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TIPS & TOOLS

TIPS & TOOLS

Your go-to collection of practical resources designed to support better leadership, coaching and organisational performance. Explore tools, templates and actionable tips that you can apply immediately in your workplace.

Diagram of the ABBA Listening Model showcasing lines and zones for content, patterns, assumptions, and goals in listening and speaking.
A colorful infographic titled 'Choice Map - Learner vs. Judger' illustrating decision-making pathways for learners and judgers with various options and outcomes.

ABBA LISTENING MODEL

CHOICE MAP

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ENERGY ZONES

NEUROSCIENCE OF EMOTIONS

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A circular diagram illustrating the thinking process for strategic thinking, divided into four quadrants: Evaluate, Foresee, Understand, and Insight. The diagram emphasizes questioning, curiosity, and understanding to enhance decision-making.
A diagram illustrating personality traits, with a section labeled 'Above/below the line' showing 'Action,' 'Accountability,' 'Responsibility,' and 'Openness,' and a section labeled 'Below' showing 'Blame,' 'Excuse,' 'Denial,' and 'Defensiveness.'

STRATEGIC THINKING TOOL

ABOVE AND BELOW THE LINE

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A document titled 'Performance Style' includes sections about the importance of performance style, benefits, and goals, with blank space for signature or signatures at the bottom.
A worksheet titled 'Performance Strategies: Shaping Organizations' with sections on finding purpose and building purpose. It includes a Venn diagram illustrating the relationship between passion, profession, vocation, and mission, centered around Ikigai. There are practical questions about life purpose, interests, and making an impact, with subsections on loving what you do, excelling at it, monetizing your skills, and contributing to the world.

CLARIFYING YOUR VALUES

FINDING AND BUILDING PURPOSE

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Document titled 'Tips for Performance Conversations' with bullet points on preparation, planning, communication, and follow-up, and a circular stamp or seal.
A worksheet titled 'The Art and Science of Networking' with sections for effective network conversations, techniques, and influencing building attractiveness. It has columns labeled Enter, Start, Sustain, Exit.
Diagram of an ACDB Planning Model showing a process flow from component A to component B, with components C on both sides representing key steps or elements.
Diagram of a coaching funnel illustrating stages: Context, Invite, Open Questions, Probing Questions, Options, Actions, and Success.

ACDB PLANNING

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COACHING FUNNEL

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Excerpt from a leadership book discussing cultivating leadership, leading with complexity, and understanding the difference between effective leadership and complexity.
Flowchart diagram with boxes and arrows, featuring sections labeled such as 'The Education Course'.

LEADING IN COMPLEXITY

PROBLEM & SOLUTION CYCLE

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A pyramid diagram illustrating the five dysfunctions of a team, from bottom to top: Absence of Trust, Fear of Conflict, Lack of Commitment, Avoidance of Accountability, and Inattention to Results.
Page from a book or document titled 'Chapter 3: Adult Development Theory and Executive Coaching Practice,' authored by Jennifer Gaskey Burck.
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Diagram showing steps for creating career goals, including 'Context,' 'Curiosity,' 'Plan & Prepare,' and 'Alignment to Goals,' with concentric circles and an arrow pointing to 'Ingress' in the center.
A document titled 'Concise Language' discussing clear and effective communication, including tips for avoiding jargon, being concise, and tailoring language to the audience.

BUILD A NETWORK

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CONCISE LANGUAGE

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A diagram of a networking model with concentric circles and axes, used for analyzing network knowledge and awareness.
Cover page titled 'The Spirit of Leadership' with the logo of The Leadership Circle and a minimalist design with curved red lines.

NETWORKING MODEL

SPIRIT OF LEADERSHIP

Document titled 'Neuroscience of Emotions' outlining the relationship between the brain, emotions, and the approach and avoidance behaviors in animals, with references to research and studies.
Diagram showing energy zones with four quadrants: Survival Zone (high energy, negative), Burnout Zone (low energy, negative), Recovery Zone (low energy, positive), and Performance Zone (high energy, positive).

THE ART AND SCIENCE OF NETWORKING

PERFORMANCE CONVERSATIONS

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ADULT DEVELOPMENT THEORY

THE FIVE DYSFUNCTIONS

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A page explaining cognitive distortions and how they distort our experiences, with a list of common distortions including all-or-nothing thinking, overgeneralization, mental filter, disqualifying the positive, jumping to conclusions, magnification or minimization, emotional reasoning, should statements, labeling and mislabeling, and personalization. Each distortion is briefly described.
A Skills Enjoyment Matrix chart with four quadrants illustrating low skill and low enjoyment, low skill and high enjoyment, high skill and low enjoyment, and high skill and high enjoyment, organized in a 2x2 grid.

COGNITIVE DISTORTIONS

SKILLS ENJOYMENT MATRIX

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A printed page discussing the structure of character, with a circular diagram labeled 'Sport, Recreation, and Leisure' at the center, and description text around it.

MOVING TOWARD, AWAY, AGAINST

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