Posts Tagged ‘coaching’
Dear Beyonce…Just Turn The Phone Off!
May 18, 2010 | 
Author One of the side effects of incorporating Principle #1 of Jack Canfield’s Success Principles is that I have become acutely aware of how our culture influences us to abdicate our accountability and responsibility, most especially what’s being played on the radio.
Posted in Living the Success Principles | 
Tags: Action Coach, Brain-based Coaching, business coach, Career Coach, Career Management, Carolann Jacobs, coach, coaching, Corporate Coach, DFW, Executive Coaching, Extraordinary Results, Inimitable Leadership, Inspired Workplace, Leadership, Leadership Coach, Legacy Leadership, managewhich, Neuroleadership, vivid epiphany | 
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Bad Bosses… We’re Calling You Out By Name!
I’ve been talking about the topic of bad bosses on my segment of the CelebrityU Radio/TV show, and I am also going to feature it on the blog as a series. If you’d like to see/hear part of this segment, check it out here:
Carolann talking about bad bosses on CelebrityU Radio/TV
Posted in Bad Bosses | Tags: Action Coach, Brain-based Coaching, business coach, Career Coach, Career Management, Carolann Jacobs, coach, coaching, Corporate Coach, DFW, Executive Coaching, Extraordinary Results, facilitation, Inimitable Leadership, Leadership, Legacy Leadership, vivid epiphany | 1 Comment »
Man (or Woman) Up! Curing the Epidemic of Weak Leadership
This morning I was attending the Young Women Executives Forum at the Tower Club, and today’s topic was Conflict Management. This is a topic that I hit with my coaching clients 100% of the time.
We all have a default mode for dealing with conflict. Some people use the “my way or the highway” approach. Others are passive-aggressive. Others stuff their point of view down like a philly cheesesteak, and what comes back up when they get a overstuffed ain’t pretty.
Posted in Inspired Middle Management, Leadership | Tags: Action Coach, Brain-based Coaching, business coach, Career Coach, Career Management, Carolann Jacobs, coach, coaching, conflict management, Corporate Coach, DFW, Executive Coach, Extraordinary Results, facilitation, Growth Coach, Inimitable Leadership, Inspired Workplace, Leadership Coach, Legacy Leadership, managewhich, Neuroleadership, vivid epiphany | No Comments »
You Don’t Have to Leave the Cubicle
There’s been a lot of hype lately around escaping the cubicle. It isn’t for everyone. For many, it isn’t realistic considering their current resources, and for some people, going out on their own would be downright irresponsible.
Many of the people who call me looking for coaching services are miserable in their jobs, have been for a while. They’re fed up and burned out. They want to quit.
Posted in Career Management | Tags: Action Coach, Brain-based Coaching, business coach, Career Coach, Career Management, Carolann Jacobs, coach, coaching, Corporate Coach, DFW, Executive Coach, Executive Coaching, Extraordinary Results, facilitation, Inimitable Leadership, Inspired Workplace, Leadership, Legacy Leadership, managewich, Middle Management, middle manager, Neuroleadership, vivid epiphany | 1 Comment »
100% Accountability, Take Two
Living the Success Principles #2
I’m in the second or perhaps third week of working Principle 1 – Take 100% Responsibility for Your Life, and I admit, I am still stuck on the No Complaints rule. This is somewhat embarrassing since I harp on this one with my clients.
What I’ve noticed is that I’ve stopped complaining out loud, for the most part. I’ve replaced it with a form of blaming in my head and attached myself to inaction and unwillingness to provide negative feedback. My payoff is martyrdom. This is not a positive development.
Posted in Living the Success Principles | Tags: Action Coach, Brain-based Coaching, business coach, Carolann Jacobs, coach, coaching, Corporate Coach, DFW, Inimitable Leadership, Inspired Workplace, Leadership, Leadership Coach, Legacy Leadership, Life Coach, managewhich, Middle Management, middle manager, Neuroleadership, vivid epiphany | No Comments »
Life & Death Communications
Guys,
Here’s an exceptional article about communication, collaboration and the importance of setting the right tone: http://gmj.gallup.com/content/125291/Collaborating-Means-Communicating.aspx
Enjoy!
