Insights on Leadership Growth, Team Building, and Success

Coaching Who You Are

“It’s where we go, and what we do when we get there, that tells us who we are.” – Joyce Carol Oats It is so easy to get pulled into doing, doing, doing and not realize that who you are being or where you are going is no longer really you. Take a moment and…
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Coaching For Fast Failure

In last week’s post, I wrote about was “failing fast” for strong innovation (linked). It is critical to become comfortable with doing brand new things, taking risks and yes, failing, if you want to be more successful and grow. Experimenting! One way to minimize the negative feelings that come with failure is to take an…
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Coaching For Leadership with Creativity & Innovation

A couple of weeks ago I had the good fortune of hearing a great expert on the subject of creativity in the business world. Dr. George Land of the Farsight Group started his speech with a powerful statement from a study done of a large group of CEO’s: “Innovation and creativity are the two most…
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Your internalGPS is Unique to You

“You are unrepeatable. There is a magic about you that is all your own…” – D.M. Dellinger One of the benefits of getting older is growing into the peace of accepting who you are and letting go of trying to be something or someone that you are not. Of course, keep growing and learning and…
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Coaching For No With Your internalGPS

Just Say No This is easier said than done to new opportunities and critically importanty for effective time management and success. If I keep saying yes, then I end up cleaning up a mess of disappointment. It also applies to managing your time with your team. Here are some of my coaching questions to deal…
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Coaching the Power of Words

Words are so powerful, especially the words we do not verbalize. My coaching clients consistently have opportunities to become more aware of their internal words and then to change them. This week I learned some great new words for doing just that. Life (and Golf) is At Least 80% Mindset I went to a great…
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Empowering Little Gestures

Last week I took my very dirty car to the car wash; I was glad that I remembered to take it in on Tuesday. Every Tuesday is “Ladies Day” at Danny’s Family car wash (link has locations) and they give me a small discount. Imagine my surprise when the cashier rang up the regular price with…
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Coaching Through Rude Behavior

I was tired from working late the day before but went into the office early to try and get some overdue actions done while it was quiet and before my staff arrived and the next 8 hours of back to back meetings started. I made the mistake of answering the phone; the male voice asked…
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Coaching To Slow Down

“Smile, breath, and go slowly” – Thich Nhat Hanh Sometimes in our world of technology and many choices of different stimulations it is easy to become overwhelmed and rush from one thing to the next. My last post on mindfulness was about being in each moment and noticing the things around you. This week it’s…
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Coaching for Mindfulness

I had the pleasure of seeing one of my favorite “National Speaker Association (NSA)” people, Dr. Michelle May, MD, give her speech about mindful eating this past week. She was our NSA Arizona chapter president last year and is very busy with taking her business across the U.S. and to eight other countries around the…
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