As an executive coach I have long been interested in positive psychology, the scientific study of how humans can optimize their potential. I had studied evidence-based coaching at Fielding Graduate University, where their program was informed by the works of such positive-psychology scholars as Martin Seligman, Mihaly Czikszentmhalyi, Ed Diener, Tal Ben-Sahar, Brenda Frederickson, […]
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Strength-Based Coaching: Leadership Starts with the Self
Coping with COVID: Learning from the Salamander
CORNERSTONE & COVID: Our members around the world are stepping up to comment on the new challenges facing our industry. Here’s Martin Braddock of Dubai Back in 2016, I wrote an article called: ‘Emulating the qualities of the Salamander: How an Executive Coach can help you’. Not the ‘catchiest’ of titles, but it […]
A Wise Decision Trumps A Quick One
(Ed: Part 2 of a recent HBR article “Why a new leader should be wary of quick wins” by former CEO Dan Ciampa. Read Part One here ) In Thinking, Fast and Slow, the psychologist Daniel Kahneman explores the intricacies of judgment and argues that different tempos of decision making are better for different challenges. Fight/flight/freeze […]
PRESS RELEASE: Global Recruiter Doubles Up Coaching Support
SHANGHAI, CN April 18, 2018 – Cornerstone International Group, a prominent global recruiter, has stepped up its Leadership Development services by doubling the number of certified professional coaches on its roster. It recently added 30 new executive coaches, bringing its worldwide total to 64. Most of the additions are in North America as the first […]
6 Principles to Set New Employees up for Success
Putting down a dog because it is troublesome is too often an admission of failure. Nine times out of ten, the dog is a problem because of poor or non-existent training. The same goes for people, You’re not supposed to euthanize employees for behaving poorly. It’s a much better plan to find a coach, correct […]