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Influence in Leadership: The Strategic Leadership Skill that Drives Impact
In today’s fast-paced, complex business world, influence is no longer optional—it’s essential. As organizations become more matrixed and globally interconnected, leaders must inspire action without relying on formal authority.
True influence isn’t control or manipulation—it’s about understanding others’ needs, building trust, and aligning stakeholders to drive meaningful results.
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Executive Presence: The Hidden Leadership Advantage That Drives Business Results
By Joel Garfinkle
Executive presence is one of the most misunderstood—and yet most essential—qualities in leadership. It’s the unspoken factor that shapes how leaders are perceived, how effectively they influence others, and how quickly they’re trusted with larger, more impactful responsibilities. And while many say, “You know it when you see it,” the reality is more complicated. What happens when you don’t see it? How do you develop it? And why does executive presence consistently rank among the top three themes addressed in executive coaching?
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Navigating The Top 5 Executive Challenges in 2025
As we progress through 2025, executives face a rapidly evolving landscape filled with unprecedented challenges. Recent surveys and industry insights reveal a growing unease among CEOs regarding economic predictability, technological advancements, workforce dynamics, and the imperative for inclusive leadership. To navigate these complexities, leaders must adapt and innovate to ensure their organizations remain resilient and competitive.
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Reframing Diversity Management: A Business Strategy for Leadership Success
By Dr. James O. Rodgers
Diversity management isn’t a social initiative—it’s a business imperative. Organizations that integrate diversity as a core leadership strategy see stronger innovation, better decision-making, and higher financial performance. Yet, many leaders struggle to move beyond buzzwords to real impact.
This article explores how executives can effectively manage diverse teams to drive business success—and why executive coaching is key to making it happen.
Executive Coaching
AI in Executive Coaching: What We’re Seeing, Testing, and Learning
At CoachSource, we’ve always believed in staying ahead of the curve—so we’ve spent the last few years actively exploring where AI fits (and doesn’t) in executive coaching. From early tools to today’s LLMs, we’re learning a lot. Here’s a look at what we’re seeing, testing & questioning along the way.
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AI & Technology in Executive Coaching
As AI and technology advance, their impact on executive coaching grows. But how are these tools reshaping the coaching landscape? At the NYU Coaching and Technology Summit, leaders tackled key issues like democratizing coaching, diversity, and privacy concerns. While AI offers clear potential, questions remain about its effective integration at scale. Read our latest article to explore the summit’s key takeaways and their implications for the future of coaching.
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Inside Scoop: What Are Executives Really Doing in Executive Coaching?
So, how are executives really spending their time in coaching? There is plenty of evidence that executive coaching can drive dramatic change. Many organizations find assignments are still a “black box” with little/no knowledge of what is actually happening.
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So, You Think You Need a Coach?
Executive Coaching
I Want a Coach Who Has Done My Exact Job Before – But Bigger!
Books
Mastering Executive Coaching
(Routledge, 2019) was co-edited with Marshall Goldsmith, Jonathan Passmore, and Brian Underhill. The book brings together the expertise of Master Coaches and provides evidence-based practical chapters on topics including contracting, ethical dilemmas, coaching board members and non-executive directors, and the use of psychometrics. It is essential reading for executive coaches, consultants and trainers who are looking to develop their practice.
Executive Coaching For Results: The Definitive Guide To Developing Organizational Leaders
(Berrett Koehler, 2007) is a comprehensive guide on how to strategically use coaching to maximize development of talent and link the impact of coaching to bottom-line results. The book leverages industry experience and original research conducted with Fortune 1000 and Global 500 companies such as Disney, IBM, UBS, Unilever. Topics include integrating coaching into the overall leadership development strategy, locating and screening coaches, developing internal coaching, evaluating coaching assessments and instruments and measuring the impact and ROI of coaching.
Coach Me! Your Personal Board of Directors
(Wiley, 2022) In Coach Me! Your Personal Board of Directors: Leadership Advice from the World’s Greatest Coaches, a team of world-renowned executive coaches and leadership experts delivers a revolutionary collection of contributions from 52 of the globe’s leading management thinkers. Each curated piece explores a critical issue in leadership, covering topics like self-awareness, communication, interpersonal relationships, emotional intelligence, delegation, coaching, change management, transition management, execution, and career development.