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How To Control Emotions? When is it appropriate to express your feelings at work? Let’s face it, put two people together and there’s bound to be conflict. The conflict may begin as a tiny disruption but left unaddressed turns into an ugly mess. “Unexpressed emotions never die. They are buried alive […]
Read articleHow To Deal With Stress We can manage stress by using emotional intelligence. Stress is inevitable but too much stress is a silent killer! Stress comes in many forms: distractions, over work, a pushy boss, lack of focus, difficult relationships and more. Of course, the big stressors are death a loved one, divorce, cancer or other […]
Read articleWhat Is A Life Coach? There are many aspects of life coaching. Peak performance coaching is but one aspect. This can be found only at the intersection of natural ability and core values. Ability without passion is a job. Passion without challenge is an unfulfilled dream. When ability and values collide there is a natural […]
Read articleWhat Is Emotional Intelligence? Emotional Intelligence is an old idea but how does it affect the workplace? Emotional Intelligence (EI) defined: A simple definition is the art and science of managing one’s emotional and social functioning. EI functions may be displayed unconsciously, however, the conscious use of emotional intelligence adds a new element to one’s ability […]
Read articleWhat Can Life Coaching Do For Me? The International Coach Federation (ICF) answers, “What is Professional Coaching?” as partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential, which is particularly important in today’s uncertain and complex environment. Hence, this is a unique relationship. Why Does Life […]
Read articleWhy Life Coach? Why did you become a life coach? I get this question often. It is the rare person who really knows what a life coach does for a living. So my job begins by educating people as to the day in the life of a coach. Next, I tell them the difference between […]
Read articleHow To Be A Good Salesman It is hard to find a more successful salesman and sales manager than Wayne Lewandowski. Wayne was a client that I spent many a Monday morning 6 AM meeting talking about how he was maneuvering through the waters for greater effectiveness as a leader. While we met at 6 […]
Read articleIn my last post I introduced four keys to effective leadership development. The willingness to try new approaches The motivation of the manager The safety the manager feels when trying new approaches, and Determining what success looks like Motivation Managers must want to change. This change may be a desire to become a better leader […]
Read articleBack in my PepsiCo days, leadership development was applied using annual Individual Management Development Planning (IMD). Leadership skills were self-assessed and evaluated by one’s boss, and approved by his/her boss. Pepsi followed GE’s approach by terminating (the exact label was: “Move Out”) the bottom 10%, promoting or transferring the top 10% and developing the middle. There […]
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