I am, and lately I’ve been living with a sense of irony. Here’s where it comes from. I don’t choose our issue themes alone. I have help from Suzi Pomerantz and the rest of our editorial board, and I’m grateful for it. Still, I usually lean toward a theme that resonates with me personally. Something […]
I’ve been thinking about this while recording podcasts for the chaos issue, and it won’t leave me alone. For a long time, leadership has operated like a search engine. You type in a query. Find this restaurant. Find this product. Find this grocery store. Simple, linear, one input leading to one clean answer. And I […]
We are pleased to share an article entitled “Humor in Coaching” by Jonathan Passmore and Peter Hayward. Humor is not a trivial human luxury; it is one of the oldest and most deeply social forms of communication. Evolutionary psychology suggests that laughter serves to strengthen social bonds, relieve tension and signal safety within groups. As […]
We are pleased to share an article entitled “Coaching in Rapidly Changing Conditions ~ When Noise Masquerades as Signal in Executive Decision Making” by Sandra Bobkin and Lydia Roy. Introduction Executives rarely describe their environments as “chaotic.” More often they say: “Things are moving incredibly fast.” “Priorities keep shifting.” “Decisions keep reopening.” “It’s hard to gain […]
We are pleased to share an article entitled “Coaching in Chaos ~ Finding the steady center in a rapidly changing world” by Pamela Richarde. At 3:17 a.m., Lena gave up on sleep. Her mind had spent the last hour stitching together fragments of contradictory data, imagined outcomes, and the quiet fear that any decision she […]
We are pleased to share an article entitled “Clarity that Moves: Coaching, Supervision and Coachability for Sustainable Momentum Examining the reflective spaces of supervision according to EMCC and ICF” by Lisa Chenofsky Singer. Momentum is one of the most fragile resources in leadership and personal change. It builds slowly, stalls easily, and often collapses under […]
