Institute of Coaching - Leadership Coaching

Co-Active Leadership: Five Ways to Lead

Danad t Deek — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 05:56:48 +0000

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Top down, one-dimensional leadership models are hopelessly outdated in today’s rapidly-changing world. And they waste the leadership ability that is present throughout an organization, not just at the top. In this visionary book, Karen and Henry Kimsey-House provide a model that harnesses the possibility of many rather than relying on the power of one. Co-Active Leadership is a deeply collaborative approach, but the first of its five dimensions focuses on the individual: leading from within. We must be fully present and live lives of integrity, open-heartedness, and self-awareness if we are to make the kind of conscious, creative choices Co-Active Leadership demands. Each of the remaining four dimensions work together holistically. Depending on the situation, you may lead from the front, offering guidance and inspiration; from behind, supporting and encouraging others; from beside, partnering with and supporting other members of your team; or from the field, drawing on insights and wisdom available beyond the rational mind. Co-Active Leadership is the only model to celebrate and honor these different expressions of leadership. It invites all of us to share our expertise and allows collaborative solutions to emerge that would never have been possible otherwise.

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Leadership, Internal/Organizational Coaching

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Leadership Coaching

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Podcast: Coaching Optimal Teams with Amy Edmondson, PhD

Stephenie Girard — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 17:10:03 +0000

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Edmondson, Amy

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In this podcast, Amy Edmondson, PhD, Professor of Leadership and Management at Harvard Business School addresses the latest research and best practices for coaching leaders on how to accelerate performance and learn "on the fly" in a world of constant change.

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Podcast

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Leadership, Internal/Organizational Coaching

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Team Coaching, Teaming, Teamwork, Executive Coaching, Leadership, Leadership Coaching

The Inside-Out Effect: A Practical Guide to Transformational Leadership

Danad t Deek — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 05:56:48 +0000

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The Inside-Out Effect reveals powerful lessons on leadership and achieving your full potential as taught at Stanford University’s Graduate and Executive Education Program. It draws upon cutting-edge neuroscience and research from psychology, sociology, and philosophy to create a comprehensive guide for leaders at any level to reinvigorate their lives and the lives of those they affect by pursuing inner-outer alignment. The Inside-Out Effect is based on a three-part process called KNOW-BE-LEAD. Through this method, the authors offer a series of powerful tools that take you to the brink of experiencing your work and life as a calling. They take you into the heart of greater fulfillment, performance, and leadership. Whereas many leadership development books focus on a series of “quick fix” techniques, this book begins and ends with understanding and cultivating yourself. When you begin to live and lead in alignment with your authentic self, you embark on an incredible journey toward peak performance and peak happiness.

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Book Summary

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Leadership, Internal/Organizational Coaching

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Leadership Coaching, Transformational Leadership

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Book

Leader As Coach: Strategies for Coaching & Developing Others

Danad t Deek — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 05:56:48 +0000

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Peterson, David

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Leader As Coach' is a straight-forward, practical book that can help you lead your people and your organization to greater success.

The tips and practices in Leader As Coach will enable you to sharpen your coaching skills so that you can attract and retain the talent you need for success, foster growth in others, provide effective feedback, orchestrate learning opportunities, and groom high-potential performers. After all, your people are your most important asset.

Within these pages you’ll find:
--Five high-impact strategies for effective coaching.
--Useful insights on how to deal with resistance and motivate others.
--Hundreds of tips and action steps to make you a better coach.

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Book Summary

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Leadership, Internal/Organizational Coaching

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Leadership Coaching, Executive Coaching

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Book

Development First Workbook: Creating Your Own Learning Plan

Danad t Deek — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 05:56:48 +0000

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Peterson, David

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Use this handy workbook to create and implement a personal learning plan based on the Development FIRST® model.

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Book Summary

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Leadership, Internal/Organizational Coaching, Life Coaching

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Leadership Coaching, Executive Coaching, Development

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Book

Translating values into leadership to energize young and senior leaders

Danad t Deek — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 05:56:48 +0000

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This is a handout from a workshop leader by Carol Kauffman, Executive Director, and Nick Craig, Authentic Leadership Institute at the European School for Management and Technology ( ESMT) Annual Forum held in conjunction with the International Leadership Association. ( 2012)

Values are like the opposite of sex. With sex, people don’t talk about it. They do it, ideally behind closed doors. In contrast, when it comes to values, everyone shouts them from the rooftop, but they don’t do them every day, and certainly don’t allow themselves to be judged on their performance. In addition, the energizing impact of living one’s values is underappreciated and not utilized effectively in today’s corporate world. In this workshop we’ll look at how to translate one’s values into clear personal definitions and ambitions and then develop these into leadership principles that are visible and measurable and can help one tap more deeply into what matters to them at work as well as home.

