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The One Conversation Most Leaders Avoid, And Why It Is the Most Important One They Can Have
The single biggest obstacle to exceptional leadership is rarely a lack of skill or strategy. It is the absence of the courage to have genuinely honest conversations. Ton de Graaf on what gets in the way — and what becomes possible when it doesn’t.
Ton de Graaf
7 min read
Why Most Executive Coaching Fails, And What to Do Instead
An uncomfortable truth from 20 years in executive coaching: Most of it doesn’t work.
Ton de Graaf
6 min read
What the Military Taught Me About Executive Leadership
Ton de Graaf — former Royal Dutch Military Police platoon leader and Airforce Captain — shares five principles from military service that directly transfer to exceptional executive leadership.
Ton de Graaf
6 min read
The Difference Between a Good Leader and an Exceptional One
After 20 years coaching senior leaders in Fortune 500 and FTSE 100 organisations, Ton de Graaf identifies the qualities that separate good leaders from truly exceptional ones.
Ton de Graaf
5 min read
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