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POWER MOVE
by Tom Kenwood
Can coaching in leadership really work? Yes, with trust
Being a leader is a tough gig. Organisations expect leaders to have a list of qualities as long as your arm, and they invest heavily in leadership development as the panacea that will solve organisational issues. Despite this heavy investment, one in ten managers rate their boss’s leadership skills as ‘bad’ or ‘very bad’. At the same time, the traditional approach of command and control from a distance is no longer appropriate in organisations needing to adapt to rapid change and high levels of complexity....