five insights

College of Business

Jim Schaffer, Ph.D.2012

Five insights

A Study of CoAChing: What Leaders

Really Want

The

Biggest

Challenge . . . 1

Leading

the

Business . . .13

Leading

Others . . . . .19

Leading

by Personal

Example . . . 25

Most

Important

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InsIght One: ThE BIggEsT ChaLLEngE COaChIng Can hELP YOu WITh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

the Art of Leading Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Who Took Our survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

selecting Your Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Leading is a People Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

InsIght twO: LEadIng ThE BusInEss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

success — how do You decide? . . . . . . . . . . .16

InsIght three: LEadIng OThErs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

how To Package Your Coaching? . . . . . . . . . .15

Leadership in A Borderless World . . . . . . . . 24

InsIght FOur: LEadIng BY PErsOnaL ExaMPLE . . . . . . . 25

getting Peak Results with Positive Leadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

InsIght FIve: ThE MOsT IMPOrTanT BEnEfIT frOM COaChIng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Contents

The Five InsIghts on Leadership Coaching you will find inside:

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1A Study of CoAChing: What Leaders Really Want

Dealing with complexity is the primary chal-

lenge executives face according to the Center

for Creative Leadership.

Our survey found the same results with execu-

tives and managers telling us the #1 challenge

they are facing is:

• Responding effectively to change and complexity

These same professionals tell us they most need

help with:

• Increasing my individual performance

• Increasing the performance of my employees

51%Want help responding to ongoing change and complexity

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The biggesT chaLLenge coaching can heLp you WiTh

Overview

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Overall our

respondents

tell us this:

With what challenges or difficulties would you most want a coach to help you find solutions? (choose two answers)

Responding effectively to change and complexity 51%

Achieving more results with fewer resources 34%

Building authentic commitment and accountability among team members 34%

Increasing the team’s collective focus and attention on bottom-line results 30%

Building honest, trusting relationships among team members 29%

Improving the team’s ability to deal with conflict constructively 14%

Other (please specify) 7%


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The biggesT chaLLenge coaching can heLp you WiTh

Overall our

respondents

tell us this

(continued):

how do you think coaching could help you in your professional development? (choose two answers)

Increase my individual performance 53%

Develop my management/leadership competencies 40%

Increase the business results for my area of responsibility 34%

Develop my emotional intelligence, personal awareness and interpersonal skills 27%

Develop my core leadership values and servant leadership perspective 27%

Accomplish a specific goal I’m working on 12%

Help me solve a specific problem I’m struggling with 9%

Help me “deal with” a specific person I’m struggling with 5%

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how do you think coaching could most help develop your team? (choose two answers)

Increase the performance of my employees 49%

Increase the morale and satisfaction of my employees 42%

Increase the teamwork of my employees 42%

Increase the engagement of my employees 29%

Increase the talent management of my employees 27%

Increase the retention of my employees 11%


The Art of Leading Change

Dr. Arthur snyder Indiana tech President

Change leadership is the wave of today and of the future. Our world and the organizations in it are in a state of constant modifica-tion. Much of the change is driven by technological advancements, but shifting customer expecta-tions are another factor. Think about it—just 100 years ago Henry Ford told us we could have a new Ford in any color…as long as it was black! Oh how times have changed. Businesses and organizations that want to be successful must be responsive to a consumer-centered marketplace, and that often means embracing change. John Kotter, a well-known management educator, advises us that while change is dynamic and non-stop, we are not very good at leading it.

So what does it take to be a leader of change? For one thing, it is not to be confused with change management. Leadership change is mainly focused on the future and the vision thereof. Management of change is much more process and operationally oriented. Interest-ingly, it could be compared to the difference be-tween strategy and tactics. Strategy is visionary and concerned with the “what will our future look like.” Conversely, tactics address the “how to get to the future,” with an action orientation.

Leading change has so much more to do with the future of the organization and the constitu-ency served. We have learned that the fast-paced world in which we live is often chaotic and unpredictable. For this reason we need leaders that are both thoughtful and action-oriented. Tom Peters, the management guru, stated in his book (Thriving on Chaos, 1987),

“We must learn to love change, as much as we have hated it in the past.” Indeed, this is easier said than done, but excellent leaders of change are fearless. They deal with risks and uncer-tainty in a calm and confident way. People around them sense this confidence, and they follow with energy and enthusiasm!

