The Weekly Email

Phil Cole

One Question to Spark Your Learning

As a coach, there is one question I use to spark a client's growth. Learn how to ask this question and overcome your discomfort.

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The Story of Vision is So Powerful That... It Can Lead a Group Astray

A well-told story of vision is so powerful that it can make a group break with reality.

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Leadership Shifts the Bounds Of Possibility

Here is an example of a leader who shifted the behavioral options available to her group until they chose personal and group failure.

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Strength Isn’t Leadership. Believing It Is Often Leads to Failure.

A "strong" leader is often an unsuccessful one. Learn what to look for in a leader instead of strength.

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Leadership is Learned. So is a Lack of Leadership.

People learn to lead poorly in the same manner they learn to lead well. And they get better at leading poorly.

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Get on the Floor (Particularly if You Supervise Other Leaders)

You can’t possibly lead if you aren’t on the floor, where you see the functions of leadership and the process of work in action.

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Why Leadership is Learning - A Case Study

This is a case study of a leader who is stuck. Where are you stuck? Because that moment is where you need to learn.

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Growth Requires We See External Limitations

Only when we see the external limitations placed upon us can we understand our full potential.

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Leadership is leverage. No, not authority or power.

The most important leadership skill we develop is our ability to see and act at the right moment, in the right way.