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Basic Principles of Coaching Abrasive Leaders

 Date & Time: Sunday, March 31st 8:30am - 12:00pm
Presented By: Laura Crawshaw PhD., BCC, The Boss Whispering Institute​

Session Description:
Seminar participants will learn the basic principles of coaching abrasive leaders, including: Evolutionary and psychodynamic theoretical foundations of the method Common myths about workplace “bullies” and workplace bullying Why abrasive leaders resort to interpersonal aggression in their management styles Why these individuals are blind to the nature and impact of their destructive behaviors How to fully engage abrasive leaders who resist coaching Overview of how the method helps clients build awareness, empathy and resulting insight.

Learning Objectives:
  • Understand the psychdynamics of abrasive leadership behavior.
  • How to fully engage abrasive leaders who resist coaching.
  • Learn the critical elements involved in successfully coaching abrasive leaders, including confidentiality and neutrality provisions.
Presenter Biography:
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With over forty years' experience as a psychotherapist, corporate officer, executive coach, researcher, and author, Dr. Laura Crawshaw founded the Executive Insight Development Group in 1994, The Boss Whispering Institute in 2009, and the Consortium on Abrasive Conduct in Higher Education in 2013.  Executive Insight specializes in coaching abrasive leaders, and has served an international clientele of organizations, including over 40 Fortune 500 companies and the United Nations.

​The Boss Whispering Institute is dedicated to research and training in the field of coaching abrasive leaders, and it is the Institute’s mission is to relieve individual and organizational suffering caused by workplace bullying. Dr. Crawshaw lectures and trains conflict t worldwide and is the author of Taming the Abrasive Manager: How to End Unnecessary Roughness in the Workplace (Jossey-Bass, 2007). A Founding Fellow of Harvard’s Institute of Coaching, Dr. Crawshaw also holds membership in the International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations, the American Psychological Association, the British Psychological Society, and the International Association on Bullying and Harassment at Work.
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