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		<title>Leadership and Literature</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:12:51 +0000</pubDate>
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There are lots of discussions about what makes a good leader. Many focus on character issues like integrity, honesty, openness or charisma. Others talk about skill sets like communication, literacy, technical capabilities or understanding of finance. Some use words like visionary. Almost all of these discussions focus on the person; who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Executive Coaching Means Putting Your Key People on Their A-Game</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:28:43 +0000</pubDate>
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The last decade has seen a major shift in attitude towards executive coaching. Ten years ago the most likely engagement would have been with a client who was having serious problems. Organizations tended to hire executive coaches when one or more of their people was either having or causing serious problems. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Other Side of the Coin</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:02:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Earl R. Smith II
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Self-knowledge is the crucial component of self-improvement. How can you improve what you don&#8217;t understand? Of course, the other side of that coin is &#8216;what you don&#8217;t understand can cause you great harm.
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The Perfectionist: During a recent coaching engagement, I came to realize that a CEO I was working with had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership and Descartes?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:16:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Earl R. Smith II
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I recently wrote an article &#8211; The Essence of Leadership. In it I described two approaches to leadership. They were based on two recent conversations with &#8216;leaders&#8217;. Out of those conversations came two different approaches to answering the question &#8216;what makes you a leader&#8217;.
It seems that the article has legs as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Essence of Leadership</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Earl R. Smith II</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Earl R. Smith II
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Given all the articles, book, lectures and discussions about leadership, you might hope that CEOs &#8211; particularly young ones &#8211; might have some idea about what it means to be a leader and, more particularly, what it means for them to be a leader. Such hopes founder on the rocks of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons in Leadership &#8211; Part 2 &#8211; Vision Mapping</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 22:09:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Dr. Earl R. Smith II
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Leaders are supposed to have a vision that will guide the team towards victory &#8211; at least that is what is taught in the post-Fordist focused classes in most MBA programs. This is particularly true in the entrepreneurial parts of those curriculum. However, one of the things that graduate business [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons in Leadership &#8211; Part 1 &#8211; Motivational Maps</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
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My leadership coaching engagements tend to focus initially on the habits and leadership style of the client. A first stop on this journey is often the way in which they gather and process information about their team members. Often executives &#8211; particularly CEOs &#8211; have developed insensitivity or blind spots [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Six Qualities of a Successful Manager &#8211; How a Coach Can Help Bring Them Out</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 20:04:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Dr. Earl R. Smith II
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www.Dr-Smith.com
A successful manager is the one who is able to get the strongest performance from his team. Most high-performance managers have employed an executive coach during their rise to the top. One of reasons that this pattern is so prevalent is that a coach helps bring out the best in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to find a leadership coach</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:03:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Dr. Earl R. Smith II
DrSmith@Dr-Smith.com
www.Dr-Smith.com
It is the dream of many executives in this world to become a great leader. Some are born leaders while others develop leadership qualities thorough perseverance and diligent work. In my long experience with leadership coaching, the later group is the larger by far &#8211; and the most productive. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coaching Can Help You Become a Great Leader</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:03:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Dr. Earl R. Smith II
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www.Dr-Smith.com
Leadership coaching can help you to improve your leadership and personal growth dramatically. You can enhance your professional and personal relationships with the help of an efficient leadership coach. You can gain confidence and increase productivity. In today’s busy world, many people struggle to balance leadership skills and personal growth. [...]]]></description>
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