Leadership
Practicing Physical Rest
This month we’ve concentrated on simple ways for you and other dedicated leaders to increase rest opportunities, while you are about the busyness of your daily work. Active rest techniques offer up possibilities for increased health and better states of overall well-being. Active rest techniques can happen at any time during the day and focus…
Read MoreRx for Team Success
for Team Success Simple Ways to Establish Working Agreements What are Working Agreements and why are they important? Working Agreements serve as parameters or boundaries intended to guide interactions in a group setting. They are the standards or expectations by which individuals or groups agree to operate while working together. Working Agreements help to maximize…
Read MoreKeep Calm And …
Listen First So many times we “think” we know what someone else is thinking or feeling, including the impetus or motivation for her actions. In our fast-paced lives, we often skip the part about truly listening to discover the reality about someone else’s thoughts, what really motivated her actions, and how she might be feeling…
Read MoreTHE POWER OF FOCUS: FOCUS = RESULTS
Seeing impact and results quickly is an important expectation and the best way to accelerate results is by FOCUS. Eva Wong, Director of the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard provides at least one reason why. Her research shows that coaching maintains a leader’s FOCUS on their goals and prevents the typical “implementation dip” that…
Read MoreFOCUS = RESULTS
Daniel Goldman says we live and work in “continuous partial attention.” As a 21st century coach leader how do you offer FOCUS to your staff? Schmoker describes the benevolent and zealous taskmaster allowing workers to focus on only a few carefully selected priorities at a time. Jim Collins in Good to Great, found the essence…
Read MorePart III: Focus = Results
Knowing we live in “continuous partial attention” and recognizing we live in an environment of digital engagement – how are you thinking you want to use FOCUS to be a driver of excellence. Distractions abound, new ideas and initiatives are seductive, and sometimes even supervisors offer distractors. The following reflective questions provide an opportunity to…
Read MoreWhy Relationships Matter In Our Personal and Professional Lives
What causes some relationships to work well and others to break down and at times fall apart? Based on current findings from the study of the brain and positive psychology, healthy relationships begin with an understanding of who we are and how we are made. This month we will focus on a few key points…
Read MoreKey Findings from the Brain Research to Leadership
Leadership is a dynamic process in which leaders are called to lead others toward desired results. Successful leaders of today understand that leadership is about inspiring and motivating others to engage in the work, enjoy the process, and celebrate the accomplishments – as individuals and as a team. Leaders of today appreciate current neuroscience finding…
Read MoreLoving What You Do – It Makes a Difference
During the month of “Love” we have the opportunity to focus on the things we love – like the work we do for children in schools; the lives we touch and change forever. While education has never made teachers rich in wealth, it offers the opportunity to richly influence the lives of others and impact…
Read MoreLearned Helplessness – No Thank You!
I was intrigued to read from the work of Marin Seligman that individuals can actually learn to be helpless. It’s called the learned helplessness theory. The theory evolved from the study of dogs that after experiencing pain for prolonged periods of time just gave up and stopped trying, even when the pain stopped. You can…
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