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What is your current level of responsibility?

Executive Level Management 25%

Key Staff Member 22%

Middle Management 17%

Senior Level Management 16%

Other 11%

First Level Supervisor or Team Leader 10%

Who Took ouR suRveyOver a 15-month period in 2009-2011 an internet based survey

was sent to 1,200 business and professional leaders. In total 222

people responded. Their answers to these questions will help

you understand who they are.


Who Took ouR suRvey

in which of the following age groups do you belong?

18–25 years 1%

26–35 years 17%

36–45 years 31%

46–55 years 29%

56–65 years 21%

Over 65 years of age 2%

21%

7%

14%

15%15%

2%

6%

4%2%3%

11%

Other

In whatfunction do you currently work?

HumanResources

Operations

General Management

Sales

Finance

Marketing

Systems/IT

Research & Development

Engineering

Administration

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What is the size of the workforce of your organization?

Less than 100 employees 44%

100–299 employees 15%



1,000–2,999 employees 7%

3,000–4,999 employees 3%

5,000–9,999 employees 5%

10,000 or more employees 13%

What is your gender?

Female 52%

Male 48%


seLecTing youR coachRecommendations from others in the organization along with

recommendations from friends and colleagues are the main

approaches leaders take when selecting a coach. They also put

high importance on face-to-face interviews with coaches.

Which approaches would you prefer to use in selecting your coach? (choose two answers)

Face-to-face interview(s) with the coach 55%

Recommendation from outside friends and colleagues 49%

Recommendation from others in my organization 47%

Through my own research (online etc.) 21%

Recommendation from Human Resources 20%

Phone interview(s) with the coach 9%

The business

professionals

also tell us

this.

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48% Want coaches with

related business or

coaching experience.

What criteria would you use in selecting a coach? (choose two answers)

References and recommendations 56%

Related business experience 48%

Related coaching experience 48%

Professional coaching certification 19%

Appropriate academic training such as a master’s or Ph.D. in psychology, counseling or related field 17%

Psychology or counseling work background 14%


Leadership is a People Activity

Dr. Jeff Zimmerman

Bringing out the best in others is the core of effective leadership. Even in this age of technology, the people side of leadership continues to be the key to organiza-tional success. Today’s tech-nology, in all its shapes and nuances, has made possible much of what we do on a daily basis. Recognizing technology’s importance however does not take away from the fact that people drive business – and bring-ing out the creativity, competence and commit-ment of people is what great leaders do best.

Above all else, leaders lead people. While this statement may not stretch the imagination, an appreciation of the nuances and softer side ap-plications of what lies behind these words will help to ground your leadership in reality and keep it “people focused and people friendly.”

Effective leaders are also effective followers. This is especially true when organizational goals can be accomplished more effectively by another. In these times an insightful leader will fall back into the group and be led by another member of the team. Doing so may not only be significant for efficiency of goal attainment, but it can also add credibility to the team and serve to validate the importance placed on its members. Of course, to fall back into the group

and become an effective follower, a group must have been created to begin with.

Many competencies make up the people side of leadership and one of the most important is the ability to develop the next generation of leaders. A truly effective leader brings out the leadership potential in others and comfortably turns over the leadership reigns to another, thus becoming free to lead somewhere else. It’s all about bringing out the best in others today and shaping the next generation of leaders for tomorrow.

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Leading

The business


Executive Dimensions® is a 360-degree assess-

ment developed by the Center for Creative

Leadership which measures 16 competencies

key to the success of senior leaders. In a similar

and independent manner this survey asks how

coaching can help with:

• Leading the business

• Leading others

• Leading by personal example

71%Want help with strategic planning, getting results or leading change.

inSight tWo:

Leading The business

Overview

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We found that executives and professionals most want help

with:

• Building credibility

• Implementing strategic planning

• Communicating effectively

Specifically with leading the business, our respondents tell us

coaching could help them develop these competencies.

