Leadership
Measuring Energy and Work
How do we measure our life? Darius Foroux, author and podcaster writes specifically about how we can live a life that matters. He has studied how the most successful thinkers of our time measure their lives. What we learn might just be surprising and enlightening. People who are considered successful in the eye of society…
Read MoreWHO AM I? HOW DO I MEASURE MY LIFE?
Many of you, our readers and participants, remember during our Level 2 seminar – Powerful Coaching, we offer participants the gift of time to consider “Who am I?” — What are my core values? What brings purpose and meaning in my life? For what issues would I place my spear in the ground? These are…
Read MoreFinding Meaning in Our Work
This month’s social media has focused on the month of October and all that it brings to us – a feeling of being overwhelmed, a time to set improvement goals, and now…how meaningful work can add value to our lives. Tasha Eurich, author of the amazing book, Insight, offers another possibility for taming the woes…
Read MoreThree Important Points about Strengthening Empathy
People sometimes ask us, “Why do you place such a strong emphasis on paraphrasing in your work? We do it for multiple reasons and one important one is to connect to the emotions expressed by the speaker. In order to connect to the emotions, you must first feel those emotions. For without those feelings, you…
Read MoreListen to the Children
Recently I came across this brief video of young children sharing ways in which they deal with stressful times when anger comes to the surface of their feelings. Seems like we have an opportunity to learn from the youth. Check it out at https://youtu.be/RVA2N6tX2cg. There is a connection here to the power of listening with…
Read MoreLook to CASTLE for Inspiring Leadership
“Inspiring leadership is about building great, deep, and inspiring—and loving—relationships, and the qualities required to do that are universal…”. Lance H.K. Secretan offers us the CASTLE Principle in his book, The Bellwether Effect: Stop Following, Start Inspiring. One of the key ideas in Secretan’s work is the distinction between motivation and inspiration. He describes motivation…
Read MoreLearning to Rise
In this month’s social media series of three, we continue to focus on the concepts and ideas from Brené Brown’s newest book, Dare to Lead. So far, we have explored Rumbling with Vulnerability and Clear is Kind. In this section, we will focus on Learning to Rise. This quote from Brené sets the stage for…
Read MoreClear is Kind – Unclear is Unkind
A second concept Brené Brown shares in her Dare to Lead book is the notion of “clear is kind – unclear is unkind”. This one resonated deeply with me as I see the effect of lack of clarity and uncertainty in our work on a regular and consistent basis. Let’s see what Brené has to…
Read MoreRumbling with Vulnerability
Brené Brown – This woman has changed my life! Who knew that 7 years ago while attending the International Coach Federation (ICF) Conference in London, I would meet a woman from Houston, TX who would significantly impact my thinking as a person, a coach, and a leader. While I did not literally meet her, I…
Read MoreDreams Do Come True!
OMG! Dreams do come true! I’m sure you have heard what I’ve heard – that if you put something (a goal, a wish, a want) out into the world, it will happen. Well, in this month’s social media series you have been reading about me putting my One Word – MOVE – out into the…
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