Category Archives: Leadership Coaching Tips

Leadership Coaching Tip

Leadership Coaching Tips / May 2001

When working with individual or groups of leaders explore the question of leadership resources with them. Help them identify the resources that are important to them. Test their assumptions and beliefs about leadership resources.
Then have them identify how best to use those resources in relation to leadership purpose and the achievement of business objectives.

> Russ Volckmann…

Leadership Coaching Tip

Leadership Coaching Tips / April 2001

When coaching an individual leader in a business, explore her/his assumptions about the individual and collective aspects of leadership in their experience. Ask them to tell stories about each and identify what important learning there was.
Some sample questions might be:
  • What were your intentions?
  • What did you do?
  • What was the result?
  • What does this say about your leadership?
Then ask them to look at a leadership opportunity that they are facing. Ask a similar series of questions. Then
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Leadership Coaching Tip

Leadership Coaching Tips / March 2001

“When working with individual or groups of leaders explore the question of leadership resources with them. Help them identify the resources that are important to them. Test their assumptions and beliefs about leadership resources.
“Then have them identify how best to use those resources in relation to leadership purpose and the achievement of business objectives.”

> Russ Volckmann…

Leadership Coaching Tip

Leadership Coaching Tips / February 2001

A good place to begin when looking at leadership issues in a business organization is the context. Begin that by identifying the forces of change.

  • Is there growing complexity? What kind – technological, market, workforce, competition, other?
  • Is the pace of change shifting: slowing down, speeding up?
  • How is the leader seeing and experiencing change in their business?
  • Is this ongoing, accelerating, slowing down, temporary?

Appreciating the context of leadership is essential in taking further developmental steps.

> Russ Volckmann…