30%

12%12%

22%

19%5%

Business Perspective

Strategic Planning

Global Awareness Leading Change

Results Orientation

Sound Judgment

Leading the Business


56%Want the success of their coaching to be based on the performance of their employees.

success — hoW do you decide?How important is coaching for you and your organization? How

do you decide if it is successful? Our survey tells us the most

important measures of success are these:

• Increase in the business results for my area of responsibility

• Impact on the performance of my employees

The

executives

and managers

who took our

survey also

tell us this:

in terms of your personal development, how would you want your organization to measure the success of coaching? (choose two answers)

Increase in my individual performance 46%

Increase in the business results for my area of responsibility 45%

Increase in core leadership values and servant leadership 36%

Increase in emotional intelligence, personal awareness and interpersonal skills 36%

Increase in management/leadership competencies 35%

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in terms of the development of your team, how would you want your organization to measure the success of coaching? (choose two answers)

Performance of my employees 56%

Impact on employee morale and satisfaction 53%

Impact on employee teamwork 35%

Impact on employee engagement 24%

Impact on talent management 17%

Impact on employee retention 12%

65%say a return on investment calculation is important.in terms of your personal development, how

would you want your organization to measure the success of coaching? (choose two answers)

Increase in my individual performance 46%

Increase in the business results for my area of responsibility 45%

Increase in core leadership values and servant leadership 36%

Increase in emotional intelligence, personal awareness and interpersonal skills 36%

Increase in management/leadership competencies 35%


In evaluating the success of your coaching how important are

these measurements?

• Pre and post test assessment

• Return on investment

Here is what

we learned:Pre and Post test Assessment

Very Important 30%

Important 39%

Somewhat Important 20%

Slightly Important 9%

Not Important 2%

Return on investment Calculation

Very Important 25%

Important 40%

Somewhat Important 22%

Slightly Important 10%

Not Important 3%

success — hoW do you decide?

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Inspiring commitment and empowering

teams are critical for leadership success. We

asked “How could coaching better help you

find solutions to more effectively lead others?”

Here is what we learned leaders most want

help with.

57%Want help communicating effectively.

inSight fouR:

Leading oTheRs

Overview

51%

35%

14%

12%

15%

57%

Inspiring Commitment

Communicating E�ectively

Developing and empowering

Leveraging Di�erences

Forging Synergy

Emotional Intelligence

Leading Others

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hoW To package youR coaching?Leaders from general management, finance , engineering, mar-

keting and others gave us their thoughts on how they want

coaching packaged. 62% were executives, senior managers and

middle managers.

Here is

what

they tell

us:

in what method would you prefer to receive coaching? (choose two answers)

In person at work but someplace other than in my office 44%

In person at the coach’s office 21%

In person in my office 21%

On-line by e-mail or real-time chat 6%

By telephone 4%

By video conference 4%

50% Want coaching to be part of an integrated training and development program.


With which type of coach would you prefer to work?

External coach — a professional coach from outside your organization 72%

Internal Coach — a professional coach who is an employee of your organization 28%

hoW To package youR coaching?

how would you like your coaching experience to be “packaged”?

As one part of an integrated training or development program 50%

As a “stand-alone” development experience 34%

As the primary part of a training or development program 16%

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if you were to receiving coaching, how long would you want your coaching to last?

0–3 months 34%

3–6 months 31%

6–12 months 24%

More than 1 year 11%

how would you prefer to work with a coach?

A combination of both individual and group sessions 50%

Individually 44%

As part of a larger group or team 6%

hoW To package youR coaching?


Leadership in a Borderless World

Dr. Ken rauch

The goal of most every major corporation in 2012 is global leadership success. More and more this success is built upon maximizing capital, technology, and information

— and no longer do these have nationalities. They are borderless. They flow freely in and out through national borders and are the keys to effective leadership in every corner of the globe. In effect this has created a “borderless world.”

Here then is the key for high-performing global leadership. Each organization, based on its competitive competencies, must build an integrated framework that ties everything together. Focusing on increased cultural aware-ness this would allow us to understand society, the world, and our place in it, and help us to make the critical decisions that will bring bet-ter products and services to the global markets faster and in the long run will shape a more vibrant future.

