Comments for Leadership Coaching http://www.galahadtransitions.com/blog Leaders developing a unique creative leadership presence. Development ideas and coaching approaches. Fri, 17 Feb 2012 02:02:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Comment on Rudyard Kipling – IF by Deb Phenicie http://www.galahadtransitions.com/blog/?p=213&cpage=1#comment-1434 Deb Phenicie Fri, 17 Feb 2012 02:02:17 +0000 http://www.galahadtransitions.com/blog/?p=213#comment-1434 Thanks for sharing. Yes indeed; really captures the essence of living in the present moment connected with our inner wisdom :). Thanks for sharing. Yes indeed; really captures the essence of living in the present moment connected with our inner wisdom :) .

]]> Comment on Book Review: Leading Minds, Anatomy of Leadership, Howard Gardner by Lynne Quintana http://www.galahadtransitions.com/blog/?p=94&cpage=1#comment-167 Lynne Quintana Mon, 18 Oct 2010 09:39:23 +0000 http://www.galahadtransitions.com/blog/?p=94#comment-167 I was searching for articles about leadership coaching as I bumped into your post, this is such an insightful article. I agree and believe with Howard Gardner and your views regarding leadership. Thanks for sharing! Lynne I was searching for articles about leadership coaching as I bumped into your post, this is such an insightful article. I agree and believe with Howard Gardner and your views regarding leadership. Thanks for sharing!

Lynne

]]> Comment on Do women make better leaders? by Leadership Styles http://www.galahadtransitions.com/blog/?p=161&cpage=1#comment-151 Leadership Styles Tue, 03 Aug 2010 08:38:10 +0000 http://www.galahadtransitions.com/blog/?p=161#comment-151 I think there is very much truth in what you say about women having to have been better than the men that they competed against to ‘get on’; these are after all not average women. These women do a job because that is the job that they want to do, not because it is simply a vehicle for their own status progression. However, some women who ‘get on’ do seem to feel that they owe it to other women to help them get on too, – in a way that most men (particularly alpha males) never do unless there is something in it for them. They will thus act as mentors to other, often younger, women of inferior rank (yes I’m a male!) and meet them socially and individually in a way that most men would find unacceptable. Unfortunately the consequence can sometimes be that the younger ‘second fiddle’ is promoted into a job role that is beyond their leadership abilities. The public sector in the UK has many such examples of such affirmative action inspired promotions. I think there is very much truth in what you say about women having to have been better than the men that they competed against to ‘get on’; these are after all not average women. These women do a job because that is the job that they want to do, not because it is simply a vehicle for their own status progression.

However, some women who ‘get on’ do seem to feel that they owe it to other women to help them get on too, – in a way that most men (particularly alpha males) never do unless there is something in it for them. They will thus act as mentors to other, often younger, women of inferior rank (yes I’m a male!) and meet them socially and individually in a way that most men would find unacceptable. Unfortunately the consequence can sometimes be that the younger ‘second fiddle’ is promoted into a job role that is beyond their leadership abilities. The public sector in the UK has many such examples of such affirmative action inspired promotions.

]]> Comment on How to…. New Year’s Resolutions by » HOW TO…YOGIC REACTION TO VULCANO ERUPTION tite: corsi di yoga e yoga per la corsa http://www.galahadtransitions.com/blog/?p=166&cpage=1#comment-149 » HOW TO…YOGIC REACTION TO VULCANO ERUPTION tite: corsi di yoga e yoga per la corsa Fri, 23 Apr 2010 10:21:22 +0000 http://www.galahadtransitions.com/blog/?p=166#comment-149 [...] Quando, al secondo giorno di tentativi per partire, me ne ritornai a casa senza più chance, devo ammettere che il mio pensiero è andato con certo fastidio anche se temporaneo, alla lista delle “New Years’ Resolutions” che avevo stilato sul sito http://www.tite.it/?p=669, dove mi auguravo di correre una “decente” maratona il giorno del mio compleanno. …ma poi ho letto un saggio (in tutti i sensi) di un amico yogin e economista inglese, Richard Clarke e mi sono confermata nelle sensazioni positive a distanza di qualche giorno. “How To…New Years’ Resolutions” http://www.galahadtransitions.com/blog/?p=166#respond [...] [...] Quando, al secondo giorno di tentativi per partire, me ne ritornai a casa senza più chance, devo ammettere che il mio pensiero è andato con certo fastidio anche se temporaneo, alla lista delle “New Years’ Resolutions” che avevo stilato sul sito http://www.tite.it/?p=669, dove mi auguravo di correre una “decente” maratona il giorno del mio compleanno. …ma poi ho letto un saggio (in tutti i sensi) di un amico yogin e economista inglese, Richard Clarke e mi sono confermata nelle sensazioni positive a distanza di qualche giorno. “How To…New Years’ Resolutions” http://www.galahadtransitions.com/blog/?p=166#respond [...]

