Leading with a nimble mind

Coaching lecture series "Coaching - Research and Practice"

Linda Page

Linda Page, PhD from Princton University, M.A . in counseling psychology. President and Founder of the Adler School of Professional Studies in Toronto, Canada. With David Rock, Dr.Page co-authored Coaching with the Brain in Mind: Foundations for Practice (Wiley, June 2009).

Leadership requires moving decisively at one time but holding off to gather more information at another. It requires letting others step forward but also moving out when no one else will. What is the key capacity that enables leaders to know when to listen and when to speak? How to be strong without overpowering? And whether to break new ground or reaffirm the existing approach? Based on discoveries from neuroscience, Dr. Page will describe the characteristics and advantages of a nimble mind and discuss ways to achieve it.

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Reinhard Stelter, Coaching Psychology Unit, University of Copenhagen

The lecture is part of a series of lectures titled "Coaching - research and practice", which is sponsored by the EMCC. The lecture series aims to build a bridge between research and praxis in coaching and at the same time embed coaching practices in the research discourse. The intention is to hear from researchers, who explore coaching from a business, health or sports related angle. The Coaching Psychology Unit at the University of Copenhagen was established in order to launch and coordinate interdisciplinary research, education and dissemination in coaching.