Individual Coaching & Self-Improvement
Knowing Who We Are Helps In Determining Who We Want To Be: The Power of Personal Assessments
Given the pressures of day-to-day business, it is hard to step away and get an objective look at how we are operating and what our strengths are. There are simple to administer tools that objectively measure effectiveness both at an organizational and individual level.
A coach is a person who engages in an interaction intended to enhance performance or facilitate change in another. A coach helps others to discover and do what works, that is, do the right things in the right way for the right reasons to achieve the right results.
9 ¾ Tips to Get Things Done Video Script
Over the past 20 plus years we have been helping businesses to get things done. During that time, we have found that some of the main reasons that "things don't get done" are related to an incomplete understanding of the: scope, urgency, overall risk, as well as customer perspective of the job. click here to watch the video
You Can't Lead or Manage Without a Large Dose of Confidence
Confidence is the expectation of positive outcomes. Confidence is not arrogance, conceit, or complacency. The confident leader or manager believes that persistance and hard work will win out most every time over talented but insecure people. Confidence is contagious.
Stephen Covey expressed it in terms of a compass being a better tool for time management than a watch. In other words they shifted their paradigm from trying to cram more activities into less time to just doing the things that were really important to do. They concentrated on the few activities that contributed the greatest value.
Getting the *%$^%$ Project Done!
What is the difference between those who can and those who will struggle? Here is a tongue-in-cheek treatment that you may appreciate.
Managing a project, especially on a large scale, requires thorough planning which will pay off in the completion of it. The more thought you put into it, the smoother things will run and the less time you will be spending scrambling on your contingency plan.
Have We Become Attention Deficit Tacticians?
As we become a nation of "attention deficit tacticians", we will struggle with maintaining the focus needed to implement a viable solution.
To purge, according to Encarta is to get rid of opponents or remove something undesirable. Personal is self explanatory and paralysis is defined as loss of movement or inactivity, failure to take action or make progress. Putting it altogether--it describes getting rid of our own failure to take action or make progress.
Create a notebook or journal and dare to dream on paper. Create a "Dream Inventory" to help you crystallize your dreams.
Quite often I find myself in a conversation about the even flow of energy. You know what I mean: you get back what you send out.
Most people think about what they DON'T want! Often we avoid the work necessary to achieve the goal or perhaps avoid recognizing the consequences of not achieving a goal
Trusting Your Gut: How to Lead Using Your Instincts
Instinct is insight based not on reason but on awareness. When we allow it back into our consciousness, we can become more effective in many parts of life, including our role as a leader.
Learn This To Develop An Even Greater Competitive Advantage
In the business world, if we want to succeed common sense dictates that we must never stop growing. And growth comes from the desire to learn and better oneself. It's important to know how you, as an individual, learn; it's also necessary to learn how other people learn so that you can effectively communicate with them.
Leading Yourself and Others: It All Begins With You
Leaders represent the elite among the many managers and officers found in corporate America. However, for all their diversity, there is one thing all leaders have in common - true leaders get results.
Responsibility means doing what you are supposed to do and doing what you say you will do. It means to persevere. To keep on trying and always do your best.
Bullying is defined as words or behaviors which are intentional, repeated & frequent, hurtful and manifest a perceived imbalance of power.
Caring is feeling kindness for people, animals and the earth and expressing feeling through acts of generosity and service. Caring people understand the feelings of others and go out of their way to help them
Building character in youth and maintaining the tenants of character throughout their development, promises a society of adults who live their lives based on principles. The ethics I learned from my parents and teachers has helped me understand my role in this development and guide me through difficult decisions.