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Coaching Yourself to Leadership: Five Key Strategies for Becoming an Integrated Leader
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Coaching Yourself to Leadership: Five Key Strategies for Becoming an Integrated Leader

by Ginny O'Brien
January 2006
Beginner
200 pages
3h 13m
English
HRD Press
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The Dilemma of Defensive Behaviors

If you happened to come from a family that was less than loving and supportive, you might very well have some negative beliefs and behaviors that you still need to overcome. Most likely, you had to put on a suit of defensive behaviors to help you survive. As you try to become a success in the business world, those behaviors can get in your way. So, it’s even more important for you to recognize which of your behaviors still serve to protect you and which can cause your downfall.

Defensive behaviors can often bring about the precise results that we are trying to avoid. And, of course, what makes it even more interesting is that defensive behaviors can get easily triggered under stress, just when you most need ...

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