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Leadership, Management, and Coaching
Written by: Alexandra KaplanArticle Overview: Leadership, Management & Coaching: Every business leader - YOU - needs to wear each of these hats and to become very adept at knowing when, where and with whom to wear each one. What will make the biggest impact?
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Leadership, Management, and Coaching
Business leaders of today and tomorrow need to develop themselves into Dancers - people who are comfortable dancing on their toes and the balls of their feet and able to move easily in different directions. Dancers are strong, limber and nimble. As the business environment continues to sort itself out, what is apparent is that change will be a constant.
The speed of communications has changed our workplaces as well as added complexity to our relationships. We are all dealing with enormous volumes of material and information. If we are going to take advantage of opportunities, make sense of all of that material, manage our relationship - personal and professional - and stay quasi-sane, we need to be dancers - GREAT DANCERS. Dancers stretch. They know that without stretching their muscles become inflexible. The same is true for the Leaders of Tomorrow.
Knowing what muscles to stretch and how to stretch is important for Dancers. Let's see what muscles you need to stretch:
Leadership, Management & Coaching: Every business leader - YOU - needs to wear each of these hats and to become very adept at knowing when, where and with whom to wear each one.
Leaders are the ones who look into the unknown areas of the "future" and create a future. They do not get paid to say what is already predictable. Great Leaders throughout history were, are and will always be those who have the courage to be accountable for creating a future - an unpredictable future - and being committed to that future turning into a reality.
Managers are those who manage "that future" - the unpredictable future - into a reality. The management must insure that what is NOT predictable happens. Most people take the path of least resistance. What is predictable is meritocracy - to excel requires moving beyond what is predictable and mediocre. To excel, we will have to have a system, structure, support of some sort that keeps us on track for what we aspire to. Management is required to establish the structure, system and support for anything beyond ordinary, mediocre results. Management is also required to give us milestones and opportunities to step outside of our daily actions to assess our progress. Management is essential for achieving great results and moving from mediocre to Extraordinary.
Coaches are being used in every endeavor of modern life. There are coaches for; marriage, raising children, elementary school to professional sports, dancing, singing, investing money, publishing, and the arts. It is generally accepted that "anyone who wants to be great at anything will get coaching. Tom Landry, a Dallas Cowboy football coach says "a coach is someone who makes you do what you don't want to do so that you can be who you always wanted to be." This is one aspect of coaching - a very large aspect. Ordinarily individuals will sell out on their dreams and aspirations. Another aspect of coaching is that a coach can see into what we call "your blind spot" and by doing so will give you access to better performance.
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About the Author: Alexandra Kaplan RSS for Alexandra's articles - Visit Alexandra's website  Alexandra L. Kaplan, MBA, SPHR is business consultant, trainer and coach with Mark Kamin and Associates, a world class, national consulting firm. Alexandra works with entrepreneurs, professionals, business owners, leaders, and organizations in producing extraordinary results in their business performance and results, directly impacting the bottom line and financial success. Her expertise is in the areas of performance, effectiveness, leadership, management, communication, service, sales, strategic planning and teamwork. Having worked as an executive and a Human Resources leader for a wide range of companies across multiple industries, she possesses a strong leadership and management background to support organization's development. She brings her 20 years of Human Resources and Human Capital Development experience so that she understands how to work with employees, business leaders, and owners. She also understands how organizational culture often restricts growth and leadership development. Her expertise is in bridging the gap and creating partnerships between employers and employees, resulting in improved performance and increased productivity. In her position as the HR director for an 800 employee organization, Alexandra transformed the organization and spearheaded its growth. In a 6 month period, she doubled the size of the company and the size of the HR department, by growing sales 140%. She was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, and is fluent in Russian. Mark Kamin and Associates is a world class consulting firm, working with business owners and leaders in producing dramatic improvements in performance, effectiveness, and management, and impacting the bottom line: reduced costs and increased profits. We have 25 years of expertise in training, consulting, and coaching programs in the areas of effectiveness, leadership, management, communication, service, sales, strategic planning and team building. Click here to visit Alexandra's website   Efficiency Getting More Done In Less Time Will YOUR New Year Be REALLY New Leadership Management and Coaching |
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