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Coaching Cultures: The Business Case
The evidence clearly points to coaching cultures being a powerful way [...]
Let’s talk about body language🙅🏻‍♀️
There are so many non-verbal signals and cues that we all use to [...]
How Do You Build The Confidence Of Your Direct Reports?
Building the confidence of our direct reports plays a large part in [...]
How can you buy some extra time to do the deeper thinking?
Have you ever had a thought but, for some reason, you held [...]
AWCTOs | How To Handle Tough Conversations
AWCTOs | How To Handle Tough Conversations Many people don't engage with [...]
Why Leaders Who Coach™ creates transformation in leaders
Learning is the process whereby knowledge is created through the transformation of [...]
AWCTO Roundtable | Shy away from Confrontation
AWCTO Roundtable | Shy away from Confrontation Boardrooms are so often a [...]
PART 1 | Cognitive Diversity, Why Now?
In the first episode of our 3 Part Series, Ben Miller and [...]
PART 3 | Cognitive Diversity, Leaders + Design
In this third and final episode of our 3 Part Series, Ben [...]
PART 2 | Cognitive Diversity, Thinking Patterns
In this second episode of our 3 Part Series, Ben Miller and [...]
Why stresses, lies and horrible conversations in leadership leave us feeling stuck
You know, like anything we do every day, we come to accept [...]
Essential Leadership Skills for Your Future CTO Role & How To Get Them
Being spoken to differently from our male colleagues, trying to establish our [...]
London CTOs: How Leaders Who Coach™ unlock productivity, create accountability
On 21 February 2022 in conversation with London CTOs, Executive Coach, Sehaam [...]
Part 3: Delivering an amazing candidate experience
Tuesday 9 November — In the third and final episode of our [...]
Part 2: Recruiting or HR: Who do you hire first?
Tuesday 2 November — In the second episode of our 3 Part [...]
Course Correcting the C-Suite on Talent
Tuesday 26 October — In the first of our 3 Part Series, [...]
Coaching vs Mentoring vs Therapy
Tuesday 19 October — Join Executive Coaches and tutors of Leaders Who [...]
Why stepping up & letting go is hard
Tuesday 12 October — Executive Coach and Founder of Better Conversations, Sehaam [...]
One-to-ones are for what exactly?
Tuesday 5 October — Join Executive Coaches and tutors of Leaders Who [...]
When & how to give advice to your direct reports
Tuesday 28 September — Executive Coach and Founder of Better Conversations, Sehaam [...]
The Challenges of Leadership & Why Coach Leaders Do Better
Tuesday 21 September — Sehaam Cyrene shares the most common challenges of [...]
Charles Radclyffe on ESG & Digital Ethics
Tuesday 14 Sept — Charles Radclyffe on ESG & Digital Ethics. Charles [...]
Natasha Sackey on different ways into conversations
Tuesday 20 July — Natasha Sackey, a dance movement psychotherapist, talks to [...]
Katja Forbes on moral compass in design
Tuesday 13 July — Katja Forbes talks to Sehaam Cyrene about our [...]
8 ways to people watch in meetings
People are fascinating. The more we watch us, the more fascinating we [...]
Judge people too quickly and nobody wins
In the blink of an eye, we judge people too quickly on [...]
Forget being brave. Get strategic.
The clarity and the confidence that thinking and acting strategically bring us [...]
Earning permission to speak
Having a history together or being in a meeting does not guarantee [...]
How egos and narcissistic co-workers kill your confidence
Working with ego-driven and narcissistic co-workers can damage us by killing our [...]
Charlotte Valeur on reimagining boardroom culture
Tuesday 1 June 2021 — Charlotte Valeur (She/Her) talks to Ben Miller [...]
Break down big tricky scary conversations into phases
Breaking down one big, tricky conversation or scary conversation into phases can [...]
Mag Leahy on Long Covid
Tuesday 25 May — Mag Leahy talks with Sehaam Cyrene about her [...]
Emotional connections as the powerhouse of remote managing
Working from home or remote working in some shape or [...]
Sehaam Cyrene on conversations going wrong
Tuesday 18 May — Sehaam Cyrene chats with co-host Ben Miller about [...]
Drew Tarvin on humour
Tuesday 11 May — Our guest is Drew Tarvin with your host, [...]
John Cockburn-Evans on toxic cultures
Tuesday 4 May — John Cockburn-Evans on toxic cultures. John is a [...]
