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 ‘101 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.
Coaching for Sustainable Leadership
What does “helping leaders focus on the next generation” 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 is […]
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9Jun2008 | Donna Karlin | 0 comments | Continued
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, in […]
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21May2008 | Donna Karlin | 0 comments | Continued
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 the […]
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11May2008 | Donna Karlin | 12 comments | Continued
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 the HR staff think […]
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2May2008 | Donna Karlin | 4 comments | Continued
