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SMG’s Top 10 Coaching Themes for Senior Leaders in 2024

SMG’s Top 10 Coaching Themes for Senior Leaders in 2024

The ability to build internal and external relationships has emerged as the number one focus area for in a snapshot of 150 senior leader executive coaching assignments in the region. We analyse the data and examine what the top 10 coaching themes mean for organisations.

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Three Key Leadership Priorities for 2024:  A CEO view

Three Key Leadership Priorities for 2024: A CEO view

As he steps into his newly appointed role of SMG CEO, David Wallace shares his view on some of the key challenges and priorities for the year ahead.

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A view on 2024 with the recipient of the inaugural AHRI Joe Fischer HR Leadership Scholarship Award

A view on 2024 with the recipient of the inaugural AHRI Joe Fischer HR Leadership Scholarship Award

Senior HR leaders will need to drive "high trust, high transparency" cultures in 2024, as their roles continue to evolve. That's the view of Barbara Fidock, the inaugural winner of the AHRI Joe Fischer HR Leadership Scholarship Award. Watch the full interview with Barbara here.

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Why Leaders Shouldn’t be Promoted if they Can’t Develop People

Why Leaders Shouldn’t be Promoted if they Can’t Develop People

This month we examine how Leadership behaviours need to be reassessed by examining how reward and renumeration systems are driven by the system and cultural norms at senior levels.

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The one question every leader should ask before having a difficult conversation

The one question every leader should ask before having a difficult conversation

In this article, two of SMG’s most accomplished executive coaches—both specialists in leadership behaviour-change—address why we label some conversations as “difficult”. They offer guidance on how to mentally and emotionally prepare for a challenging conversation to maximise its success.

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Five Attributes of a High Performance Leadership Team

Five Attributes of a High Performance Leadership Team

What differentiates the teams that outperform their competitors on profitability, operational resilience, organisational health, and growth?

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FEATURED BOOKS & RESEARCH

The Focused Executive

Seismic shifts in the global economy have led to significant changes in the leadership agenda. The pace of change is faster, expectations are higher, and there is a requirement to deliver increased levels of performance with fewer resources. Combined with the impact of technology, delivering performance in highly uncertain and fast-changing times is the new normal.

The Focused Executive is an important resource for CEOs and senior executives determined to perform at their very best.

Coaching Maturity in Organisations

The need for organisations to successfully navigate the emerging landscape of complexity, disruption and ambiguity has never been greater. As the vanguards of this change, leaders are expected to lead the charge into this new normal with agility and confidence. Organisations are constantly having to find new ways of working to keep pace. The way organisations utilise coaching is no exception and significant changes are needed to ensure that coaching is able to provide the support required for organisations to thrive. 

Stephenson Mansell Group (SMG) commissioned this research project to investigate how coaching can be used to address these emerging challenges, and tangibly shift performance, as well as to conceptualise what the future of coaching would need to look like for leaders and their organisations to thrive in this new world. 

LEADERSHIP MATERIALS

Leadership Playbook

Leading In A Crisis
Leadership Playbook

Questions to Inspire Endurance

Questions to Inspire
Endurance & Motivation
and Identity Red Flags

Leading Through Uncertainty

12 Point Checklist for
Building and
Maintaining Trust

Working from home persona Model

Working From Home
Personas Model
Worksheet

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

Leadership
Development

Executive Team
Effectiveness

Business people

Coaching for
Culture Change

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