http://www.bluechipcoaching.co.nz/blog Articles and interviews about leadership coaching and training, executive mentoring, business coaching and more by Blue Chip Coaching's coaches and business consultants. Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:37:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Improving your ability to inspire can lead to more success for senior business executives and their organisations.You could argue that the most important attribute of a leader is their ability to inspire others.  Successful leaders are able to mobilise and motivate people inside and outside their organisation, to deliver the ... http://www.bluechipcoaching.co.nz/blog/2008/11/leadership-through-inspiration/ Significant leadership development often involves more than developing new skills or behaviours.Improving leadership performance often focuses on improving capabilities and behaviours.  This may range from impacting areas of interpersonal capability right through to technical areas such as the leader’s ability to read a balance sheet. Typically when leaders are ready to ... http://www.bluechipcoaching.co.nz/blog/2008/11/improving-leadership-performance/ How CEOs can achieve the best results for themselves and their organisation You aspired to be top dog in the organisation, you have achieved that success and yet somehow you do not feel…. well, successful.  Irrespective of whether you have a great quarter or a mediocre one, there’s something missing…. your ... http://www.bluechipcoaching.co.nz/blog/2008/11/inside-out-leadership/ Why did you become a Leadership Coach? In my previous roles I was exposed to successful business leaders (both as clients and colleagues) and I had been fascinated by the factors that separate successful business leaders and teams from those that are less than successful.  I was interested in the matters ... http://www.bluechipcoaching.co.nz/blog/2008/11/lynn-humphrey-on-becoming-a-leadership-coach/ Appreciative Inquiry is now a commonly accepted practice in the evaluation of organizational development strategy and implementation of organizational effectiveness tactics. It is also used extensively as a basis for Leadership and Executive Coaching and for Leadership Team Development in major companies, SMEs and government. What is Appreciative Inquiry? Appreciative Inquiry as ... http://www.bluechipcoaching.co.nz/blog/2008/11/appreciative-inquiry-leadership-and-executive-coaching/ On the eve of his departure from New Zealand, leading rugby coach Robbie Deans was interviewed on his success as a sporting coach. Many of the key messages are also relevant to effective business and leadership coaching. Here are some of them: Self analysis  "I took a break from the NPC and ... http://www.bluechipcoaching.co.nz/blog/2008/11/coaching-teams-effectively-robbie-deans-view/ These are just some of the issues that effective Business or Leadership Coaching can assist with: Corporate financial health and fiscal responsibilities a. Achieving consistent financial returns in a highly competitive global market b. Forming strategic alliances to leverage resources c. Ensuring your organisation is a compelling place to work to attract and retain high quality people 2. Organisational ... http://www.bluechipcoaching.co.nz/blog/2008/11/executive-or-leadership-coaching-matters/ Using executive mentors in New Zealand business has a long history and more recently has changed in form. Historically some business people were assigned executive mentors who had "walked the path" to help guide and coach them. The upside was that these executive mentors had been there and done that, the ... http://www.bluechipcoaching.co.nz/blog/2008/11/the-changing-faces-of-executive-mentors-mentoring/ Companies interested in enhancing their leadership and team performances often engage the services of business consultants as facilitators. When Blue Chip Coaching's business consultants work in the area of leadership team development, they start with a gap analysis exercise. They then act as facilitators to assist the team to look honestly at where ... http://www.bluechipcoaching.co.nz/blog/2008/11/business-consultants-as-facilitators/ If you want your team to succeed in business, consider using the services of professional business coaches who run programmes designed to get results.Blue Chip Coaching provides business coaches who specialise in the domain of executive and leadership coaching. We work with managers and senior managers who are ready to ... http://www.bluechipcoaching.co.nz/blog/2008/11/use-business-coaches-to-help-your-business-succeed/