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3 Truths That Will Make Or Break You As A Leader

Sheila Madden, CEO, Madden Coaching & Consulting
Sheila Madden, CEO, Madden Coaching & Consulting

The Cost Of Leadership Failure

These 3 truths about leadership are important to understand not just because they make for a successful leadership career and joyful experience of work. The fact is there is a staggering  financial reality associated with poor leadership that can mean the difference between enterprise success or failure.

Research done by the Center For Creative Leadership indicates that approximately one-third of new managers and executives will fail within 18 months. The cost of those failures can be as much as 5X the executive’s salary.
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What Every Employer Needs To Know About Gen Y’s

genymulticulturalI broadened my practice two years ago to include coaching young professionals. It has opened my eyes and invigorated me in ways I never dreamed.

Most of you know that I am a self-described human potential junkie. I am possessed when it comes to wanting to support individuals and organizations in developing leadership capability. And I have to be candid, this passion collides head-on with how I see the media disrespecting this generation and writing about them with such gloom and doom.  After complaining about it to anyone who would listen, I finally realized I had to put up or shut up. That is when I  started coaching millennials and I am more excited about the leadership future of this world than I have been in a very long time.
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8 Essential Coaching Skills For Leading Anyone

Sheila Madden, CEO, Madden Coaching & Consulting

Every single one of us have talents and capabilities that are completely unique and that provide us with the opportunity to contribute to the world in a distinctive way.

Just as we see with athletes, great coaching is what unlocks that extraordinary potential and catalyzes results never dreamed of previously.  It is all about seeing the potential perfection in each person and knowing exactly how to unleash it.
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