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Coaching for Leadership Presence

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On Becoming a Leadership Coach

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Leadership presence is a common concern for aspiring leaders, particularly in today’s organizations where technically savvy leaders—even brilliant ones—find themselves climbing the corporate ladder and learn that they are navigating terrain where the stakes are much higher. To succeed at this level, the leader not only must develop a leadership voice with peers, superiors, and subordinates, but also must round sharpen the edges that damage the connection that the leader needs to influence and to lead.

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Christine Wahl Clarice Scriber Beth Bloomfield

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© 2008 Christine Wahl, Clarice Scriber, and Beth Bloomfield

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Scriber, C.L. (2008). Coaching for Leadership Presence. In: Wahl, C., Scriber, C., Bloomfield, B. (eds) On Becoming a Leadership Coach. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230614314_20

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