CHAPTER TWELVE

AWARENESS COACHING FOR MEN AND WOMEN

By Sally Helgesen

For twenty-five years I’ve worked with women leaders around the globe to develop and hone their leadership skills. My efforts have been directed at helping women articulate their best talents, claim greater visibility in their organizations, enlist and leverage strong allies, build powerful webs of support, hold themselves accountable for change, and cultivate a more powerful and authentic leadership presence. More recently, clients have asked me to offer coaching to men in senior positions who seek to work more skillfully with women—as bosses, customers, clients, board members, and partners.

My coaching methods and protocols for men and women often differ, as I will describe ...

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