by admin | Jan 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
You, like most of us, have a tough time “paying attention.” You know it would serve you to be better at it. Yet it’s still a challenge. What if you had a new way of viewing what’s pulling at your attention that also helps you be more focused? I have found a framework...
by admin | Nov 9, 2016 | Uncategorized
You Can’t Always Choose What Happens to You. Wow. I did not vote for Donald Trump…so in a very literal way I did not “choose” this scenario. However, as we all know by now, the scenario is real. I often say, sometimes rather glibly, “you can’t always choose what...
by admin | Sep 8, 2016 | Uncategorized
Do any of these tendencies seem like you? I frequently interrupt others when they are speaking. I am too easily distracted (emails, texts, etc.) during meetings and/or conversations. I talk too much in meetings (i.e., I “take up too much space”). I don’t speak up in...
by admin | Aug 9, 2016 | Uncategorized
Without meaning to, we limit ourselves from achieving our potential and becoming our best selves. Identifying and removing these unintentionally self-imposed limits is at the heart of self-coaching. Would it serve you to have a process for seeing and removing your...
by admin | Jul 8, 2016 | Uncategorized
It’s an intriguing time to be at work. There are numerous simultaneous ‘movements’ (fitting loosely under the umbrella phrase ‘Future of Work’) taking place within a growing number of organizations that are redefining the employer-employee relationship. Organizational...
by admin | Jun 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
Is your organization building a coaching culture? Would you like to see coaching become the common conversational currency within your environment? If yes, I recently gave an eight (8) minute ‘ZED’ Talk at The Hudson Institute’s annual coaching conference...
by admin | May 18, 2016 | Uncategorized
Without meaning to, we limit ourselves from achieving our potential and becoming our best selves. Identifying and removing these unintentionally self-imposed limits is at the heart of self-coaching. Would it serve you to have a process for seeing and removing your...
by admin | Apr 18, 2016 | Uncategorized
In prior blogs, I’ve provided a working definition of self-coaching and suggested that this process/practice can help drive higher levels of employee engagement and retention. Let’s turn our attention to attention, a core ingredient of self-coaching. We think we know...
by admin | Mar 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
I recently published my first blog on how self-coaching can help drive higher levels of employee engagement and retention by enabling employees to take ownership of their careers. In the midst of many positive responses, I received this comment from a well-respected...
by admin | Feb 24, 2016 | Uncategorized
Does your organization strive to have employees take ownership of their own careers? Of course managers and the organization itself have a role to play, but ’employee-owned’ careers are now the favored model, certainly in the fast-growing companies in my...
