STACEY ASHLEY'S NEWSLETTER

Wondering whether you should be adding coaching to your leadership repertoire?

Or building coaching as a leadership capability in your team?

Or perhaps maturing the level of coaching already happening in your organisation?

Coaching is one of the greatest ways to unlock potential in your people. Yet, in my observation, vastly underutilised in most organisations. An often-missed opportunity.

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"I've never coached a conversation in my life."

Bill was a very successful, and now retired, CEO for large corporate organisations. He was setting up his new coaching business, and he wanted to get qualifications in coaching to provide some credibility for this next evolution of his career. He thought this would just be a tick in the box exercise because he had been coaching during his whole leadership career.

What he got instead was a revelation.

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There is a global gap between the leaders we have, and the real leaders we need.

We are fast approaching a crisis of leadership. This is the subject of my latest book Confluence. And yet our thinking about what constitutes leadership continues to be too narrow. Leading isn’t only about leading an organisation or leading people.

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I was asked in a group client session this week, ‘What are some quick tips for leaders about asking questions.’

I love that this question was asked, because it showed this group of leaders are thinking about how to move from ‘tell’ to ‘ask’ when working with their people. This is a significant step towards integrating more of a coaching approach into your leadership.

In this article I detail 3 of the tips I shared about how to integrate questioning into your leadership approach.

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Are you feeling busy and overwhelmed?

With so many competing priorities, it's hard to know what to focus on first.

You're not alone.

I'm having conversations regularly with leaders at all levels, from early leaders, middle and senior leaders, right through to the most senior executives. And everyone is feeling the same way.

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After spending the day with a leadership team from the agriculture sector, today's article is a reflection on leadership and the need for humanity.

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Are we facing a global leadership crisis?

The real leaders we need to create the future we want to be part of?

I believe the answer is yes.

Yet, I continue to see organisations put people into ever more senior leadership roles and then fail to adequately support them. And in times of uncertainty and change, draw back from developing their leaders at all.

This is not good business.

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Recently, I noticed that I had become very focused on my work, which I do tend to do. It was time to step back and really have a look at what my priorities should be and what, if any, changes I need to make to bring out the best in myself. To have the right kind of energy and be leading myself.

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In a highly complicated time, when leaders are wondering what their role is and where to focus, I want to go back to basics today. I also want to take a moment to get you out of being highly reactive and into a more proactive leadership state.

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The universe is telling me something.

I have been receiving a theme of readiness from many directions over the last few months.

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