Coaching Abrasive Leaders: Dealing With Defensiveness
Abrasive leaders rub their co-workers the wrong way, exacting a high price in terms of both employee emotional distress and costs to the organization.
Executive coaches are perfectly positioned to offer a solution through the practice of coaching abrasive leaders.
In this webinar, you will learn why bosses bully and how to quickly establish a trusting coaching alliance. Specific techniques to overcome characteristic client defensiveness, develop awareness, and help abrasive leaders relinquish their
destructive management styles will also be shared.
In this webinar you will learn:
- What employers need to do before referring abrasive leaders for coaching
- A coaching model which incorporates action research and concepts derived from evolutionary psychology, emotional intelligence theory, and Dr. Crawshaw's research
- How to immediately address denial and defensiveness
- The biggest mistakes coaches make when working with abrasive leaders
Who is this for?
Seasoned Coaches, Executive Coaches, Coaching Supervisors, Internal Coaches, or HR /OD Professionals.
Speaker Bio
Dr. Laura Crawshaw specializes in researching and coaching abrasive leaders, serving an international clientele of organizations over the past forty years, including over 40 Fortune 500 companies and United Nations and NASA.
She founded the Boss Whispering Institute (dedicated to research and training in the specialty practice of coaching abrasive leaders) in 2009. A published author, Laura speaks internationally, holding degrees in clinical social work and
organizational systems. She is also a Founding Fellow of Harvard's Institute of Coaching.
