Archive for 'Leadership'

Improving Social and Emotional Intelligence

Improving Social and Emotional Intelligence

Previously I have written several posts on emotional intelligence and described the importance of it for both career and personal success.

I’m pleased to announce a new offering in my coaching practice. I have just completed an intensive certification program in coaching social and emotional intelligence, and am pleased to announce that I am now a Social + Emotional Intelligence Certified Coach®.

What this means is that I have a wide array of new tools and materials available for ...

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APR
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A Great Jobs Report For January

A Great Jobs Report For January

The Department of Labor issued  their jobs report for January and it was positive news on all fronts. The economy added 257,000 jobs in January, wages rebounded from their slump, and 2014  saw the largest gain in jobs since 1999.  The last three months, November and December 2014, and January 2015, witnessed the largest three month expansion of jobs since 1997!

Although unemployment numbers inched up from 5.6 to 5.7, economists saw that as good news since it meant that more ...

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FEB
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Goal Setting for 2015

Goal Setting for 2015

This is a good time  to reflect on the past year,  look at what you want to change, and then develop some  goals to use for intent and focus in 2015.

Happy New Year and Best Wishes for a Wish-Fulfilled 2015!

The following is  a poem I wrote many years ago.

My Brook and I

I remember the brook
streaming though the woods;
spending hours around it,
building forts, wiping the mud off me with skunk cabbage.

I remember the brook on sunny days;
Water ...

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DEC
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The Problem with Postive Thinking and Goal Attainment

A recent article in the NY Times  addressed the issue of how positive thinking can hinder goal  attainment.  In study after study the author told how those people who focused on “happy thoughts”, eliminated “negative self-talk”,  and  fantasized about their wishes coming true, received negative results.   These populations included graduate students looking for a job and those who wanted to lose weight.

But neither did dwelling on the obstacles to goal attainment produce positive results.  What they did find was that ...

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NOV
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Neuroscience Research Advances How We Learn

I have a keen interest in how the brain works, how if affects our memory, and our ability to achieve peak performance at work.  I recently read an article by David Rock of the NeuroLeadership Institute  that sheds some light on learning.

Studying how people recall information is easy to study in a lab, and recall is the first step to behavioral change. Now there is good research that shows how  recall of ideas correlates to activation of a decoding task  ...

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OCT
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Leadership Development Most Urgent Challenge for Organizations

Leadership Development is the top challenge for organizations, according  to the Deloitte Global Human Capital Trends 2014 report, a survey of 2,532 business and HR leaders at organizations in 94 countries.

As baby boomers approach retirement, new leaders need  to be prepared to take the reigns and move the organization forward.  These leaders need to be adaptable and visionary , as well as good managers .  But  leadership training shouldn’t  include just the top levels of the organization, but the lower ...

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JUL
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Toxic Behavior in Leaders: Executive Coaching Can Help

Sometimes subtly abusive behavior from executives such as grimaces, body language, and cutting and sarcastic public insults can negatively affect moral, productivity and employee engagement.  It is important that these behaviors are addressed and not allowed to fester.  If not, they can cause organizational harm. The leadership team at organizations should encourage employees to speak up about these toxic behaviors, and their concerns should be taken seriously and promptly addressed.

Often this subtly abusive behavior is a long-standing pattern and will ...

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24
JUN
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How to be Happy at Work

Are you happy at  work?  Sharon Salzberg  defines the  Eight Pillars of Happiness in the Workplace  in her new book, Real Happiness at Work. 

Balance:  The ability to differentiate between who you are and your job title

Concentration:  Being able to focus without being distracted

Resilience:  The ability to recover from defeat, frustration or failure

Communication and Connection:  Understanding that everything we do and say can enhance or hinder  connection

Integrity:  Bringing your deepest ethical values to the workplace

Meaning:  ...

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19
JUN
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Leadership Lessons From Pope Francis

Pope Francis has exercised humility by questioning the mission of the church in the world. This has contributed to his popularity with Catholics as well as those of other faiths. He also exhibits many management and leadership competencies that are applicable in the capitalist world.

1. He lives by example.
Jesuit priests take a vow of poverty. He declined to move into a lavish papal apartment, but lives among the other people inhabiting the Vatican community.
2. He ...

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16
JUN
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Get the Most From Your Employees

  • Match people’s skills and abilities with your organization’s needs
  • Create realistic but inspiring plans for growth
  • Customize your approach to each individual
  • Provide the support your employees need to achieve peak performance by providing them with the tools they need to do the job
  • Give them timely feedback they can  apply
  • Identify  and tap into their learning styles to make greater progress
  • Engage your employees and foster their independence
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JUN
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