Women are key
Organisations with both the strongest financial results and the highest performing culture had the greatest proportion of women on their executive leadership team, according to PA Consulting Group, which analysed the public reports of 50 UK and US companies over a six-year period (2007-2012).
Share prices in organisations with at least one woman on the board outperformed those with men-only boards by 26 per cent over a six-year period.
All at sea
Research from Ashridge Business School into the experience of skippers and crews taking part in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race has revealed three winning leadership behaviours that lead to outstanding team performance. The report, The challenge of leading: Insights from the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, looks at leadership, team-building and motivational challenges for those leading under pressure. Three behaviours made a real difference to the performance of the teams: alignment, capability and autonomy.
Cisco targets sales
Cluster Learning, the global Cisco Learning Partner and service provider, is offering Cisco Partners a mentoring and coaching programme to boost the effectiveness of their sales staff. Both team and one-to-one coaching is being made available, working on live sales opportunities, delivered on-site or virtually. Cisco is a US multinational organisation that designs, builds and sells networking equipment.
Coaching at Work, Volume 8, Issue 5