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Research by Santana Dorn Leadership Coaches

A New World of Work Characterized by Disruption

Increase your organization’s effectiveness by utilizing Talent Portfolio Agility tips to weather the disruption in the New World of Work

Making the Value of Development Visible

This dissertation is focused on the impact of leaders achieving their developmental goals within the context of a leadership development initiative utilizing an executive coach. Evidence of Vertical and Horizontal development contribute to positive outcomes for individuals, working relationships, team effectiveness and organizational contributions.

Creating Coaching: The Quiet Revolution of Robert Dorn

How the pioneer of assessment for development created executive coaching

Are You a Mindful Leader?

The practice of Mindfulness allows leaders to bring higher order thinking and thoughtful decision-making into the increasingly complex demands of leadership. Mind-body integration as a micro skill set allows increased self-awareness, patience and intentionality.

Are you a Culturally Agile Leader?

Leaders can utilize these simple learning agility tools to boost effectiveness and perform well in unfamiliar cultural contexts, engage a diversity of perspectives, and foster effective collaboration.

Integral Leadership Review

 Leaders continue to encounter unexpected challenges in organizations and society.  To engage in the process of leadership, leaders must focus on the individuals as well as the interaction of individuals within the context and landscape of people working and living together. A thoughtful discussion of the evolution of leadership thinking and theory.

Robert Dorn Article (Chinese Translation)

评估促进发展的先驱如何创建高管教练

Creación del coaching: la revolución silenciosa de Robert Dorn (Robert Dorn Article: Spanish Translation)

Cómo el pionero de la evaluación para el desarrollo creó el coaching ejecutivo.

Podcasts

When She Leads Podcast: Trailblazing Leadership, From Spain to Peru

In this podcast, the winner of the United Nations award for Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) discusses her bold steps to rethink nutrition, supply chain sourcing, and ethical business practices to contribute to the wellbeing of consumers and farmers in the Andean region of Peru.

Teaching Teens to Code, and Beyond

CCL’s Laura Santana talks with Tsegga Medhin, the founder and president of the Pearl Leadership Institute and the president of United Nation Women USA’s North Carolina chapter. Tsegga has a background working in tech and finance, including about 20 years at IBM. In this episode, Tsegga describes the wide range of impactful projects she’s working on to empower women and girls, including a partnership with Apple to teach teenage girls to code.

Useful Links

How to Be a Great Leader

What makes a great leader? These TED Talks offer surprising, nuanced approaches on how to inspire and empower others to do their very best.

Institute of Coaching

Useful website about scientific issues related to coaching.

Additional Publications

Leadership Development Strategy: An Evolving Approach Linked to Business Performance

Dinwoodie, D., Santana, L. (2013). Greensboro, NC: Center for Creative Leadership


Developing leaders in Latin America: Understanding managerial derailment

Staw iski, S. Gentry, W. A. Santana, L. Dinwoodie, D.. (2012). Greensboro, NC: Center for Creative Leadership.


Feedback-Intensive Programs

King, Sara N. Santana, Laura C.. (2010). In: Cynthia D. McCauley, Marian N. Ruderman, & Ellen Van Velsor (Eds),

The Center for Creative Leadership handbook of leadership development (3rd ed., pp. 97-123).. San Francisco:

The Jossey-Bass Business & Management Series and The Center for Creative Leadership.


The learning premise: a conversation with Peter B. Vaill

Santana, Laura C. Bunker, Kerry A. Vaill, Peter B.. (2010). In: Bunker, Kerry A. & Hall, Douglas T. & Kram, Kathy E.

& (Eds.) (2010) Extraordinary Leadership:Addressing the gaps in senior executive development. (pp. 43-67). San

Francisco: The Jossey-Bass Business & Management Series and the Center for Creative Leadership.


Developing leaders with cultural intelligence: exploring the cultural dimension of leadership

Santana, Laura C. las Heras, Mireia Mao, Jina. (2010). In: Bunker, Kerry A. & Hall, Douglas T. & Kram, Kathy E. &

(Eds.) (2010) Extraordinary Leadership:Addressing the gaps in senior executive development. (pp. 217-238). San

Francisco: The Jossey-Bass Business & Management Series and the Center for Creative Leadership.

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