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December 15, 2026
Give yourself the gift of development as you prepare to thrive in 2027. Join us for a special holiday edition of Coachability and discover how becoming more receptive to feedback can help you unlock your potential and get more out of every development opportunity.
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January 12 & 14, 2027
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January 26 & 28, 2027
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February 9 & 11, 2027
The Extraordinary Leader bridges the gap between leadership research and practical leadership development by leveraging research that identifies the differentiating behaviors of highly effective leaders. Elevate your leaders and your organization by combining personalized, powerful leader data with a distinct, data-driven, strengths-based development approach.
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February 23 & 25, 2027
The Extraordinary Leader 360 Assessment Certification utilizes a proven process to prepare participants to have one-on-one coaching conversations by providing experienced coaches with the process, tools, and framework to leverage The Extraordinary Leader 360-degree Assessment and Development Guide with those they coach.
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By Jack Zenger, Joe Folkman, Bob Sherwin and Barbara Steel
A commonly held belief is that leadership strengths are taken too far cease to be strengths and become liabilities or weaknesses. We take an entirely opposite point of view from Kaplan and Kaiser. We think it is terribly confusing to tell people to work on a strength whilst simultaneously monitoring themselves to determine when they become too effective or use the strength too much. In this article, see why we have taken an entirely opposite point of view.
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