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AlanAllard
Atlanta, GA
Former psychotherapist now coaching and consulting for individual and organizational performance improvement.
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Ed,
That is really great news to hear! You are one of the handful of writers I always make the time to read. Your book will make a difference and I look forward to getting it when it is published.
Commented Jan 7, 2013 on Self-Coaching and Harvard Business Review Press at Ed Batista
Self-Coaching and Harvard Business Review Press
Exciting news! I've signed a contract with Harvard Business Review Press to write a book on self-coaching. I worked with Editorial Director Tim Sullivan last year to transform my rough framework into a more comprehensive proposal, and ultimately he and his colleagues gave the idea a thumbs-up. ...
Ed,
As you said, being open and vulnerable is easy to say but not so easy to do. The "soft " skills are really the more challenging ones and I'm still working on it.
Commented Aug 28, 2012 on We're Leaky (Emotional Signals and Cognitive Dissonance) at Ed Batista
We're Leaky (Emotional Signals and Cognitive Dissonance)
As Vickie Gray recently tweeted, "Holding back your feelings doesn’t keep them hidden, it just makes your behaviour incoherent." Which reminded me of some pithy wisdom I first heard from either David Bradford or Mary Ann Huckabay at Stanford many years ago: "We're leaky." When we try to suppre...
Ed,
You continue to amaze me with your vulnerability and your practical applications. It took a good many years for me to learn of my own need to allow others to help me in the ways you mention. And I'm still learning.
Commented Feb 7, 2012 on Skin in the Game at Ed Batista
Skin in the Game
Work that's truly rewarding requires that we that we commit ourselves fully to the endeavor. We have "skin in the game," you might say, like an investor who's putting his own capital on the line. In this sense, coaching my clients and students isn't just (or even) a job, it's a highly personal...
Ed,
Brilliant analogy and I have experienced what you describe. In the future, when I am hammering a screw and am tempted to think the client is amiss, I will remind myself the client is exactly what they should be (the screw) and I can choose to be something else than a hammer.
Commented Dec 11, 2011 on Hammering Screws (Bad Coaching) at Ed Batista
Hammering Screws (Bad Coaching)
If good coaching feels like a trip in a tandem kayak, or a belay on a tough climb or even a trapeze catch--all meaningful experiences shared with a trusted partner--then bad coaching feels like hammering screws--a solo effort on the part of the coach that can make a lot of noise but accomplish...
Ed,
Outstanding analysis of both situations. Both executives were dealing with intense emotions and went to opposite extremes in how they expressed their thoughts and emotions publicly.
Commented Sep 17, 2011 on Bill Neukom and Carol Bartz: Two Ways to Leave at Ed Batista
Bill Neukom and Carol Bartz: Two Ways to Leave
Two short-term, high-profile Bay Area leaders were kicked to the curb recently, but the manner of their respective departures couldn't have been more different, and I find them both fascinating counter-examples. Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz was fired abruptly by the company's board--actually via a ph...
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