What do people coach on? How could it support me? Sometimes people are interested in the idea of coaching, but they are not sure how it works or how to make it productive for them. Coaching works best when a person has an idea of a goal or vision of
Rhinoceros Success by Scott Alexander(1) is a funny, short and easy-to-read book that will inspire any action-oriented person to get moving! Scott Alexander has a creative approach to get you ready to charge forward into action! This is perfect in the NEW YEAR when you are setting and planning for goal
4) Purpose fuels performance. Know why you are doing what you are doing. We get caught up in doing tasks because we always have done them, think we need to do them or just should do them. “Shoulds” are a performance killer. They never quite reach priority status on our
You can’t get more time, but you can have more energy. Learn five simple strategies to gain more time through maximizing your energy. In the book, The Power of Full Engagement, Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz offer a paradigm for time management which focuses on leveraging energy rather than time.
Do you resist change or struggle to embrace it in your company or organization? Change is hard for most people. In the DISC personality profile, one company statistically extracted that 63% of the world (so over ½ of the population) are more of the “S” profile style. The “S” profile
Simple and effective Daily Habits. 10 min. daily pick-up time. Check e-mail 3x a day; limit time to 30 min. for each checking. Touch it once and put it in its place (file it, toss it, etc.) Keep a weekly plan of activates with the top 5 things you will
Have a long list of things to do and can mark off 4 of them in an hour. You are straightening, cleaning or micro-working. You are spending hours on e-mail. You can’t find things and spend a lot of time looking and discovering things you have not seen in a long
I have goals, but don’t seem to reach them? Why? Lack of a plan. In the book “Goals” by Brian Tracy, he tells the story about 2 deserts and how people died crossing to get from one town to another because they lost perspective in the middle of the dessert
Goal setting often gets a bad rap as people have tired and been unsuccessful at setting goals. Do not despair. Try, try, try and try again. Each time you will develop a stronger discipline, focus and skills for goal success. Here are some roadblocks people run into with their goals
In the article, 10 Leadership Practices to Stop Today, Paul Spiegelman argues that some traditional leadership practices should be replaced by better options. “1. Out: Micro-management, or the need to control every aspect of your company. In: Empowerment, the ability to give your people some rope–even rope to make mistakes
