , presented by Harvard Business Review. She’s also the co-author, with Amy Su, of Own the Room: Discover Your Signature Voice to Master Your Leadership Presence . Key Points It’s about learning to adapt and learning how you bring your best self forward...

Judith Glaser: Conversational Intelligence Judith Glaser is an Organizational Anthropologist. She is one of the most pioneering and innovative change agents, consultants, and executive coaches, in the consulting industry and is the world’s leading authority on Conversational Intelligence, Neuro-innovation, and WE-centric Leadership. She is a best-selling author of seven business books including he...

Bonni Stachowiak: Teaching in Higher Ed Bonni is the host of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast , Dean of Teaching and Learning and Professor of Business and Management at Vanguard University , and my life partner. Prior to her academic career, she was a human resources consultant and executive officer for a publicly traded company. Bonni is the author of The Productive Online and Offline Professor...