As major organizations have to learn to deal with increasingly rapid traditional, hierarchical school of leadership diminishes in significance, a new focus on networked team leadership is emerging to take its place....

Providing feedback has long been considered to be an essential skill for leaders. As they strive to achieve the goals of the organization, employees need to know how they are doing. They need to know if their performance is in line with what their leaders expect. They need to learn what they have done well and what they need to change....

Slides to accompany Marshall Goldsmith's IOC Webinar: Stakeholder Centered Coaching

Slides to accompany Brian Underhill's IOC Webinar: Yes, You Can (and MUST) Measure the Results of Executive Coaching! 

The executive coaching field still suffers greatly from an “image problem” – many in the world do not understand what we do, and often confuse us with other less desirable occupations. Our profession must capture legitimacy in the world’s eyes. One solution? Measurement!...

Mark Thompson and Bonita Thompson present on "Igniting Initiative for Leaders, Part 2" at the Annual 2016 Coaching in Leadership and Healthcare Conference.

Watch Igniting Initiative for Leaders, Part 1.

The Coaching Two-Step: From Subject to Object to Transformation...

As we move to the end of what has been a tumultuous year in so many parts of the world, and transition to 2017, we have an opportunity to take stock. Indeed, one of the greatest gifts we can give ourselves and, by extension, our clients is to turn inwards and ask important questions about our role and our effectiveness. These might include:...

At our 2015 Annual Coaching Conference, one of the Research Sessions ended with a video of a huge flock of birds hypnotically flowing up and down and in all directions, in unimaginable synchronicity.  Not one bird was out of synch, not one stood out from the group.  This flight video was shown at the conclusion of Sean O’Connor’s prese...

This month we focus on Innovation. Wikipedia defines innovation simply as a "new idea, device, or method." However, innovation is often also viewed as the application of better solutions that meet new requirements, unarticulated needs, or existing market needs....