We want to offer an intellectual and experiential opportunity for our participants to explore how to take their values and translate them into strategic action plans that can increase satisfaction, intrinsic motivations and hopefully performance. We’ll then consider how these could integrate into and support best practices.

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In this workshop we will (1) describe the business context that highlights the importance of values to motivation and retention (2) offer our perspective and mini case studies following an ongoing leadership development program with 400 leaders from a Fortune 50 company and (3) provide an opportunity to walk our participants through a subset of the same challenging values exercises.

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Values are like the opposite of sex. With sex, people don’t talk about it. They do it, ideally behind closed doors. In contract, when it comes to values, everyone shouts them from the rooftop, but they don’t do them every day, and certainly don’t allow themselves to be judged on their performance. In addition, the energizing impact of living one’s values is underappreciated and not utilized effectively in today’s corporate world. In this workshop we’ll look at how to translate one’s values into clear personal definitions and ambitions and then develop these into leadership principles that are visible and measurable and can help one tap more deeply into what matters to them at work as well as home.

Background

Our theoretical perspective stems from Authentic Leadership and the research and practice tradition of Avolio (2005) George (2010). We agree with Shamir & Eilam’s (2005) suggestion that while numerous definitions of authentic leadership exist, the link between the leader's values and behaving ethically is at the heart of the majority of this literature.While developing authenticity and values is private, whether or not one is seen to live these as a leader is determined over the long haul as followers and peers judge the extent to which one acts consistently, reliably (Ladkin, 2008) and particularly under pressure situations or when complex circumstances create values conflicts.

One would hope that one’s leadership would be judged in a correct versus haphazard McKenna and Rooney (2009) argue that evaluation should be based on robust criteria based on clear principles. This is possible if the essential features are understood and translated into practice. In essence the value counts where “the rubber hits the road.”

In the leadership development program described and one section practiced in this workshop, leaders first identify their core values. Through exercises these are turned into SMART operational behavioral goals (with action plans) that embody one’s key leadership principles. The level of clarity should be so great that a group of one’s peers or followers could reliably evaluate whether or not the leader was literally living their values. The benefit of the exercise is not, however, to be judged by others, it is to force oneself to translate well-meaning intention into leadership actions.

While putting values into action leads to integrity, how does this also connect to motivation? What about values are energizing when you align what you value with what you actually do every day? While we can’t explore in detail here, this orientation maps to the Values in Action approach of positive psychology where research studies indicate that those who practice their strengths enjoy greater wellbeing and less depression. In strengths coaching for example, when an individual can “craft” their job so how they frame it and complete it in a way that aligns to their strengths, there is greater engagement as well. This body of work is congruent with Deci and Ryan’s myriad studies on intrinsic motivation and job performance and engagement.

Each generation brings different values and attitudes to work. Processes to incentivize and retain employees need to reflect these shifts in motivation and what those motivations mean at different developmental points

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We will look at how one multinational corporation developed and delivered a values program as a segment of an Authentic Leadership Development program with it’s top 600 leaders. We will share mini case studies with individuals in 30s, 40s and 50s; and describe qualitative research on the challenges of mapping the values and behaviors into ongoing development plans and leadership.

In the workshop participants will divide into subgroups (6) and first identify their core values. Expanding on this they will write clear definitions of what this value truly means to them.

Case example: one senior leader describes “truth” as his highest value, what it means to him is “having interactions that uncover the deeper and more powerful reality under the surface story.” The challenge comes to – how would you make that SMART (specific, measurable, attainable realistic and timely)?

In his case, the context is – his360 feedback from direct reports and peers was that he was experienced as intimidating and a bully. So, if his value REALLY is “truth” how could he really put it into action? What would this value look like if “truth” were embodied in real time in the real world? How could it be concrete, observable, measurable and meaningful?

This led to the values work, what would it take for him to see, in real time, the “truth” of how he was behaving, and his impact on others. How could he actually know when he was intimidating and interrupt the behavior if truth was so important to him? This thinking led to a series of real-time interventions were this leader’s peers had yellow cards, which they held up during a meeting when their (greater) EI made it clear that the leader was experienced as intimidating. For the first 2 weeks this meant a plan to pause the meeting for the leader and 2 peers to offer feedback, then resume the meeting. The first apology offered after the first break stunned the team members and sent a new set of reverberations through the company.

