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The AI-Literate Leader: What Every CEO Needs to Know (and Say) About AI in the Boardroom
For CEOs, AI is not just a tool; it’s a strategic concern. Investors, employees, and customers are asking tough questions: How is your company leveraging AI? Are you mitigating ethical risks? What’s your data strategy? In this era, CEOs must be more than curious bystanders. They must be AI-literate leaders—fluent navigators who understand the strategic, ethical, and cultural dimensions of artificial intelligence.
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Resolving the “Mere Urgency Effect”
When there is time to focus on highly impactful tasks, people generally deviate towards less impactful, urgent tasks. This phenomenon of...
Jun 12, 20244 min read


Leading with Solutions: A New Era of Executive Coaching
One approach has emerged as a transformative force in empowering high-level leaders and organizations: solutions-focused coaching. In...
Jun 7, 20248 min read


The Impact of Executive Coaching: Insights from a Comprehensive Meta-Analysis
In a meta-analysis titled, "The effects of executive coaching on behaviors, attitudes, and personal characteristics: a meta-analysis of...
Jun 5, 20244 min read


Six Strategies for Developing Customer Delight
Focusing on customer delight has become a crucial strategy for businesses aiming to foster loyalty and enhance satisfaction. By...
May 31, 20247 min read


Maximizing Quality Time: 30 Strategies for Encouraging Work-Life Balance
In the quest for heightened productivity and employee satisfaction, the intricate balance between work and personal life has emerged as a...
May 22, 20244 min read


60 Metaphors to Empower Action & Cultivate Insight
Metaphors wield a unique magic in coaching, offering a captivating way for individuals to enhance performance and realize their...
May 16, 20244 min read


Positive Intelligence: Why It's Essential for Executives
Executive performance is not only about making strategic decisions or leading teams effectively. It’s equally about managing one's...
May 15, 20244 min read


Enhancing Leadership Through Improvisation in Executive Coaching
Improvisation, often associated with artistic fields such as theater and music, also plays a crucial role in executive coaching. Research...
May 10, 20244 min read


A Guide to Bloom’s Taxonomy in Coaching
Bloom's Taxonomy is a widely used framework that categorizes learning objectives into different levels of complexity. Developed in 1956...
May 8, 20245 min read


The Strategic Dimensions of Innovation: A Guide to Using the Innovation Radar Chart
Business innovation is about creating value, and its success is determined by customer acceptance, evidenced by their willingness to pay....
May 3, 20245 min read


Bridging Perspectives: Harnessing Client-Generated Metaphors in Coaching
In Episode #1175 of the Arete Coach Podcast, Lyssa DeHart, a Master Certified Coach (MCC), speaker, author, and mentor, discusses her...
May 1, 20245 min read


Beyond Doubt: How Executive Coaches Can Help Leaders Navigate Imposter Syndrome
Research suggests that up to 70% of adults, including high-achieving individuals such as executives and business leaders, will experience...
Apr 26, 202410 min read


The Power of 'I' Statements in Leadership Communication
The use of "'I' Statements" is a fundamental exercise in executive coaching, as well as in various communication trainings and conflict...
Apr 24, 20243 min read


How AI-Enhanced Hackathons Transform Problem Solving and Creativity Across Industries
Hackathons, particularly when paired with artificial intelligence (AI), have emerged as a dynamic tool to catalyze creativity and...
Apr 19, 20245 min read


Strategic Innovations: Paving the Way for Business Evolution and Market Leadership
Innovation serves as a cornerstone of growth and sustainability. To maintain competitiveness, companies can deploy a spectrum of...
Apr 17, 20245 min read


Bridging the Trust Gap: Why Trust Matters and How To Build it
A recent survey from PwC (2024) indicates that executives overestimate the amount their employees and customers trust them and their...
Apr 10, 20244 min read


The Six Thinking Hats Method
The Six Thinking Hats method, developed in the early 1980s by Dr. Edward de Bono, who is known for pioneering numerous thinking...
Apr 4, 20245 min read


7 Pillars of Profitability: Leading Through Inflation and Budgeting Hurdles
The 2023-2024 SHRM State of the Workplace Report illuminates a critical issue facing businesses: achieving HR priorities in the face of...
Apr 3, 20243 min read


Navigating "Immunity to Change"
The concept of "Immunity to Change" offers groundbreaking insights into why people and organizations often struggle to adapt and evolve...
Mar 29, 20246 min read


The Three Chairs Exercise: A Transformative Tool for Executive Coaches
Finding innovative and effective exercises that promote self-awareness, empathy, and strategic thinking is crucial. One such exercise is...
Mar 27, 20243 min read
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