Archive for Donna Karlin
Donna Karlin CEC, founder of A Better Perspective‚ has pioneered the specialized practice of Shadow Coaching‚ with global political and senior organizational leaders in the public and private sectors. Donna uses an adaptable and comprehensive approach in working with her clients that enables her to understand individuals and their worlds sufficiently to design coaching that shifts their developmental level. Donna is an author, speaker and lectures internationally. In response to widely expressed interest to her highly successful and innovative approach to coaching, she established the School of Shadow Coaching‚ to enable others to learn the practice. Donna's work has been written up in Fast Company Magazine, The National Post, The Globe and Mail, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Personal Success Magazine, as well as in numerous online articles including BusinessListening.com, The Training Report, and SelfGrowth.com. She recently co-authored the best selling book ‚"Great Ways to Improve Your Life‚" with Zig Ziglar, Brian Tracy and Jim Rohn. Donna writes a weekly column for Fast Company called "Jumping Into the Deep End of Leadership," and is an Executive and Political Leadership Expert for SelfGrowth.com. Her blog Perspectives is subscribed to by readers from 127 countries and territories. She has a proven track record in developing sustainable leadership.
Getting Past the Fixing People Stage
I recently wrote a piece about the many misconceptions regarding what Coaches do, not Coaches in the sports world but in the executive, organizational, government/political, and business worlds.
I wanted to set the record straight, at least from my perspective.
I want to go beyond that, to how we can change the perceptions many people have about coaching, just [...]
Not Having All The Answers…Or Any For That Matter
As long as I hold onto who I am right now, I won’t be able to grow into who I might become.
Mondays, when I’m not working with a client, I spend a good chunk of my day handling administrivia, writing, doing paperwork, and wading through that special file I keep of “seed thoughts,” ideas, and [...]
Emma Gives Back
Last fall, I was a keynote speaker at the HOW Magazine Mind Your Own Business Conference. One of the exhibitors was Emma. (Short for email marketing) To say I was enthralled by what they do in creatively getting messages out is an understatement, but when I found out how they give back to the world, [...]
30May2009 | Donna Karlin | 1 comment | Continued
Reflections of Teaching in Milan
Last November, out of the blue, I was contacted by a professional coach in Italy who wanted me to bring The School of Shadow Coaching Advanced Coach Training to Milan.
When she first wrote, it didn’t remotely occur to me I would be standing in front of a group of amazing internal corporate and executive coaches [...]
A Leadership Project for Leaders by Leaders
It’s time to have that conversation. As an Executive and Political Leadership Coach and a writer on Leadership, I cannot do my job in the best possible way unless I know where leaders ‘come from’, as in their stories, and what their view of succession is to grow future leaders into their levels of excellence.
So [...]
Coaching for Sustainable Leadership
What does ‚Äúhelping leaders focus on the next generation‚Äù mean for the coach working in the organizational context? Is there a tipping point for change in the leader’s perspective regarding sustainable leadership? How is a coaching intervention different from that of an OD specialist or management consultant when it is designed for sustainable leadership?
Coaching [...]
From Great to Even Better
I was talking to a dear friend and fellow Coach the other day about ‘waiting for a crisis to change our ways of being’ as it applies in all aspects of our life, work, personal relationships, and health, as well as the health of an organization.
To say human beings process things in a certain way, [...]
Do You Think You’re Better Than You Are?
“People predict that they will behave more ethically than they actually do.”
I recently read a fascinating article in the World Business Life online magazine called “How Good Do You Think You Are?” which fascinated me. How often do we take client ethics into consideration when we coach them? Is it something that is in [...]
Collaborate With HR or Bypass Them Altogether?
One of my biggest challenges when coaching within an organization is to develop a collaborative relationship and get buy-in with the HR department. HR professionals have morphed into the nuts and bolts of staffing, however some have no idea what coaching is, never mind support it. Not only that, in a number of cases, as [...]
2May2008 | Donna Karlin | 4 comments | Continued
