Posts by Karen Anderson, PCC, M. Ed.
Boosting Our Emotional Intelligence: The 90 Second Rule
The focus of this month’s social media is to examine three ways to boost our emotional intelligence while managing our reactions to others. In the Ezine we looked at Mary Beth O’Neill’s four steps for reactivity management. In this Blog, we will look at Jill Bolte Taylor’s 90 Second Rule. In her book, My Stroke…
Read MoreBoosting Our Emotional Intelligence: Increasing Our Tolerance for Reactivity
Mary Beth O’Neill speaks of reactivity management in her book, Executive Coaching with Backbone and Heart. She offers that “increasing your tolerance for your own anxiety is by nature a nearly unbearable experience because the pull of the old reactivity is so strong. However, you can take steps to help yourself arrive on the other…
Read MoreThe Importance of Work-Life Balance
“I’ve learned that you can’t have everything and do everything at the same time.” Oprah Winfrey In our work as coaches, this may be the number one subject of many of our coaching conversations. We all want it AND we all have plenty of trouble achieving it! Lohrer & Schwartz say in their book, The…
Read MoreWhat do you want in your life in 2018?
“Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.” Melody Beattie February is the time of year when our minds turn to hearts, love, and gratitude. We’ll focus on the value of the last one – gratitude. What is it? Here is one of the multitude of definitions…
Read MoreThe Importance of Setting Goals
“A person with a clear purpose will make progress on even the toughest road.A person with no purpose will make no progress on even the smoothest road.”—Thomas Carlyle Many of us sat around the dinner table on New Year’s Day and espoused our goals for the upcoming year. How many will come true? Well, that’s…
Read MoreThe Leadership Gift of Hope
“Hopeful individuals, families, organizations, and communities THRIVE!” The focus of this month’s social media series are 3 Leadership gifts – solitude, resilience, and hope. Previously, we unwrapped the gifts of solitude and resilience. Now, we are ready to find out how this final gift . . . the gift of hope, when added to the…
Read MoreThe Leadership Gift of Resilience
“A person who falls and gets back up is much stronger than a person who never falls.” The focus of this month’s social media series are 3 Leadership gifts – solitude, resilience, and hope. Previously we unwrapped the gift of solitude. Now, we are ready to discover what the gift of resilience holds for us…
Read MoreFrom “I Don’t Want Your Feedback” to “Please Give Me Feedback” – A Shift in Mindset
Let’s begin with a recent conversation with Jasper ISD Superintendent, Gerald Hudson. It’s late on a Friday afternoon, long after the work day is over and the phone rings. Gerald, who has been in his position less than 6 months, says, “My folks want coaching!” Having known Gerald for many years, I respond with surprise, “Really. You haven’t…
Read MoreThe Leadership Gift of Solitude
“We live, in fact, in an age starved for solitude.” C.S. Lewis Principal Andy Camarda of Lemon Road Elementary in Fairfax County, VA, recommended I read Kethledge and Erwin’s book, Lead Yourself First: Inspiring Leadership Through Solitude. He felt it complimented our teaching about the value of silence as well as the brain research that says…
Read MoreWe Did It! – Measuring Impact
Congratulations! This month’s three-part focus has been on celebrating the impact of coaching from one district’s perspective. Now, we will celebrate one school’s success in a year’s time. Jackson Middle School is a technology magnet school in Garland ISD. In 2014, the school was struggling with Index 2 on the state accountability system. This index is the Student Growth…
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