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6 signs you might need an executive coach — and 2 signs you don’t

CIO

That’s where executive coaching comes into play. As technical people move up the ranks, going from coders and admins to managers to CIOs, they need to learn how to do a lot more than build great software, connect backend systems, or build firewalls. A great coach believes their clients have the answers within them.

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5 key leadership skills an executive coach can help you master

CIO

To do all of that, he sought help from an executive coach. I learned how to connect with executives,” says Cantrell of his experience enlisting a coach. Often lasting three to six months, coaching generally focuses on helping leaders who are in new roles or companies, or are nurturing growth potential.

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Coaching your IT team for change: 9 tips

CIO

Too many times we see clients put a new system in place and train users a day before it goes live,” says Sendero’s Tung. This was presented by Max Landsberg in the Tao of Coaching. Some changes — buyouts or leadership shifts, for example — don’t allow for much notice. But often, you know well in advance. Why are we doing this?

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Computer vision transforms tennis coaching at Billie Jean King Cup

CIO

Serving performance data courtside In the early 2000s, the ITF started working with Sony’s Hawk-Eye Innovations, whose computer vision system uses timing data from multiple high-speed video cameras to triangulate the position of the ball in relation to the court. You don’t assume that the court is perfectly flat; you have to map that.”

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A PM’s Guide to Forging an Outcome-Driven Product Team

Speaker: Kim Antelo, Transformation Coach

In this webinar, Transformational Coach Kim Antelo will walk through a case study of a healthcare company with lofty OKRs, but with little tie-back to the product performance. How to use a systems approach to solve your most pressing problems. She will also discuss: The overlap between HEART and Pirate AAARRR metrics.

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TaskHuman lands $20M to expand its virtual coaching platform

TechCrunch

TaskHuman , a professional development platform focused on coaching, today announced that it raised $20 million in Series B funding led by Madrona with participation from Impact Venture Capital, RingCentral Ventures, Sure Ventures, USVP, Gaingels, PeopleTech Angels, Propel(x) and Zoom Ventures. ”

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Feedback Fundamentals: Effective Strategies from Experienced Executive Coaches

Next Level Blog

Three Common Feedback Challenges There probably aren’t many people in the world who are more involved, more often in giving and receiving feedback than executive coaches. As a two decade plus coach myself, I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve prepared, delivered and supported my clients in receiving colleague feedback.

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