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The New Leaders' Coach: February 2009

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A self-coaching, accelerated-learning resource for busy executives and new leaders. The role of Emotional Intelligence in leadership: Hard Facts about the Soft Stuff. The role of Emotional Intelligence in leadership:  Hard Facts about the Soft Stuff. 160;by introducing the final two components of EI - Empathy. 160;and  Social Skill - . As well as the  Emotional and Social Competency Inventory . As an assessment tool for individual behavior.  . In more recent research (HBR Sept 2008 1. Now empathy becomes...

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The New Leaders' Coach: January 2012

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A self-coaching, accelerated-learning resource for busy executives and new leaders. How Emotionally Intelligent are you? Dare to take a test? Leadership literature provides a dazzling array of helpful strategies for success and sure-fire paths to the top of the corporate ladder. It would be truly delightful to be able to pick up a book, absorb its contents and find yourself successful in its afterglow. If there were really a set of behaviours that guaranteed. I never try to avoid tough conversations.

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The New Leaders' Coach: August 2009

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A self-coaching, accelerated-learning resource for busy executives and new leaders. Strategic Management - New strategies for thriving in turbulent markets. Are your strategic management practices up to date or outdated? Are they leaving you lagging behind your competitors or making it hard for them to keep up with you? Part 1: Basics of strategic management. 8220;It doesn’t matter what your strategy is, as long as you have one.”. These are the words of Lou Gerstner, past Chairman and CEO if IBM, when or...

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The New Leaders' Coach: An Idea for Today: Do You Make Your Staff Curious?

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A self-coaching, accelerated-learning resource for busy executives and new leaders. An Idea for Today: Do You Make Your Staff Curious? Curiosity; a basic human instinct at the root of advancement. Do the most curios people in your organisation sit in the research and development department? What if everyone in your organisation was curious about just one thing? Innovation and creativity are hardly universal skill requirements at most companies. These skills are reserved for those that will use them d...

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The New Leaders' Coach: February 2011

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A self-coaching, accelerated-learning resource for busy executives and new leaders. The Battle of the Brains in Decision Making. Think Smart, Work Smarter*,. By Tremaine du Preez, published by Marshall Cavendish International 2011. If we only used a small percentage of our brain, commonly thought to be 10%, couldn’t we just activate the remaining 90% to think smarter, make better decisions and come up with groundbreaking ideas? Wouldn’t that be nice? Emotions are vital in decision making. Our emotional b...

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The New Leaders' Coach: February 2010

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A self-coaching, accelerated-learning resource for busy executives and new leaders. Emotional intelligence is not a gift; it's a skill. Here's a cheat sheet. As published in Singapore's Straits Times on Feb 11, 2010. Doesn’t everyone want to know the secret of success? Is it who you know, how much you know or the number of hours you spend slogging it out at the office? Do you know exactly what makes you tick or ticks you off? The few who are gifted with true emotional awareness have a realistic understan...

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The New Leaders' Coach: WE CAN’T MULTITASK; BUT WE TRY

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A self-coaching, accelerated-learning resource for busy executives and new leaders. WE CAN’T MULTITASK; BUT WE TRY. The term multitasking is an invention of the computer age. It didn’t exist before that. A true multitasking machine has two processors that can perform in parallel. If a human being was born with two processors they would be whisked into surgery to correct this anomaly. So how come we can drive and talk, walk and chew, watch TV and eat? This is because these are unconscious activities. ...

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The New Leaders' Coach: April 2009

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A self-coaching, accelerated-learning resource for busy executives and new leaders. The value of Vision. Passion and Purpose must begin with Vision. Stephen Covey says that there is a “large and painful gap between having a vision and fulfilling that vision”. Anybody who embarks on the journey from vision to fulfillment with passion and fervor will soon realize that this is the most important journey that they have, and most likely will ever, undertake. What is your vision for your own life? Imagine you ...

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The New Leaders' Coach: December 2011

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A self-coaching, accelerated-learning resource for busy executives and new leaders. In leadership using the 'F' word more is better than less. By Tremaine du Preez. Employees or they work for themselves. If feedback is only ever delivered at the quarterly/bi-annual/annual reviews a lot of old stuff has to be rehashed and mistakes have to be brought up which, more often than not, cast a huge shadow over the accolades that are doled out alongside them. So how about this instead? The annual performance revi...

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The New Leaders' Coach: May 2010

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A self-coaching, accelerated-learning resource for busy executives and new leaders. When faced with critical decisions, are you equipped to think critically? What is critical thinking and how is it helping leaders make better decisions? As published in Singapore's Human Resources Magazine, May 2010. Leaders make decisions every day based on explicit assumptions and non-emotive, rational processes. Savvy decision-makers are now turning to both technical and cognitive. Become aware that mental biases exist.