Dr. Earl R. Smith II

Dr. Earl R. Smith II
Managing Partner, The Federal Circle
DrSmith@Dr-Smith.com
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Are you a Chairman of a company or a CEO? Are you finding it difficult to find solutions for the problems faced by your organization? Are you confused about what you should be doing? Maybe you could benefit from a bit of my leadership coaching. Continue reading “Leadership Coaching – Making a Difference” »

Dr. Earl R. Smith II
Managing Partner, The Federal Circle
DrSmith@Dr-Smith.com
Dr-Smith.com

Many of my leadership coaching engagement begin when a potential client comes to me with serious concerns about how they are experiencing life and what that experience is doing to their career. They remember how it used to be – the excitement and drive – the energy and interactions – and want to get back to that place. They also want to grow as a leader. I ask them a few simple questions. Continue reading “Five Steps to Regain Leadership Focus” »

Dr. Earl R. Smith II
Managing Partner, The Federal Circle
DrSmith@Dr-Smith.com
Dr-Smith.com

My approach to leadership coaching is fundamentally different from the way I approach either executive or organizational coaching. The principle reason relates to the nature of the client. Executive coaching focuses on the client within the context of the organization – organizational coaching focuses on the organization as a whole. In both cases, the definition of the client includes both the individual and the organization. In each of these cases, funding for the engagement typically comes from the organization – and, ethically, that obligates me to the company as well as the individual. However, with leadership coaching, the individual is the client. Most of my leadership engagements are funded by the individual and the long-term goals that are set for the engagement focus on the improvement of leadership skills of that individual – independent of whether they are looking to stay with their current company or move on to greener pastures. Continue reading “Leadership – Coaching for Leadership Development” »

Dr. Earl R. Smith II
Managing Partner, The Federal Circle
DrSmith@Dr-Smith.com
Dr-Smith.com

Like most people, I am indebted to the mentors that have taken the time and made the effort to teach me. I have been thinking about one in particular and the lessons that he taught me about leadership. It was because of his example that I learned that the true definition of a leader does not involve always being out front – at the head of the pack – all the time. One evening after a good dinner, we settled down over drinks and a couple of good cigars. He said to me ‘you have a vision of leadership that you should think about – it is not serving you as well as you think it is.’ I asked him what he meant. His reply has stayed with me all these years. Continue reading “Leadership and Following” »