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Business Coaching
Failure
We tend to think of failing to achieve a goal as something shameful and undesirable. Understandably, failing can often cause negative feelings, no matter how big or small the goal.  The only way to overcome those feelings is by changing the way we understand failure.  Failure is a natural part of success and provides valuable...
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Procrastination
We’re all guilty of procrastination!  We do it more often than we’d like to admit. It may be more than not turning in your report or project until the last minute. It may also be about delaying important life decisions.  For instance,  whether or not you should ask your boss for that raise he promised...
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Passive-Aggressive
Let’s clarify the meaning of passive-aggressive, this is often misunderstood. Imagine a continuum, one side is passive, and the other side is aggressive, right in the middle is assertive.  Now consider for a moment, what’s the difference between passive and assertive and aggressive and assertive?  Here’s an easy definition to understand the distinctions.  Within these communication...
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Manage change have acceptance
Ironically, the way to enhance your sense of self-control is to let go of control and surrender. This is known as the Paradox of Surrender. Surrender means we choose to let go of things that you cannot control and focus on the things you can control. Rather than trying to control the uncontrollable, surrender involves...
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Resilience Business Organization
Resilience is the ability to bounce back, and even bounce forward, in times of adversity. Individual attributes can be developed to strengthen one’s resilience, but a group of resilient individuals does not equate to a resilient organization. There are different factors at play once you consider resilience within a system of interrelatedness and interdependencies. As...
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Managing Change
In any time of crisis or disruption, we have the opportunity to start fresh and create a new normal. This is however much easier said than done. In my experience, I have found that some people are better at adapting to change than others. I have low ‘adaptability’ on the Gallup Clifton Strengths Finder. Honestly,...
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Culture Conflict
Shifting the culture of a company is considered an advanced leadership skill, since culture is fundamentally comprised of relationships.  When conflict ensues, miscommunication persists, and drama becomes pervasive, the economical toll on a company is disastrous.  Lack of trust and constant fear perpetuate wasted time spent on gossiping, planning defenses, protecting turf, and assembling allies....
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Not a real coach
When I first became a coach (more than a decade ago), and people asked what I did for a living, I’d simply say I was a coach.   People assumed that meant I coached some type of sports team, such as soccer.  That conversation would naturally lead to a correction about me being a “professional coach,”...
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Is it better to work with a coaching franchise than with an individual professional coach? As with anything in life, it depends!  There are pros and cons to both.  Identifying your needs and goals will help you determine which one is better. Three Areas to Consider There are three areas to consider when making your...
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When I ask a company owner what they believe their company culture is, they rarely know. Understanding your company’s culture helps you hire the right employees, especially when expanding your team. It sometimes takes executive coaching and business coaching to help management assess and understand the importance of company culture. What is Company Culture? In...
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