tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35894960972379639012011-07-31T14:47:33.623+08:00The Blog of Dennis Heath, S.E. Asia's specialist leadership behaviour Coach, working with the highest profile executives in the private and public sector. "Realising Potential - Maximising Performance" www.wayahead.com.sgDennis Heathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11672139320656185573noreply@blogger.comBlogger81100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589496097237963901.post-78190296704273056902010-07-28T16:49:00.001+08:002010-07-28T16:49:35.129+08:00

I have a CEO client, quite young and a high flyer within the organisation. He is passionate about leadership and has a determined, logical and analytical mind, all good qualities in a leader. In a recent coaching session he pondered on whether these strengths could become his weakness. He was concerned that his natural, calm, logical demeanour, if not given some spark, could fail to motivate and

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It’s very rare for a Coach to fire their client but this happened with a client of mine last week, for the first time in seven years of coaching senior managers. The client was the CEO of a sizable organisation and had opted for coaching as privilege offered to senior managers of the larger entity to which she belonged.  She was a feisty, energetic and no-nonsense sort of personality and 360

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Is it possible for a leader to be too smart and too quick thinking? I have the privilege of coaching some of the most intelligent, high profile, fastest thinking people in Asia. Being smart and quick thinking has played a significant part in getting them where they are today. So how could super intelligence and light speed thinking become a leader’s weakness? As managers move up the career

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Last Saturday the Straits Times carried an extensive article on coaching. It covered the kind of fees paid by corporate and private clients and the various types of Coaches available in Singapore. It also talked about the importance of qualifications and accreditation for Coaches. As 1st VP of the Singapore chapter of the ICF this is a topic close to my heart. The ST article certainly backed up

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I recently read an article in Human Capital, the magazine published by the Singapore Human Resource Institute.  It focused on research conducted in the U.S., India and Singapore by the Center for Creative Leadership.  They looked at the skills and competencies of 2,000 leaders in the private and public sector and reached some conclusions, which were not a surprise to me. In my coaching practise

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In my work I sometimes encounter leaders who are too domineering, as well as those who prefer a friendly and soft-touch leadership style. At their extremes, both these styles can be ineffective or at worst destructive. Those with an overt, domineering behaviour can demonstrate poor listening skills and shut subordinates down in one-to-one conversations or in meetings. The result is demotivated

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Before I start sharing some experiences and leadership tips from work with my clients, I thought it would be a good idea to position just where coaching is today in this part of the world, i.e. Singapore and S. E. Asia in general. Coaching as a leadership development tool has only really come to prominence in this part of the world over the past five to six years. Initially it was only the

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It takes me some time to catch up with technology while I evaluate just how useful a particular feature is to both myself and my clients.  Now that blogging is so widespread and I’ve researched the difference between interesting, boring and completely useless blogs, I’ve decided to start a WayAhead blog.  Which I hope will be of the ‘interesting’ variety. Over the coming weeks and months I’ll be

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