Living Integral Coaching

[Part I of this series rejects the quick fix attitude of performance improvement]

Over one hundred years ago, William James, the pioneering philosopher and psychologist, wrote this on development:

Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.

After the inner work is done by an individual, the outer changes will follow. These lasting changes will result in a more productive, meaningful, and enjoyable life. You will radiate skill, competence, and reliability, if you have done the required work.

Bottom line: It’s all inner work!

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Question: How do great leaders rise to the highest positions?

Answer: They are able to better operate at levels higher than the rest of their contemporaries.

How did they get that way? Some had a bit of talent to aid them, but all of them worked for it. [Read more →]

Preliminary results from a recent survey show that companies which invest in coaching for their senior executives, focus on leadership development.

The poll was conduced by Sherpa Coaching in association with the Tandy Center for Executive Leadership.

1,300 executives from 35 countries responded to the study. The complete report and breakdown will be released on January 15th.

The results showed:

• 90% of respondents found the value of coaching to be “very high” or “somewhat high.”

• 74% believe that the credibility of coaching to be “very high” or “somewhat high.” This is a 7% increase over last year’s results.

The International Coach Federation estimates that the annual revenue from the global coaching industry is approaching $1.5 billion. A large majority of that figure is invested in executive and leadership coaching.

PersonalDNA has a personality test which they claim reveals Your True Self.

I’m an Animated Leader

Animated Leader

Here’s an abbreviated version of my report:

• Your solid grounding in the practicalities of life, along with your self-assuredness and your willingness to appreciate new things make you a LEADER.

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The greater awareness you have about yourself, the more effective you will be in all that you do in business, your personal life, whatever.

Some of the things which are very useful to know about one’s self are:

• What are you like as a person? (Behaviors, Personality traits, Quirks)
• What are your preferences? (Likes, Dislikes)
• What are your motivations? (What gets you going?)
• What are your goals? (Life time, Yearly, Monthly, Weekly, Daily)
• How do others perceive you? (Do they think the same as your do?)

There are numerous tests and questionnaires that you can find in books and on the web to help you clarify your answers.
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“Poor leadership results not from conscious malice, but from inadequate leadership knowledge, values, and behaviors. People in leadership positions do not know themselves well enough [to lead effectively].”

(from The Leader Within: Learning Enough About Yourself to Lead Others. )

Too often in our lives, are senses are bombarded by the fast-paced demands of the world. We become overstimulated and our conscious mind gets overloaded by the activity. Consequently, we close ourselves, shut down a bit, filter our experience, in order to cope with the onslaught. We limit our awareness just to get by. Our performance is negatively affected since we are not operating at full capacity.

In my last post I wrote about how developing awareness can help with problem solving and change work in your life and business. Not only does awareness benefit you in these situations, it benefits you in all aspects of your life.
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Ever hear the saying, “Treat the cause, not the symptoms?”

Oftentimes, people are only aware of the symptoms in their lives. The symptoms are the most visible problems in one’s life or business. They are the easiest to see and easiest to work on curing/fixing. But curing the symptoms does not cure the cause, or the root problem.

To make deep and lasting change, in one’s life or business, one must work and search for the real underlying issue that drives the superficial wants/desires/problems.
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IBM Global Business Services recently released their Global Human Capital Study 2008, entitled: Unlocking the DNA of the Adaptable Workforce. It addressed how globalization is impacting companies and their workforces. Over 400 senior HR executives from 40 countries participated in the study. A key finding of the study revealed the overall lack of quantity and quality of executive leadership necessary to take businesses into the future.
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