09 November 2008
Tip No.10 - A leadership story
10/11/08 20:46 Filed in: Coaching
Tips
"Inspiration does exist, but it must find you
working."
Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)
This tip is slightly longer than normal. In order to demonstrate the coaching tip I need to tell a story - one that you will hopefully enjoy.
I was drafted in to help a colleague run a workshop recently when the numbers became too great. Part of the icebreaker he used was to get people to tell a colleague about the most inspirational leader/manager that they had known. We had an odd number of delegates so I paired up and took part in this exercise.
I found myself remembering the most inspirational leader I had worked for. Bruce Cohen, was the Global VP Sales at a technology company called Chipcom. The CEO was a tall and imposing ex-submarine commander and whilst he was charismatic - Bruce was openly recognised as being the soul of the company. Read More...
Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)
This tip is slightly longer than normal. In order to demonstrate the coaching tip I need to tell a story - one that you will hopefully enjoy.
I was drafted in to help a colleague run a workshop recently when the numbers became too great. Part of the icebreaker he used was to get people to tell a colleague about the most inspirational leader/manager that they had known. We had an odd number of delegates so I paired up and took part in this exercise.
I found myself remembering the most inspirational leader I had worked for. Bruce Cohen, was the Global VP Sales at a technology company called Chipcom. The CEO was a tall and imposing ex-submarine commander and whilst he was charismatic - Bruce was openly recognised as being the soul of the company. Read More...
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