Escape the Drama Triangle
Jul 1 Carolann Jacobs on July 1st, 2010
Have you guys ever noticed how a lot of what I yap about here on the blog about business really translates back to life? If you haven’t noticed, then I want to highlight the point today. One of the books on my shelf is The Power of TED (again, thank you Ken Abrams for turning [...]
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Giving up “Because”, Keeping the F-Bomb
Mar 18 Carolann Jacobs on March 18th, 2010
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 [...]
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Managewhich Tip: Process-Focus Ain’t a Bad Thing
Jan 19 Carolann Jacobs on January 19th, 2010
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 [...]
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So How are Those Resolutions Going?
Jan 14 Carolann Jacobs on January 14th, 2010
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. My fabulous mentor [...]
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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 [...]
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Putting Some Meat in the Managewhich!
Dec 9 Carolann Jacobs on December 9th, 2009
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 [...]
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Tips for the Managewhich: Is What I’m Doing Resume-Worthy?
Nov 3 Carolann Jacobs on November 3rd, 2009
Career Management groups are filled with people who haven’t progressed in their careers, and those are the folks who are having the toughest time landing new positions. Many of those fall into the category of being happy that they had a job, and so they did whatever was necessary to keep it. This is fear-based [...]
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10 Ways to Use Linked In To Find A Job
Feb 16 Carolann Jacobs on February 16th, 2009
Guy Kawasaki wrote a very nice post about some more sophisticated ways to use LinkedIn to help you. Most of my recent postings have focused more on using social media to build relationships. This is about the nuts and bolts of doing research. Small Business Owners, the ideas that Guy talks about in his post [...]
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50% of the Workforce Cannot Form a Trusting Relationship: What now?
Feb 4 Carolann Jacobs on February 4th, 2009
Last year, I read Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain by Sharon Begley and came across the concept of Attachment Theory and had a Vivid Epiphany about why larger workplaces can be so dysfunctional, about why mistrustful and judments abound once an organization reaches a certain size. Since then, I have amassed materials from several [...]
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What questions do you have about coaching?
Feb 4 Carolann Jacobs on February 4th, 2009
This is your day to get your questions answered. What have you always wanted to know about coaching, but have never had a risk-free way to ask? Leave a post below. Peace and Prosperity, Carolann
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