We may affirm absolutely that nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion. - Georg Wilhelm Frederich Hegel (1770 – 1831) In our last post we spoke about how to stay confident about our competence for our work and how that can vary through all the stages of the Forming, …
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I have been working on trying to better understand the difference between leaders who are thought of as intense versus those who are passionate. From a leadership perspective, I believe this is an essential difference because there are lots of intense leaders who think they are being passionate, …
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In our last post, I discussed how a team development model can give us insight into how our career progresses and what we can do to assert as much control as possible over this process. In this post, we will discuss how you can ensure you stay as competent as you need to lead yourself and your team …
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In my work as an executive coach, I find that I've had a lot of conversations with many of my clients about the arc of their careers and the logical next steps for them to consider. And through my career coaching work, I believe I have developed an important framework for you to use in analyzing …
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A client who is a very successful financial advisor once shared with me this phrase and mentioned it was used by a CEO client of hers when things got bogged down in his company. I'd like to briefly explore the implications of this powerful insight in relation to how high performing companies handle …
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Have you ever left a meeting where you wondered if you were the only one who could see what the true issue at hand was but no one else seemed to acknowledge it, much less speak about it? I was working with a senior group of technical leaders at a top cable company and they were complaining bitterly …
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Everyone stumbles over the truth from time to time, but most people pick themselves up and hurry off as though nothing ever happened. - Winston Churchill There are times when we leave a meeting or listen to a presentation and you say to yourself, "Why didn’t they talk about 'Subject X' because …
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When trying to encourage a member of our team to step up to a challenge or task, their level of motivation to undertake that task can vary. One quick way of looking at it is based upon whether they are ABLE – they have the skills and experience to perform the task, or if they are WILLING – they …
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Transactional Analysis was created by psychotherapist Dr. Eric Berne (1910 – 1970) from studies he conducted in the 1950s. It made complex interpersonal transactions understandable when he recognized that people can interact from one of three "ego-states": 1. Parent, 2. Adult, 3. Child. Each one of …
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What lies in our power to do, lies in our power not to do. - Aristotle Email Do's: Keep in mind that for communication to occur, you have to have a sender and a receiver. Until the sender gets a response from the receiver of the message the communication link is incomplete. Since we are …
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