Be Your Best You Today,
Carolann
Posted in Resources | Tags: Action Coach, Brain-based Coaching, business coach, Career Management, Carolann Jacobs, coach, coaching, Corporate Coach, DFW, facilitation, Inimitable Leadership, Inspired Workplace, Leadership, Leadership Coach, Legacy Leadership, Life Coach, managewhich, Middle Management, middle manager, Neuroleadership, vivid epiphany | No Comments »
Managewhich Tip: Getting in Front of Change Through Leadership
“The enemy to real change is lip service” ~Peter Block
This is never more true than in a low trust organization. How many times have you been in meetings where heads nod in agreement only to have nothing done? It’s insidious because we think the group is on board when they aren’t.
We can work with opposition and disagreement. Honesty lets us know where we stand and know where we may need to negotiate, whereas, we often miss lip service.
Posted in Change Leadership | Tags: Action Coach, Brain-based Coaching, business coach, Career Management, Carolann Jacobs, coach, coaching, Corporate Coach, DFW, Executive Coach, Inimitable Leadership, Inspired Workplace, Leadership, Legacy Leadership, Middle Management, middle manager, Neuroleadership, vivid epiphany | No Comments »
Managewhich Tip: Process-Focus Ain’t a Bad Thing
Photo by Nur Hussein - find the pic on Flickr, the story is hilarious!
We hear a lot about being results-focused and results-driven. Results are important, and somewhere along the way, we’ve lost sight of the importance of the journey.
Case and point. In 1959, Cuba had an illiteracy rate of 23%. Post Castro revolution, in 1961, it was reduced to 4%. Let’s just say, this wasn’t the kindest of processes, and yet, if the focus was on the result to wipe out illiteracy, they were astoundingly successful.
Posted in Inspired Middle Management | Tags: Action Coach, Brain-based Coaching, business coach, Career Management, Carolann Jacobs, coach, coaching, Corporate Coach, DFW, Executive Coach, Inimitable Leadership, Inspired Workplace, Leadership, Legacy Leadership, Life Coach, managewich, Middle Management, middle manager, Neuroleadership, neuroscience, resolutions, vivid epiphany | No Comments »
So How are Those Resolutions Going?
On the Wagon? Photo by Craig
So, we’re about halfway through January, and even though I suggested that resolutions are a waste of time, I bet some of you made them anyway. How’s it going?
For those of you who are on track, congratulations!
For those of you who’ve already broken down, how about trying something different this year.
Posted in Life Coaching | Tags: Action Coach, Brain-based Coaching, business coach, Career Management, Carolann Jacobs, coach, coaching, Corporate Coach, DFW, Executive Coach, Inimitable Leadership, Inspired Workplace, Leadership, Legacy Leadership, Life Coach, managewich, Middle Management, middle manager, Neuroleadership, neuroscience, resolutions, vivid epiphany | No Comments »
Putting Some Meat in the Managewhich!
No one wakes up in the morning and asks to themselves, “How can I screw my job up today?” And yet, sometimes we feel that way in our management roles, yes?
I’ve gotta tell you, when I look back over the course of my corporate career, there were a lot of things I would do differently, mainly around conflict management, negotiation and feedback. I wish I’d had better examples and mentors. In the craziness of never having enough time to do what I needed to do, there were many times that it felt like I was blindly feeling my way around the fun house.
Posted in Career Management | Tags: Action Coach, business coach, Career Management, Carolann Jacobs, coach, coaching, Corporate Coach, DFW, Executive Coach, Executive Coaching, Improve Performa, Inimitable Leadership, Inspired Workplace, Leadership, Leadership Coach, Legacy Leadership, managewhich, managewich, Middle Management, middle manager, Neuroleadership, neuroscience, sandwich generation of managers, vivid epiphany | 1 Comment »
