Posts Tagged ‘Executive Coach’
Giving up “Because”, Keeping the F-Bomb
March 18, 2010 | 
Author Many of you may know that I am on the path to earn my Master Trainer’s Certification in Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP). For those of you who are unfamiliar with NLP, it is model which explains how we process information that comes to us from the outside (and our internal Negative Nelly). As both an ever evolving person and as a practitioner, I am working on being more deliberate with my use of language.
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Take 100% Responsibility for Your Life (Part 1)
This is the first installment of my effort to integrate the 64 Success Principles from Jack Canfield’s book of the same name.
Last week, I went to a one day live workshop with Jack Canfield, and was considering, along with the accountability partner he recommended and the mastermind group that frankly I’m not in the mood to participate in, how I could execute on the principles better. I very much like the content, and the success is in the action, not in the knowledge.
Posted in Living the Success Principles | Tags: Action Coach, Brain-based Coaching, business coach, Career Management, Carolann Jacobs, coach, Corporate Coach, DFW, Executive Coach, Extraordinary Results, facilitation, Inimitable Leadership, Inspired Workplace, Leadership, Leadership Coach, Legacy Leadership, managewhich, Middle Management, Neuroleadership, vivid epiphany | 1 Comment »
Not Buying the Solution, Not Participating in the Game
We’ve become a society of consumers, people who participate little, if at all, in the creation of what we use. There is a someone else who does almost everything for us, and that’s become a habit for us. Think that impacts engagement at work? I do.
Think about it. Who changes their oil anymore? If I could even locate the oil pan at this point, I don’t have the wrench that would get the oil filter off the car. And, it would get my nails all funky, and who wants a coach with funky nails? (I know, an excuse for everything.)
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Creating an Inspired Workplace: Putting Everyone on the In-Team
Ever had that experience in which you brought up a really good idea and the group or leader ignored it, only to have someone else bring up that exact same idea and the group met it with excitement?
Turns out, new research has shown that the brain hears things differently based on whether the person saying them is in the “in” group” or the “out” group.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Does Anyone Hire Eeyore?
Photo By Michael
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!”)
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Managewhich as Leader in Trying Times
Photo by Wendell
Team,
Here’s an excerpt from “Breakthrough Leadership” by Wayne Baker at the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross School of Business. As you read it, I encourage you to think about how you can create this for the people who work with and for you.
“Extraordinary events–positive or negative–are temporary openings for breakthroughs in personal growth, organizational development, and human progress. Breakthrough leaders seize these moments to explore a world of new possibilities for themselves, for their organizations, for society.
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