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Leading in complexity, adult development, and what it takes to do impactful work at the senior tier.
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Longer arguments on complexity, adult development, and the craft of coaching at the senior tier. Written by the faculty who teach it.
What Jung Brings to Complexity: Reading Leaders Beyond What They Profess
David Snowden’s recent forays into applying Cynefin to coaching and leadership development carry an incapacitating blind spot which risks curtailing the very development the complexity theory giant means to foster.
The Psyche as a Complex System: What Jung Knew That Complexity Theory Is Still Learning
Most developmental theory and most complexity theory share an unexamined premise: the individual is a unified subject with centered agency. Jung dismantled it a century ago.
Adult Development As Complex Emergence Through Systemic Affordance
One cannot build a holdable account of human developmental process using systems theory concepts while remaining epistemologically innocent of what the psyche actually is.
Complexity and Coaching: an Openly Disingenuous Question for Dave Snowden
Dave Snowden published “A Trialectic for Organisational Practice and Coaching,” mapping three positions that describe how practitioners relate to the people and systems they work with.
Before You Scan One More Job Posting: How to Drive Your Senior Leadership Transition
A new job does not close the gap between who you have become and how your organization needs you to show up. It relocates the gap.
What an Executive Coaching Career (Really) Looks Like — Income Ramp and All
She had three coaching clients at $1,500 per session. Two advisory retainers from the network she had carried out of her corporate years, generating about $9,000 a month combined.
What You Actually Learn in an Executive Coaching Certification
Active listening. Powerful questions. Building rapport. Establishing agreements. Self-awareness, emotional intelligence, accountability frameworks. The vocabulary is consistent and has the effect of making every program sound exactly the same.
A Guide to Executive Coaching Certification Programs: How Senior Leaders Choose Wisely
If the PCC (Professional Certified Coach) is the mark of a journey-level practitioner, would the AATC or the MCC represent a better expansion of the horizon? Let’s navigate the accreditation landscape with precision.
Choosing an Executive Coaching Certification: A Senior Leader’s Buying Guide
You have already discovered that the executive coaching education market is harder to navigate than it should be. The programs are marketed similarly. The accreditation language is confusing. The pricing varies by an order of magnitude.
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