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When Coaching Finds That an Executive Isn’t in the Right Role

Harvard Business Review

In the traditional view of executive coaching, an executive, with her boss’s participation , takes personality assessments, receives 360-degree feedback , and creates and implements a development plan designed to address performance gaps, optimize her contribution, and prepare her for new responsibilities.

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4 Strategies for Women Navigating Office Politics

Harvard Business Review

The politics of office life seldom fail to flummox and frustrate the top female executives my partners and I coach and train. Politics was one of the things that repeatedly fell into the dislike column. On one hand, they feel uncomfortable engaging in quid-pro-quo behavior and political maneuvering. Let planning trump politics.