Leadership
DECEMBER – One word – JOY
December seems to always sneak up on us. One week it’s October and then the next is December. Most of us are realizing that the older we get the faster the days, months and years seem to go. When December comes, even against the pile of “to dos” I just seem to feel JOY. Joy…
Read MoreFour Questions to Focus your Brain – before it tries to take control
As this new year begins, it can be as exciting as a two-year-old with cake and ice cream, or crazy with stress and concern. So, as we have learned in our seminars, the messages we send our brain will change the game. You remember, the brain is wired to protect and look for stuff like:…
Read MoreWelcome Back to School – A Winning Strategy
There are few things that are more exciting for kids than a new school year beginning. The excitement of seeing old friends, making new ones, new teachers, new opportunities, new supplies. Our work as educators is ensuring that the excitement and the joy remain as the school year progresses. The same is true for leaders…
Read MoreA New Kind of Balance
A frequent topic for most educators is the notion of balance between our work and personal lives. Within the context of the Importance of Doing Nothing, the kind of balance we are speaking of is maintaining the balance between doing and not doing. Choosing! Instead of “strategic planning”, how about “strategic disengagement?” Also called a…
Read MoreBouncing Forward to a New Normal – Part 3
In continuing to explore our tools for bouncing forward to the new normal we will explore Jonathan Bates’ model, the Resilience Triangle and its third leg, ACTION. Action activates resilience. While having a resilient mindset and tons of energy are great, very little will improve if we don’t take action. Bates offers resilience-friendly skills and…
Read MoreBouncing Forward to a new Normal
As we begin our entrance into spring, the time that brings new energy, new life, and new hope, I find many of our educators wearier, more discouraged, more struggling than thriving. Each time I am blessed to work in our schools the heaviness is witnessed. In our recent Strengths Webinar on “Using our Strengths for…
Read MoreMoving Toward the Light . . . with Self and Others, Part III
As we continue our theme of moving toward the light, let’s view another article from Choice Magazine – the magazine of professional coaching. Following the topic, Resilience – Life Beyond Disruption is an article entitled, “Resilience – It ain’t what you think!” by Eileen McDargh. While Eileen acknowledges that the headline may not be grammatically…
Read MoreMoving Toward the Light . . . with Clients, Part II
In this month’s Choice Magazine – the magazine of professional coaching, the theme is Resilience – Life Beyond Disruption. Certainly, our lives have been disrupted by the events of the last two years. Let’s take that disruption forward as we continue to “move toward the light” in our work with our clients. Let’s go deeper.…
Read MoreMoving Toward the Light
I’m certain you have all experienced this . . . receiving an email or text message that is just what you need at the moment. Well, that happened to me. My brother, knowing me and my profession, occasionally sends me messages he knows will resonate with our core values and beliefs. The following message comes…
Read MoreNew Year – New Beginnings
Earlier this month the four founders of Results Coaching Global communicated to you that RCG is now a subsidiary of Solution Tree, Inc. We are extremely excited to join the Solution Tree Family and want to assure you that this is a flawless transition with no disruption to products, services, and customer care. We are…
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