Other mini-cases will be described and groups will be encouraged to coach one another through the process.

Avolio, Bruce & Gardner, William(2005) Authentic leadership development: Getting to the root of positive forms of leadership The Leadership Quarterly 16 (2005) 315–338

George, Bill (2012) Authentic Leadership Development in (Eds) S Snook, N Nohria R Khurana; The Handbook for Teaching Leadership: Knowing, Doing and Being, Sage Publications, London.

Donna Ladkin (2008) Leadingbeautifully: How mastery, congruence and purpose create

the aesthetic of embodied leadership practice Leadership Quarterly 19 (2008) 31 – 41

McKenna, Bernard; Rooney, David; Boal, Kimberley: (2009) Wisdom principles as a metha-theoretical basis for evaluating leadership, Leadership Quarterly 20 (2009) 177 - 190

Bio: Carol Kauffman PhD ABPP
For the past 25 years she has taught at Harvard Medical School as an Assistant Professor and where she is also the Founding Director of the Institute of Coaching. In 2009 she received a two million dollar award to create the Institute and its Centers of Excellence. Dr. Kauffman has launched and is the Chair of the annual Harvard Coaching Conference and the annual International Coaching Research Forum. She is Leadership Coach As a typically works with those at C-level and those who report to the CEO of an organization and will also with those younger leaders identified as high-potentials. She has worked with multi-national organizations and delivered leadership development programs throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia. She was also founding Editor in Chief of Coaching: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice.

Bio: Nick Craig is the President of the Authentic Leadership Institute (ALI), a leadership consulting firm committed to helping good managers become great leaders. With an integrated offering of leadership workshops, executive coaching and organizational consulting, ALI is a catalyst in helping executives, leadership teams and organizations achieve their highest levels of authenticity, performance and potential.

Nick is co-author of “Finding Your True North” with Bill George of Harvard Business School. Nick has over 20 years of experience helping leaders create a strong culture of execution, balanced with high integrity, congruency, and authenticity.

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Internal/Organizational Coaching

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Leadership Coaching, Authentic Leadership

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MasterClass: The Journey from Good to Great with David Peterson - Part II

Danad t Deek — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 05:56:48 +0000

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Thank you for joining us for our two-part MasterClass series, MasterClass: The Journey from Good to Great with David Peterson featuring his illuminating work. David is one of America’s foremost coaches and we appreciate his interest in sharing his insights on coaching with us. David is currently Google’s Director of Leadership and Coaching after many years as Senior Vice President and practice leader for PDI Ninth House worldwide coaching and leadership development services. His classic book, Leader As Coach: Strategies for Coaching and Developing Others, with Mary Dee Hicks has sold over 100,000 copies along with his book Development First: Strategies for Self Development. Moving deeper into the work of David Peterson, we share his developmental pipeline, more video snippets, another chapter from a book on executive coaching, and a special article on good to great coaching. You may also wish to enjoy his podcasts.

MasterClass: The Journey from Good to Great with David Peterson - Part II includes:

Video Coaching Demonstration, filmed at the Coaching in Leadership and Medicine Conference at Harvard.
More Institute interviews on coaching, a look at coaching vs. therapy
Interview with David by Carol Kauffman and Tatiana Bachkirova published in Coaching: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice
Exective Coaching:& A Critical Review and Recommendations for Advancing Practice
Great moments with David, and how they have changed my coaching.

Thank you for joining us for MasterClasses featuring the work of David Peterson. If you haven't already please see the first in this two-part series, MasterClass: The Journey from Good to Great with David Peterson - Part I.

Watch as David Peterson, PhD discusses coaching vs therapy.

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In early 2011, David joined Google, Inc., as Director, Leadership and Coaching, where he provides coaching to senior leaders, oversees internal and external coaching programs, and supports a range of executive development and organizational learning programs. Previously, he served as senior vice president and practice leader for PDI Ninth House’s worldwide coaching and leadership development services. His consulting work with PDI NH focused on coaching for senior executives in Global 100 companies, as well as helping organizations design their own coaching and leadership development programs. His clients included Target, Genentech, Hewlett Packard, Microsoft, Levi Strauss, Stanford University, Chevron, Shell, and Wal-Mart. He is the author and co-author of numerous articles and two best-selling books, Leader As Coach and Development FIRST: Strategies for Self-Development. Most recently he authored the chapter on Executive Coaching for the APA Handbook of Industrial and Organizational Psychology.