]]> Comment on How to…. New Year’s Resolutions by tite http://www.galahadtransitions.com/blog/?p=166&cpage=1#comment-148 tite Tue, 20 Apr 2010 20:35:17 +0000 http://www.galahadtransitions.com/blog/?p=166#comment-148 how true! the important is...working "around" plans and adapting to circumstances, which means also try hard but without bursing out energy you need the whole year. That's what happened to me on Sat, when it became clear there was no way I could reach Boston in time for the Marathon I qualified for and planned last year. i just breathe and thanked God I hadmy money back both for flight and hotel and my bib is (exceptionally) taken for next year edition. I got home, plunged into bed, slept like a log , woke up and there I was ready to switch my attention to my already-started season of trail races, which will culminate with Lavaredo Ultra Trail (90k) and CCC-Ultra Trail Mont Blanc (100k). So, I registered for a nice 61k, +2200m Fenera Trail Run on the Novara hills, next Sun. All in all, my training plan now makes even more sense, without a Marathon. :) PS. Ultra, Trail, Marathon...endurance running are metaphors of running life, just like yoga. In fact, I could never run half of it without my daily practice of YOGAXRUNNERS. Namasté how true! the important is…working “around” plans and adapting to circumstances, which means also try hard but without bursing out energy you need the whole year. That’s what happened to me on Sat, when it became clear there was no way I could reach Boston in time for the Marathon I qualified for and planned last year. i just breathe and thanked God I hadmy money back both for flight and hotel and my bib is (exceptionally) taken for next year edition. I got home, plunged into bed, slept like a log , woke up and there I was ready to switch my attention to my already-started season of trail races, which will culminate with Lavaredo Ultra Trail (90k) and CCC-Ultra Trail Mont Blanc (100k). So, I registered for a nice 61k, +2200m Fenera Trail Run on the Novara hills, next Sun. All in all, my training plan now makes even more sense, without a Marathon. :)
PS. Ultra, Trail, Marathon…endurance running are metaphors of running life, just like yoga. In fact, I could never run half of it without my daily practice of YOGAXRUNNERS.
Namasté

]]> Comment on Do women make better leaders? by Cornelius McGrath http://www.galahadtransitions.com/blog/?p=161&cpage=1#comment-123 Cornelius McGrath Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:02:48 +0000 http://www.galahadtransitions.com/blog/?p=161#comment-123 Richard A timely re-publishing of your article on `do women maker better leaders?, especially as the main perpetrators of the current crisis in the financial services industry were men. Which, as a male, I derive no pleasure in pointing out! Your article raised a question in my mind and one which I would welcome you and your readers’ thoughts on. Would the financial crisis have happened if there were sufficient numbers of women on the board of the banks and other financial institutions? In pondering that question, I thought that you and your readers would be interested in Kate Sweetman's article for HBR, `How Women Have Changed Norway's Boardrooms'- http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/hbr/hbr-now/2009/07/how-women-have-changed-norways.html . Ms. Sweetman suggests that women can change board dynamics for the better in a number of ways; "reduce unnecessary risk"; "demand more facts and details", be "more independent" and be "more diligent and responsible". My reading and understanding of the causes of the financial crises highlighted that these were precisely the characteristics that boards of directors did not display!! Her evidence is drawn from the experience of publically quoted companies in Norway, which, as of 2007, are required by legislation to have at least 40% women on their boards of directors. I would be fascinated to know how Norwegian Banks and institutions fared during the financial meltdown and the degree to which the number and role of women board members made a difference. Would any Norwegian economic watchers like to comment? However, as Ms Sweetman points out, it is not simply a numbers game and that women need more encouragement and practical help to become board members in the first instance. Your 9 tips for female leaders are spot on, particularly with the need to find a mentor who can offer advice and support, something which was also highlighted in Kate Sweetman’s article. Richard
A timely re-publishing of your article on `do women maker better leaders?, especially as the main perpetrators of the current crisis in the financial services industry were men. Which, as a male, I derive no pleasure in pointing out! Your article raised a question in my mind and one which I would welcome you and your readers’ thoughts on. Would the financial crisis have happened if there were sufficient numbers of women on the board of the banks and other financial institutions?

