http://www.bloggernews.net/121810 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Fri, 17 Feb 2012 01:12:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.bloggernews.net/121810#comment-1375539 Susan Brown Sat, 08 Aug 2009 00:34:49 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/121810#comment-1375539 For all of the reasons cited, mentoring programs are important and effective. Just as valuable, if not more so, is leadership coaching. Trained and certified coaches are experts in change management. Where administrators can certainly benefit from the sharing of similar experiences and the wisdom of others, coaching is what ensures that each leader's unique experiences, challenges and strengths are recognized and integrated into a format designed to effectuate and sustain change and growth. Both brain-based and transformational coaching provide for reflection, accountability, and feedback, three essential components of the change process. The business world is embracing coaching as a way to not only promote personal and professional growth, but to help leaders develop high performance cultures where coaching is an integral part of the system. It is time for education to take advantage of a successful process that is heavily based on the principles and best practices from the fields of psychology, organizational management and neuroscience. For all of the reasons cited, mentoring programs are important and effective. Just as valuable, if not more so, is leadership coaching. Trained and certified coaches are experts in change management. Where administrators can certainly benefit from the sharing of similar experiences and the wisdom of others, coaching is what ensures that each leader’s unique experiences, challenges and strengths are recognized and integrated into a format designed to effectuate and sustain change and growth. Both brain-based and transformational coaching provide for reflection, accountability, and feedback, three essential components of the change process. The business world is embracing coaching as a way to not only promote personal and professional growth, but to help leaders develop high performance cultures where coaching is an integral part of the system. It is time for education to take advantage of a successful process that is heavily based on the principles and best practices from the fields of psychology, organizational management and neuroscience.

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