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Harrison Monarth
Executive Coach to Senior Leaders - New York Times Bestselling Author, Executive Presence & Leadership Effectiveness Workshops & Webinars
Harrison Monarth is a prominent executive coach, leadership consultant, and New York Times bestselling author based in New York. He is the CEO and founder of GuruMaker Executive Development, a company he established in January 2003.1 Monarth specializes in coaching C-suite leaders, senior executives, and high-potential managers on effective leadership communication, executive presence, and positive behavior change for professional and organizational success.1
With over two decades of experience, Monarth has worked with Fortune 500 companies such as General Motors, Hewlett-Packard, MetLife, P&G, Northrop Grumman, Cardinal Health, Deloitte Consulting, Cisco Systems, GE, and Standard & Poor's.1 His approach incorporates the latest research in brain-based leadership, emotional intelligence, interpersonal communication, and behavioral sciences.1
Monarth is also an accomplished author, having written several books including:
- "The Confident Speaker" (New York Times bestseller)
- "360 Degrees of Influence"
- "Breakthrough Communication"
- "Executive Presence" (global bestseller, 2nd Edition)1
He is a contributor to Harvard Business Review, FORTUNE, Entrepreneur.com, and Fast Company.1 Monarth holds several certifications, including being a certified Marshall Goldsmith coach and having certifications from the NeuroLeadership Institute and Hogan Assessments.1 He is also a fellow at the Institute of Coaching, a Harvard Medical School affiliate.1
Highlights
On my return to the US from a trip to Latin America, the customs officer at JFK airport asked the customary questions—purpose of your trip, how long was your stay, what do you do?
When I told him I’m an executive coach, he surprised me with another question:
“What’s the best leadership advice you can give me?”
With a long tired line behind me it was clear that my answer had to be short and to the point.
“Be warm and be clear,” is what I said.
He repeated my words, smiled and gave me a thumbs up before handing my passport back to me.
I could have answered his question in the same crisp manner with countless other essential leadership attributes, considering the complexities of effective leadership and the often conflicting demands placed on leaders within any system or organizational structure.
Somehow these two attributes came to my mind first.
Interpersonal warmth helps you gain trust, build relationships, resolve conflict, establish psychological safety, encourage candor, inspire collaboration, stimulate discussion, gather support, and in many other ways enables you to get along with others to get ahead together.
Clarity hardly needs expounding, universally understood to be a core competency for any leader whose success hinges on effectively conveying meaning in communication to diverse audiences and individuals.
So, whichever leadership competencies you’re working on as part of a self improvement plan…
You definitely can’t go wrong being both warm and clear as a leader.
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