Synthesizing the wisdom gathered in different societies is a critical step as we move forward together. Rather than focusing on our indi-vidually held, small segments of reality, this provides us with a picture of the whole and

how we can add value to it. Such a conceptual framework allows for expanded understand-ing of a new “global view.” It epitomizes Stephen Covey’s concept of “First seek to understand; and then to be understood.” This continual drive to understand new markets, different cultures, and their business practices is critical to global success in 2012 and into the decades to come.

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by peRsonaL

exampLe


How do you lead by personal example? Most

leadership research says “Modeling the Way”

is critical to leadership success as is explained

in the #1 selling leadership book titled

The Leadership Challenge by James Kouzes

and Barry Posner.

Human Synergistics, an international lead-

ership assessment firm, has found the most

important “thinking styles” for successful

leadership are self-actualization, achievement

orientation, caring and encouraging, and enjoy-

ing and being enjoyed by others, known

as affiliation.

43% Want help building trust and credibility.

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Overview

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Here’s what our professionals tell us they want most to

develop when it comes to leading by personal example:

18%

17%

26%

8%

15%

16%

Trusting and being trusted by others

Caring and encouraging

others

Self-actualizing (developing self)

Achievement-orientation

Executive Image

CredibilityLeadingbyPersonal Example


Getting Peak Results with Positive Leadership

Dr. Jim schaffer

Positive leadership and positive coaching are all about getting the absolute best results. Beginning in the 1990s with the work of Martin Seligman — the modern father of positive psychology — and up to the present, positive psychology has become a dominant and well-researched approach to building high performing individuals, teams and organizations.

Turning the old-style command-and-control on its head, perhaps the most important ele-ment of positive leadership is its consistency in being life-giving and bringing out the best in every person and virtual team. Positive leader-ship places an emphasis on what elevates and inspires individuals, what goes right in a team or organization, what drives out fear and pro-vides the courage to take risks, and what cre-ates positive emotions and energized networks.

Positive leadership uses four strategies to achieve peak results.

1. Positive Climate: creates an all pervasive supportive and encouraging tone which in turn generates an upward spiral of creativ-ity and performance.

2. Positive Relationships: reinforces and builds upon each individual’s strengths, and creates “positive energizers,” people who inspire others to do their best work.

3. Positive Communication: expresses ap-preciation, support, helpfulness, approval, encouragement and transparency. In high performing organizations the ratio of posi-tive to negative communication is 5 to 1.

4. Positive Meaning: connects with the core values of workers and creates an over-arch-ing purpose beyond the personal benefit individuals receive from the organization.

Together these four positive leadership strat-egies generate psychological capital which research indicates is characterized by hope, optimism, self-efficacy and resiliency – and in both the short and long run gets the best results time after time.

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The mosT

impoRTanT

benefiT fRom

coaching


“What is the most important benefit you would ex-

pect to gain from working with a coach” is an open-

ended question we asked in our survey? Here

are the most frequent responses we received.

Increases in these areas are most important

to me.

• Personal awareness and self-understanding

• Emotional intelligence

• Leadership competencies

• Effective communication

• Engaging and motivating others

• Preparing for change

• Goal attainment and achieving business results

59%Want to better understand other people’s emotions and how to read them.

inSight fiVe:

The mosT impoRTanT benefiT fRom coaching

Overview

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Improving Emotional Intelligence

Extensive research indicates emotional intelligence is critical

for leadership success. Of four basic dimensions of emotional

intelligence our respondents tell us these are the most important

for them to improve.

Enhanced understanding of other people’s emotions and how to read them 59%

Enhanced ability to connect with others and to build long term successful relationships 54%

Enhanced ability to manage and control my emotions 45%

Enhanced understanding of my emotions and what drives me 29%


Contributors

Arthur E. Snyder, Ed.D., was in-augurated as the eighth president of Indiana Tech in October, 2003.

Snyder’s previous position was at Millikin University, where he was dean of the Tabor School of Busi-ness and the Dwayne O. Andreas Chair of Executive Management from July 2001 to June 2003. From 1992 to 2001 he was chairman of the Department of Marketing and dean of Professional/Graduate Studies at Lynn University. He also taught for the New York Institute of Technology in the MBA program.

