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Managewhich Tip: New Rule for Productivity?

Jan 12

Carolann Jacobs on January 12th, 2010

What if, like gasoline, your brain power and attention were a limited resource? And that once your attention tank was empty, your thinking ran on fumes?
Turns out, the latest brain studies indicate that this is indeed the case. Our attention is in limited supply, and we work in ways that squander it.
In his new book, Your [...]

What Got You Here May Not Get You There

Dec 3

Carolann Jacobs on December 3rd, 2009

When met with what seems to be a familiar situation, humans behave based on habit. The brain is designed to operate based on patterns and filters, so it’s very quick to assess “Woah! something’s going on here” vs. “Oh, OK” and respond accordingly.
By the way, it’s also the same mechanism that makes Bob’s name easier [...]

Does Anyone Hire Eeyore?

Nov 20

Carolann Jacobs on November 20th, 2009

For those of you who’ve blocked out or forgotten who Eeyore is, he’s the pessimistic, melancholic, depressed, downtrodden old grey donkey from the Winnie The Pooh books. (Think, “Oh no, we’re doomed!”)
So, does anyone hire Eeyore? Not unless they are so desperate for a rare skill that they can live with the downward spiraling vortex [...]

The Omniscient Managewich

Sep 10

Carolann Jacobs on September 10th, 2009

I have a question for the sandwich generation of managers, middle managers or owner managers, stuck in the middle of competing priorities and agendas:
Why is it so hard to know what someone else really wants or believes, and yet, how is it that we know others’ intentions just by looking at their body language or [...]

Managewich Tips: Tired of Participating in the 80% of Change Initiatives That Fail?

Sep 8

Carolann Jacobs on September 8th, 2009

Change is hard… or is it?
Think about a time when change was easy. What made it easy?
For me, a good example to illustrate how change does and doesn’t work is recycling.
At first, to recycle, we had to separate cans, glass and paper, and we had to sort through the plastics for the ones that could [...]

Managewich on the Run

Sep 3

Carolann Jacobs on September 3rd, 2009

“Stuck Inside These Four Walls, Sent Inside Forever, Never Seeing No One Nice Again Like You…”
Oops, sorry. That’s “Band on the Run.” But it could describe the managewich’s office, yes?
Whenever I hear about the “Fight or Flight” Response, I wonder…. is it really either or?
The answer is for the most part, yes. According to [...]

Shooting Down “Doubting Thomas” Once and For All

May 28

Carolann Jacobs on May 28th, 2009

I am a *huge* Wayne Dyer fan, and I am honored to be a sponsor for the launch of his new book “Excuses Begone! How to Change Lifelong, Self-Defeating Thinking Habits”
http://promos.hayhouse.com/dyer/052609email/
This is, after all, a large part of what I do as a coach. Besides partnering with clients to identify and change their self-defeating thinking [...]

My Resume/Sales Presentation is Perfect… It Must Be the Economy

Mar 24

Carolann Jacobs on March 24th, 2009

The first question I have to ask is, is it really perfect? (By the way, the answer to that is always yes. Human nature.)
It’s hard not to take pride of authorship, and this somehow seems to get worse in the face of stress or insecurity, doesn’t it?
We have a word for this in coach-speak. It’s [...]

Neutralize the Biggest Threat to Your Success

Mar 18

Carolann Jacobs on March 18th, 2009

At Coach University, there are nine guiding principles that help us understand how people interact with the world. They are:

People Have Something in Common
People Are Inquisitive
People Contribute
People Grow From Connection
People Seek Value
People Act in Their Own Interest
People Live From Their Perception
People Have a Choice
People Define Their Own Integrity

These are masterful, and they are missing [...]

Finding Value in Unproductivity

Mar 16

Carolann Jacobs on March 16th, 2009

I went to my friend’s lakehouse this weekend with several friends. My plan was to get some work done while the rest of the group were out fishing. (I fish, but not when it is cold and drizzly.) I didn’t even get out my work bag, and honestly, I was kind of bummed because I [...]

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