Comments for Inspirational Leadership & Coaching http://thefortongroup.com/blog Igniting excellence in leadership through coaching and personal development Wed, 16 May 2012 14:15:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on The comedy of leadership by Helen Caton Hughes http://thefortongroup.com/blog/?p=219&cpage=1#comment-116 Helen Caton Hughes Wed, 16 May 2012 14:15:13 +0000 http://thefortongroup.com/blog/?p=219#comment-116 great timing, respect, engagement, funny - what's not to like?! great timing, respect, engagement, funny – what’s not to like?!

]]> Comment on Practising leadership by bobh http://thefortongroup.com/blog/?p=198&cpage=1#comment-109 bobh Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:38:50 +0000 http://thefortongroup.com/blog/?p=198#comment-109 For readers who're interested in this review go to http://theleadershipzone.org/index.php/leadership-library For readers who’re interested in this review go to http://theleadershipzone.org/index.php/leadership-library

]]> Comment on Practising leadership by Helen Caton Hughes http://thefortongroup.com/blog/?p=198&cpage=1#comment-108 Helen Caton Hughes Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:07:33 +0000 http://thefortongroup.com/blog/?p=198#comment-108 This chimes with my review of Tim Harford's book, Adapt: why success always starts with failure. Where are leaders allowed to practise and fail? We're very unforgiving and even enjoy when they fail publicly. I think this shows why the role of a coach is so important - powerful even - because they create a safe space for leaders to address, discuss and learn from failure. This chimes with my review of Tim Harford’s book, Adapt: why success always starts with failure. Where are leaders allowed to practise and fail? We’re very unforgiving and even enjoy when they fail publicly. I think this shows why the role of a coach is so important – powerful even – because they create a safe space for leaders to address, discuss and learn from failure.

]]> Comment on The Golden Rules of Leadership Coaching by bobh http://thefortongroup.com/blog/?p=207&cpage=1#comment-103 bobh Tue, 06 Mar 2012 11:42:25 +0000 http://thefortongroup.com/blog/?p=207#comment-103 Nick - humble apologies; we just realised the system was not set up to show me responses, hence the long delay in replying. It's a great debate and maybe one I'll kick off on our Leadership Zone linked in group. I think you are right to be pointing to the impact. In our model, we look at the impact the leader makes personally, to the team, to the organisation and to society. I see leaders as having as duty to be developing the next set of leaders, as well as doing the job, making their team successful etc. So, perhaps the distinction in our training is about showing that wider impact - leaders choosing an impact rather than unconsciously having an unplanned one! I'd be interested to hear your view Nick – humble apologies; we just realised the system was not set up to show me responses, hence the long delay in replying. It’s a great debate and maybe one I’ll kick off on our Leadership Zone linked in group. I think you are right to be pointing to the impact. In our model, we look at the impact the leader makes personally, to the team, to the organisation and to society. I see leaders as having as duty to be developing the next set of leaders, as well as doing the job, making their team successful etc. So, perhaps the distinction in our training is about showing that wider impact – leaders choosing an impact rather than unconsciously having an unplanned one! I’d be interested to hear your view

]]> Comment on The Golden Rules of Leadership Coaching by Nick Robinson http://thefortongroup.com/blog/?p=207&cpage=1#comment-83 Nick Robinson Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:37:53 +0000 http://thefortongroup.com/blog/?p=207#comment-83 Rule 5 is cheating Bob isn't it!? Nice set of principles, good stuff. I was curious about whether there was something else, that made it 'leadership coaching', as compared to 'just coaching'. Maybe something around the purpose/reason/impact that the client is having? Rule 5 is cheating Bob isn’t it!?
Nice set of principles, good stuff.
I was curious about whether there was something else, that made it ‘leadership coaching’, as compared to ‘just coaching’. Maybe something around the purpose/reason/impact that the client is having?

]]> Comment on Genuine Leadership: on-vision, not ‘on-message’ by Helen http://thefortongroup.com/blog/?p=175&cpage=1#comment-70 Helen Mon, 18 Jul 2011 07:56:34 +0000 http://thefortongroup.com/blog/?p=175#comment-70 Thanks for your comment Paul - and good to know this is useful for you - and colleagues. Thanks for your comment Paul – and good to know this is useful for you – and colleagues.

]]> Comment on Genuine Leadership: on-vision, not ‘on-message’ by Paul Chiles http://thefortongroup.com/blog/?p=175&cpage=1#comment-68 Paul Chiles Wed, 13 Jul 2011 19:44:20 +0000 http://thefortongroup.com/blog/?p=175#comment-68 Hi Helen, spot on for me; so much so that I have just today printed this out and shared it with a colleague who I'm asking to make significant changes with their team and who has had to deal with a tremendous amount of change in the past three months. Hi Helen,

spot on for me; so much so that I have just today printed this out and shared it with a colleague who I’m asking to make significant changes with their team and who has had to deal with a tremendous amount of change in the past three months.

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