Prior to academia, Snyder served as executive vice president and chief operating officer of Ensec, Inc., in Miami, Fla., and Sao Paul, Brazil, and served as vice president for the data systems division of AT&T. His career with the Bell system spanned more than 20 years.

Snyder’s educational credentials include a Doctor of Education in Innovation and Leadership from Wilm-ington College and a Master of Business Administra-tion in Strategic Management from Barry University. His undergraduate work was also at Barry University.

In addition to his position at Indiana Tech, Snyder serves as chairman of the Sisters of Providence Mission Advisory Board and chairman of the Downtown Edu-cational Partnership. He is also a member of the NAIA Council of Presidents, Fort Wayne Business Forum and Quest Club and is a decorated Vietnam veteran.

Jeffrey A. Zimmerman, Ph.D., has served as dean of Indiana Tech’s College of Business and professor of business since 2011.

As dean, Zimmerman is focused and passionate about creating a dynamic relationship- based environment which will maxi-mize student learning, challenge faculty to push forward with cutting-edge educational technologies, and build mutually beneficial relation-ships with community and business leaders. He has served previously as a college dean and as an active community leader, organizer and frequently requested speaker on issues facing both the tactical and long-term strategic success of business organizations regardless of their size, maturity or industry.

Zimmerman’s academic credentials include a Doctor of Philosophy in Economics from Purdue University and a master’s degree in economics from West Virginia University. He completed his undergraduate work at the State University of New York in Albany with stud-ies in computer programming, economics, and business administration.

Service and community activities have always been an important part of Zimmerman’s career. He has been involved in with United Way of Cumberland County, Cumberland County Business Council, Douglas Byrd Finance Academy, Fayetteville Area Chamber of Com-merce, and Community Concerts of Fayetteville. He is also a member of Rotary International.

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Ken Rauch, Ed.D., has served as director of the university’s Ph.D. in Global Leadership program since 2010.

Rauch brings a multidimensional perspective to the Ph.D. program including a strong leadership background in business and industry along with interdisci-plinary experience across the academic horizon. His strength and ongoing interest is in bridging academic disciplines with cutting-edge global and cross-cultural issues and in helping both graduate students and prac-titioners solve global leadership challenges.

Dr. Rauch’s research interests include:• Eastern European leadership orientation within the

transition economies of these countries,• Generational attitudinal persistence of gender lead-

ership inequality, and• Followership and role orientation in shared leader-

ship including the connections between relational self-concept and leadership.

Rauch’s academic credentials include a doctorate in organizational leadership from Indiana Wesleyan University; a master’s degree in human resources from Indiana University; a bachelor’s degree in business ad-ministration from Indiana Wesleyan; and an associate degree in supervision from Purdue University.

Service and community involvement are also an important part of Rauch’s professional efforts both past and present. These include serving on the New Haven Chamber of Commerce Board, Big Brothers/Little Brothers of Northeast Indiana, the Fort Wayne Children’s Home and serving as past president of the New Haven Baseball Association.

Jim Schaffer, Ph.D., is a profes-sor in the College of Business at Indiana Tech, where he has taught leadership and related organiza-tional development courses at the doctoral, master’s and undergrad-uate levels for more than 20 years.

Earlier in his career, Schaffer directed staff consultants in the Indiana region as vice president for professional services of a national HR management consulting firm. He has provided services to leading companies such as Eli Lilly & Company, Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Ford, GM, Lincoln Life, Amax Coal, and IU Health Systems.

Coaching and leadership development are his primary interests of research and professional service. He is a graduate of the College of Executive Coaching, the only graduate level coach-training institute affili-ated with the American Psychology Association. He is a Certified Personal and Executive Coach and has provided more than 3,000 hours of coaching to key executives and managers.

Schaffer’s educational credentials include a Doctor of Philosophy in Administrative Leadership and Industri-al/Organizational Psychology from Indiana University; advanced graduate studies in administration, planning and social policy at Harvard University; and a master’s degree in higher education administration from Okla-homa State University. He completed his undergradu-ate work at Oral Roberts University in the areas of biblical literature and business administration.


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A Study of CoAChing: What Leaders Really Want

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