In his Ted Talk, Daniel Levitin wants to address how people are oftentimes unprepared for the stressful situations that will happen in their lives. Firstly, he brings up when people are under stress, their brains dump cortisol into the body. Cortisol had more of a purpose throughout our evolutionary journey, however in today’s world, it can leave us with a foggy mind and inability to make the best decisions. Read more about How prepared can you be for stressful situations?
The office work environment has been completely altered recently for the vast majority of individuals. As we have entered a remote working environment, how does telework impact an individual’s job satisfaction? And how may personality play a role in that impact as well? Read more about How your personality can affect your job satisfaction when working remotely
Submitted by Carol Kauffman May 15, 2020 - 9:17am Friday, May 15, 2020How we express ourselves is unique to our personality, some more expressive than others. Victor Frankl wrote: human beings are different because we can separate the stimulus and response. What do you need to do to create that space for yourself? Emotional Agility Read more about Empathy is not looking in a mirror
Submitted by Carol Kauffman May 15, 2020 - 9:05am Friday, May 15, 2020When I’m asked to give talks on confidence I say, sure, but you need to know that I think confidence is irrelevant. They are taken aback—why do I say this? Cognitive Biases, Blog Read more about So why was I stunned when it bit me?
Submitted by Rafal Milek-Hor... May 15, 2020 - 8:48am Friday, May 15, 2020In today’s world it is sometimes difficult to find the space and opportunity for true deep reflection. This Tricky Case Forum allowed me and my fellow coaches to dive into cases in a way that can truly transform our practice. The sum of the parts is greater than the whole. This has never been more true before — the group-intelligence in this session was remarkable. Coaching Effectiveness Read more about When you Bring a Challenging Case to you Peer Coaches
Mindfulness has been a focal point of stress relief for over a decade now, but does the data back up the theories? Manoj Sharma and Sarah Rush set out to answer this very question in their article: Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction as a Stress Management Intervention for Healthy Individuals: A Systematic Review. The authors perform a meta-analysis of 17 recent studies on the effects of mindfulness to improve stress. Read more about Tip of the Week: Mindfulness: Does the Data Back Up the Theories?
Submitted by Cathy Lanteri, MD May 11, 2020 - 3:57pm Monday, May 11, 2020Many people use the metaphor of war to describe these trying times. In fact, the military’s work can serve as a valuable guide to managers thrust into leading during a pandemic. It has developed a series of well-honed crisis management techniques that can help those in charge navigate these unparalleled circumstances. In times of crisis, coaches knowledgeable of these techniques can be particularly helpful in supporting leaders to provide strength, direction, and hope. Crisis Management, Leadership Read more about Tapping Into the Military Mindset to Strengthen Leadership During Crisis
Submitted by Rolf Pfeiffer May 7, 2020 - 4:03pm Thursday, May 7, 2020As business coaches we are, of course, in the unique position of seeing up-close the challenges facing a wide range of leaders, as well as their very different responses to that. Below is a short excerpt from a Fellow call, on April 10, 2020, that was hosted by Carol Kaufmann where the fellows were candidly discussing the role of coaches and leadership during our times of Covid-19. Fellow Huddles Read more about We Are in the Same Storm, But We Art Not in the Same Boat
Submitted by Ruby Campbell April 23, 2020 - 3:50pm Thursday, April 23, 2020Developing and coaching leaders from STEMM fields (science, technology, engineering, maths and medicine) to help them flourish within cognitively diverse leadership teams has never been more important. STEMM Read more about Helping STEMM Leaders Flourish With Coaching
Submitted by Margaret Moore April 22, 2020 - 10:59am Wednesday, April 22, 2020Grace is a complex concept, both a noun and a verb; it's definition is expressed in 19 ways by Merriam-Webster. Grace sweeps upward to divine assistance and down to earth through simple kindness and thanks. In motion, grace is graceful like a dancer or athlete. Grace is beautiful, or elegant, and sometimes extraordinary like Andrea Bocelli's voice singing Amazing Grace. Leadership Read more about Lead with Amazing Grace
Watch Carol Kauffman discuss coaching and how to be your best self in these uncertain times on Marshall Goldsmith LIVE Read more about Carol Kauffman on Marshall Goldsmith LIVE
04 Jun Zoom Virtual MeetingJune 4, 2020 - 11:00am to 1:30pmRegistration is closed for this event Please join Eileen Coskey Fracchia, IOC Founding Fellow and West Coast Roundtable leader for our 14th IOC West Coast (Member Only) Virtual Roundtable. Our Roundtable event is a quarterly gathering – grounded in a cooperative approach aimed at deepening our coaching efficacy and prowess– through colleague wisdom sharing, connection and provocative content.
04 Jun onlineJune 4, 2020 - 11:30am to 1:00pmSusan David will share how you can translate best practices into your personal and professional lives. This is a public webinar Register
16 Jun onlineJune 16, 2020 - 1:00pm to 2:30pmA paucity of research has examined coaching's effectiveness in medicine even though it has been shown to be effective in many other professional domains. In this webinar, IOC Harnisch Grant recipients Alyssa McGonagle, Heidi Duskey and Les Schwab present results and discuss implications of their research demonstrating the effectiveness of a six-session coaching intervention for physicians. Go to Registration Page
25 Jun onlineJune 25, 2020 - 11:00am to 12:30pmThis interactive session with Dr. Dan Fisher and Dr. Steve Garcia from the Institute for Contemporary Leadership will show why traditional enterprise operating models are poorly suited to today’s reality, explain how complexity science offers a new path, present a new, more adaptive approach with a 3.7X success rate, and share the contemporary practices that leaders must adopt to succeed in the new and the next and how coaches can support them. Go to Registration Page