“Coaching is partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential.”
Malina’s picks:
Articles about coaching and more:
Why Aren’t There More Women CEOs? What You Might Not Know About Your Women Leaders (Russell Reynolds Associates)
How to prepare for anything (Strategy + Business)
Who Benefits from Executive Coaching? You Must Have These 6 Personality Traits (MSN)
New Research Finds Coaching to Be on Par with Therapy (Psychology Today)
(Extremely) out of office: Let nature boost your team’s creativity and performance (McKinsey & Co.)
Executive Coaching Is Useful Therapy That You Can Expense (The Economist)
Good Leadership Is About Asking Good Questions (Harvard Business Review)
8 Ways You Can Improve Your Communication Skills (Harvard Business Review
AI in Personality Tests: A Guide for Talent Professionals (Hogan Assessments)
Why aren’t successful people happier? (Strategy + Business)
The Power of Feelings at Work (Strategy + Business)
ForbesWomen (lots of great articles and content about women in leadership)
How Coaching Can Help You Move from Crisis Management to Crisis Leadership (ICF)
7 Ideas for Pushing Your Board Forward in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (Blue Avocado)
A Survival Guide for When You’ve Been Laid Off: How to Cope and What to Do Next if Your Company Lets You Go (Wall Street Journal)
Need a Life Coach? This 5-Year-Old Can Help. (The New York Times)
What Makes a Great Team Onboard? (SAIL Magazine)
New report finds 60% of women in leadership feel more lonely as their careers progress (Fast Company)
High achievers seek high-octane thrills outside the boardroom (Financial Times)
Good books about leadership, management, team performance, and personal growth:
How Remarkable Women Lead: The Breakthrough Model for Work and Life by Joanna Barsh and Susie Cranston
More Than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are (No Matter What They Say) by Elaine Welteroth
Know Your Value: Women, Money, and Getting What You're Worth by Mika Brzezinski
The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right by Atul Gawande
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable by Patrick Lencioni
Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter by Liz Wiseman
My Life in Full: Work, Family, and Our Future by Indra Nooyi
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brené Brown
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth
The Book of Ichigo Ichie: The Art of Making the Most of Every Moment, the Japanese Way by Héctor García and Francesc Miralles
Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard by Chip and Dan Heath
Team Spirit: Life and Leadership on One of the World’s Toughest Yacht Races by Brendan Hall
Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy by Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant
The Wisdom of Teams: Creating the High-Performance Organization by Jon R. Katzenbach and Douglas K. Smith
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World by Carl T. Bergstrom
True North: Leading Authentically in Today’s Workplace, Emerging Leader Edition by Bill George and Zach Clayton
Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know by Adam Grant
Resources for businesswomen:
WBENC (Women’s Business Enterprise National Council) - a WBENC Certification validates that a business is at least 51 percent owned, controlled, operated and managed by a woman or women.
Small Business Administration (SBA) - funding, programs, and other resources for women owned businesses
CHIEF - a private membership network for women executive leaders
Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP) - a national nonpartisan organization advocating on behalf of women entrepreneurs
Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership - supporting inclusivity in entrepreneurship
International Women’s Economic Conference Foundation (IWEC) - connecting and developing a global network of successful women business owners
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