In pondering that question, I thought that you and your readers would be interested in Kate Sweetman’s article for HBR, `How Women Have Changed Norway’s Boardrooms’- http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/hbr/hbr-now/2009/07/how-women-have-changed-norways.html . Ms. Sweetman suggests that women can change board dynamics for the better in a number of ways; “reduce unnecessary risk”; “demand more facts and details”, be “more independent” and be “more diligent and responsible”. My reading and understanding of the causes of the financial crises highlighted that these were precisely the characteristics that boards of directors did not display!!

Her evidence is drawn from the experience of publically quoted companies in Norway, which, as of 2007, are required by legislation to have at least 40% women on their boards of directors. I would be fascinated to know how Norwegian Banks and institutions fared during the financial meltdown and the degree to which the number and role of women board members made a difference. Would any Norwegian economic watchers like to comment?

However, as Ms Sweetman points out, it is not simply a numbers game and that women need more encouragement and practical help to become board members in the first instance. Your 9 tips for female leaders are spot on, particularly with the need to find a mentor who can offer advice and support, something which was also highlighted in Kate Sweetman’s article.

]]> Comment on The role of struggle in growth by Sarah http://www.galahadtransitions.com/blog/?p=110&cpage=1#comment-55 Sarah Sat, 20 Jun 2009 12:07:37 +0000 http://www.galahadtransitions.com/blog/?p=110#comment-55 Reminds me of the Einstein quote : "My political ideal is democracy. Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized. It is an irony of fate that I myself have been the recipient of excessive admiration and reverence from my fellow-beings, through no fault, and no merit, of my own. The cause of this may well be the desire, unattainable for many, to understand the few ideas to which I have with my feeble powers attained through ceaseless struggle. I am quite aware that for any organization to reach its goals, one man must do the thinking and directing and generally bear the responsibility." Reminds me of the Einstein quote : “My political ideal is democracy. Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized. It is an irony of fate that I myself have been the recipient of excessive admiration and reverence from my fellow-beings, through no fault, and no merit, of my own. The cause of this may well be the desire, unattainable for many, to understand the few ideas to which I have with my feeble powers attained through ceaseless struggle. I am quite aware that for any organization to reach its goals, one man must do the thinking and directing and generally bear the responsibility.”

]]> Comment on Book Review: Leading Minds, Anatomy of Leadership, Howard Gardner by admin http://www.galahadtransitions.com/blog/?p=94&cpage=1#comment-41 admin Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:41:33 +0000 http://www.galahadtransitions.com/blog/?p=94#comment-41 Thank you David, by the way David runs a very good employee engagement site, lots of good dialogue and useful information you can see it <a href="http://employeeengagement.ning.com/" rel="nofollow">here</a> All the best, Richard Thank you David, by the way David runs a very good employee engagement site, lots of good dialogue and useful information you can see it here
All the best, Richard

]]> Comment on Trust by Abhijit Paidipelli http://www.galahadtransitions.com/blog/?p=53&cpage=1#comment-30 Abhijit Paidipelli Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:35:06 +0000 http://www.galahadtransitions.com/blog/?p=53#comment-30 Great insight, it is the misuse of this GUT feeling that scamsters exploit. Great insight, it is the misuse of this GUT feeling that scamsters exploit.

]]> Comment on Book Review: Leading Minds, Anatomy of Leadership, Howard Gardner by David Zinger http://www.galahadtransitions.com/blog/?p=94&cpage=1#comment-29 David Zinger Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:37:33 +0000 http://www.galahadtransitions.com/blog/?p=94#comment-29 Richard, I discovered you when you joined the employee engagement network and visited your blog and never got back to other tasks. From Gardner and story to goals I love they way you look at leadership and offer your own perspective. I expect to spend a lot more time here in the near future and look forward to some dialogue in the future too. David Richard,

I discovered you when you joined the employee engagement network and visited your blog and never got back to other tasks. From Gardner and story to goals I love they way you look at leadership and offer your own perspective. I expect to spend a lot more time here in the near future and look forward to some dialogue in the future too.

David

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