Dr Bettina Palazzo on ethical leadership
Tuesday 27 April — Our guest is Dr Bettina Palazzo, an expert [...]
Nathan Chung on autism and ADHD
Tuesday 20 April — Our guest is Nathan Chung, a cloud security [...]
Vulnerability without boundaries — are you oversharing? (7:36)
"Can you be too vulnerable?" This is a question that speaks to [...]
How leading with integrity affects your reputation (5:15)
Choosing to lead with integrity affects our reputation. It’s our reputation that [...]
8 ways to run snappier, energising meetings (5:18)
Can our online meetings be less exhausting and more productive, less dull [...]
Feedback Conversations: 5 Hacks for Leaders
I’ve observed the most well-meaning leaders make some basic mistakes that effectively [...]
Effective listening on video conference calls (7:18)
Effective listening is about being fully present in conversations so you can [...]
A new generation of leaders are making people growth priority
Press Release: New generation of leaders, founders and CEOs are putting people [...]
Why deep listening is so powerful (5:43)
People talk about active listening or deep listening. Why is it so [...]
5 types of questions that grow people (5:42)
In conversations with your direct reports, how many of your questions are [...]
How to use questions to help people think deeply (5:17)
Questions are the most under-used technique in leadership for gaining buy-in, creating [...]
The fastest ways to break trust (3:19)
As leaders we rely a great deal on trust and yet here [...]
The leaders we want (18 min read)
As organisations, as business and people decision-makers, we want our leaders [...]
Conditions for creativity
"Creativity is the capacity to call something into being where nothing existed before." [...]
Who’s got your back? How do you know?
It would be nice if work was meritocratic. The thing is, we're emotional [...]
Career crossroads? Make the right move (3:08)
... At a career crossroads? Is it time to move on? Make [...]
How to coach people through their own opinions (1:36)
... People often are quick to disagree or turn down an idea [...]
How unstoppable teams course correct due to new information (2:18)
... Unstoppable Teams increase their level of communication when a course correction [...]
What aligned teams do really well (2:39)
... Unstoppable teams invest in building trust and protecting their common ground. [...]
How will 2019 define you?
Or rather... How will the two megatrends of our time define you in [...]
Team Alignment: The Evidence (9:06)
A highly aligned team is a highly productive team. The big question [...]
Top 5 Event Tips: Get More From Being Here (2:39)
You’ve invested time and money to attend an event. Why not take [...]
Make Conference Calls Brilliant (4:08)
Being on a conference call can feel stressful, uncomfortable or a complete [...]
7 Ways to Show Up Generously Every Day (7:22)
When we tap into our generous way of being and into our [...]
Land Strong: New Job, First 100 Days, 4 Must Do’s (6:59)
Accelerate your success, reduce your risks. The 4 considerations to land strong [...]
Critical Behaviour Shifts for Startup Cultures (5:10)
3 critical things happen when you start talking about behaviours in your [...]
Okay, so you made a mistake
In this world nothing can be said to be certain except death, [...]
Delegate so you can sleep…
Often we think we’ve delegated a task only to discover, too late, [...]
Conversations: competitive or defensive?
In some conversations, you can feel that the other person is trying [...]
Uncover Your Hidden Career Opportunities
Hidden Career Opportunities when you hit a pothole or career setback If [...]
A Defence Strategy Against Ethical Blindness
Strong organisational contexts can and do push people towards unethical decisions every [...]
9 Ways to Get Teams Thinking & Accountable
Why do teams find thinking so hard? And what can you do [...]
Opinion: Diversity & Inclusion
Diversity drives healthier organizational cultures -- financially and culturally. Progressive organisations commit [...]
6 Ways Top Leaders Flex Their Styles
Most of us default to one style that we use pretty much [...]
Negotiate like a professional
Negotiate like a pro Would it surprise you to learn that only [...]
When Conversations Start to Go South
... Go to Picton! The Harvard Negotiation Project calls this “Going to [...]
How do you listen, exactly?
We are highly visual beings and that makes listening a complicated and [...]
Negotiating, Judging Others & Disagreeing
Leading others is a right that we earn. And once we've earned it, [...]
Does your team hum?
It's reassuring to know that teams and their leaders face the same challenges [...]
Expensive Setbacks During Change & How to Avoid Them
When the risks that you didn’t pay attention to happen, you could be [...]
Patience and a Strategy for Your First 100 Days
Your First 100 Days in a new role require more mental calories than [...]