David is a frequent speaker at conferences on coaching, leadership development, and organizational learning. He has been featured in the Harvard Business Review, Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Time, CFO, Financial Executive, Working Woman, Training, Personnel Journal, Human Resources Executive, HR Magazine, Washington Post, and USA Today.?

A recent history of the field of coaching listed David as one of the primary influencers in the field of coaching, both for his early influence on the emergence of executive coaching in the 1980s, and for continuing to shape the field as someone "on the cutting edge of the profession, doing and saying surprising and thought-provoking things.”

A Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Society of Consulting Psychology, and SIOP, he received his Ph.D. in industrial/organizational and counseling psychology from the University of Minnesota. David lives in San Francisco, with wife Alexis Shoemate and an adorable Tibetan Terrier named Pinot.

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Leadership, Internal/Organizational Coaching, Life Coaching

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Executive Coaching, Leadership Coaching

MasterClass: Coaching Toward the Positive with Richard Boyatzis - Part II

Danad t Deek — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 05:56:48 +0000

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This MasterClass is a continuation of MasterClass: Coaching Toward the Positive with Richard Boyatzis - Part I and includes (Premium Content and under Related Resources):

Richard’s award-winning paper for the Academy of Management in its entirety. Carol Kauffman adds a running commentary linking the research to our coaching practice and with ways we can articulate what we do and why it works. We see this as the core of evidence-based marketing.
The complete video presentation of Richard's keynote presentation from the 2011 Coaching in Leadership and Healthcare Conference sponsored by Harvard Medical School including his powerpoint slides.
Additional video interviews and some book reading.

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Academy of Management Journal Article

Learn about the neuroscience behind leadership effectiveness in the article, Developing Sustainable Leaders Through Coaching and Compassion.

Richard Boyatzis Keynote Presentation 2011

Coaching in Leadership and Healthcare Conference, sponsored by Harvard Medical School, McLean Hospital and the Institute of Coaching.

Watch the video: Appreciative Coaching: From Science to Action.

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Leadership, Internal/Organizational Coaching

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Leadership Coaching, Executive Coaching, Coaching with Compassion

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2014 Video Interview with Richard Kilburg PhD on executive presence

Danad t Deek — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 05:56:48 +0000

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Dick Kilburg discusses the role of the coach in coaching leaders on their executive presence based on his presentation at the 2014 Coaching in Leadership and Healthcare Conference in an interview with Joan Ryan, Founding Fellow.

Dick Kilburg is CEO of RRK Coaching and Executive Development, a consulting firm based in Baltimore. He has authored six books: Professionals in Distress: Issues, Syndromes, and Solutions in Psychology; How to Manage Your Career in Psychology; Executive Coaching: Developing Managerial Wisdom in a World of Chaos; Executive Wisdom: Coaching and the Emergence of Virtuous Leaders; Virtuous Leaders: Strategy, Character, and Influence in the 21st Century; and The Wisdom of Coaching, co-edited with Dr. Richard Dietrich. He held positions in the Department of Psychiatry of the University of Pittsburgh as an Assistant Professor, as the Director of the Champlain Valley Mental Health Council, a community mental health center in Burlington, Vermont, the American Psychological Association offices of Professional Affairs and Public Affairs, the Human Resources Department of Johns Hopkins University where he directed the human resources development programs, and has been in private practice as a clinician and consultant. He was an Associate Professor, Director of the Masters in Business Administration/ Organization Development Program in the Carey Business School at the Johns Hopkins University from 2007-2010. He is the recipient of the 2002 Distinguished Contribution to Psychology in Management Award given by the Society of Psychologists in Management and the 2005 Harry and Miriam Levinson Award for Outstanding Contributions to Consulting Organizational Psychology given by the American Psychological Foundation.

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Kilburg, Richard

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Video

Coaching Specialty:

Leadership, Internal/Organizational Coaching

Resource Topics:

Leadership Coaching, Executive Coaching, Executive Development

Development First: Strategies for Self-Development

Danad t Deek — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 05:56:48 +0000

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Development First is concise guide that provides practical ways to integrate development with your responsibilities and goals so you can do your job better, now and in the future. "First" is an acronym for the five simple steps that can help drive your development.

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Book Summary

Coaching Specialty:

Leadership, Internal/Organizational Coaching, Life Coaching

Resource Topics:

Leadership Coaching, Executive Coaching, Development

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Book