Archive for December, 2007
Do You Have Stamina?
When I am working with teams I am often aware of the different levels of stamina exhibited by individuals. Do you take this into account when managing your team?
Grow Your Small Business Coaching – Are You Trading Dollars for Time or Charging What You’re Worth
Get a lot more money for your coaching than you are right now. The reason you haven’t is between your own ears. Here’s how successful coaches look at pricing themselves. It’s around what they are worth!
Team Building Consultant – Consultant, Trainer And Facilitator
Team Building consultants generally use three overlapping, but distinct roles (Consultant-Trainer-Facilitator). Each of the roles mentioned in this article keeps the learning and Team training meaningful, self-reflective, team-reflective, and most importantly fun!
Marriage – Emotional Dependency, Needing Space
In my counseling practice, I often see married couples where one spouse is emotionally dependent and the other is emotionally distant. Interestingly, both aspects of this system come from fear. Neediness – emotional dependency – comes from a deep fear of rejection, stemming from inner abandonment. Hailey gives responsibility to Ryan for her feelings. She doesn’t have enough of an inner adult self to take care of her own feelings and needs, so she makes Ryan responsible for them.
Coaching – Is It Sweet Advice Or Smooth Sales Pitch?
The latest buzzword of the noughties seems to be on the tip of everyone’s lips and the message is often mixed – coaching. Life coaching, business coaching, success coaching, career coaching – the versions are many but the concept the same – having someone to help you get on track, gain clarity, expand your mind or career path or laser your skills and strengths. The benefits of coaching can be considerable and worth several times the investment. Finding the right coach to fit with your needs and style is important and well worth the effort.
11 Strategic Actions To Combat and Defeat Time Wasters From Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach
There is not a day goes by when I do not hear someone tell me they do not have enough time to do what they need to do. Or some people will blatantly tell me that they are terrible time managers and waste a lot of their time (not to mention the waste of others time also). Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach recommends that you take a good look at the ways you waste time and the ways others cause a waste of your time and then develop a plan to get rid of those time wasters. In order to facilitate and guide you in this effort, Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach has developed a list of eleven (11) strategic actions to combat and defeat time wasters.
10 Common Characteristics Of Successful Business People From Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach
It seems that some business people always seem to be prosperous and successful and are able to easily attract clients and more revenue? While other business people seem to struggle constantly and despite their hard work and sincere efforts, they do not prosper and are not successful. Did you ever wonder about why this is true? Could it be an attitude or mindset? Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach recalls from several past books, seminars and workshops that the attitude or mindset one has toward his or her business plays a very critical role in the level of success in that business. So how can we describe this mindset, which is an intangible thing? Perhaps, if we think about some positive characteristics we see in those we consider to be prosperous and successful, we can develop a mental picture of the attitude or mindset of successful people. Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach offers the following list of ten (10) characteristics that are common among successful business people.
Strategic Commitments To Build Client Trust According to Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach
Today many small business owners are accountable only to themselves. And guess what? That means they are really accountable to no one. Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach strongly believes that accountability is a non-negotiable business and personal trait. We look around today at what is happening in the workplace and observe one example after another where no one is stepping up to be accountable and where no one is being held accountable for their actions. Whatever happened to accountability? How can an individual or a business be trusted if there is no accountability? Who will be a leader ad take responsibility when things go awry and corrective actions must be taken? Who will be accountable to see that a proactive action plan will be developed and implemented? Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach suggests that there are ten (10) strategic commitments to make to build trust with your clients through accountability. These ten (10) strategic commitments are:
Observations of Changing Paradigms In The Workforce From Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach
Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach is constantly seeking information on new trends, new technology, new insights and new paradigms to share with clients, prospects, friends, colleagues and others. The dynamics of our workplace today is truly astounding. We look at the face of our workforce and see four generations in the workplace. And each generation has different characteristics that present strategic information on how they work, how they communicate, how they think, how they define their values system, and so on. Recently I read an article in one of my colleague’s, Dr. Ira Wolfe’s weekly newsletter, “The Total View Newsletter” that attracted my attention. Ira was looking at the workforce in 2010 and listing the changing career paradigms we can anticipate to take place. There are twelve of these paradigm shifts listed by Dr. Wolfe. They are:
Tips To Help People Remember You and Your Name – From Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach
Do you hear people saying they are “terrible with names” or “I simply cannot remember names?” Have you found yourself in a very embarrassing situation where someone wants to introduce you and cannot remember your name? Sigmund Freud said, “A person’s name is the single context of human memory most apt to be forgotten.” Wow – that is quite a statement. That may be an explanation, but it is not a reason or excuse for people not to commit to being able to remember names. The ability to remember names and call people by their name when communicating with them is a very valuable asset. This skill will provide a strategic advantage in social and business settings. But, yes I remember that some of you have told me that you cannot remember names. So, Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach is offering a list of tips to help people remember your name.
