When your emotions are running wild, you’re not going to be very good at decision-making, and may make things worse.
What you need to do, as soon as possible, is restore your logical thinking, then your decisions will be much better, working from a state of relative calm.
The questions below have proven to be an effective way of bringing down the temperature and restoring some calm thinking. Read More
A few weeks ago, a workshop participant used a wonderful phase that got me thinking. During a breakout session she shared her attitude when listening to stakeholders.
What she does is “listen to learn.” Read More
Lives worth living are busy and chaotic. Opportunity, challenge and problems fill every day.
No pain, no gain. Work hard, play hard. Maxims for the Type A’s and the ambitious, striving to hit that seam of gold.
If you want to play to win, you have to get smart, learn how to stack the odds in your favour. Read More
If you are currently experiencing a rough ride, you’d be in very good company. Current events these days are prone to excite extreme emotions. Sadly, at present, so many things are set to provoke unhelpful negative emotions.
We are all emotional beings by nature, and to be devoid of emotions would be unreal. You have to have emotions, and the stronger your emotions are, I’d argue, the more successful you will be - provided you have a healthy balance.
If you are being pulled this way and that by your emotions, what can you do?
Here’s a quick process that will get you moving in a healthier direction:- Read More
When you aspire to great achievement, and lofty levels, begin with the bigger picture.
This means, having your own personal vision of what you intend to deliver. Not merely being a great leader, or a collaborator or some such noble aims. These are important, but in most senior stakeholders' minds, they are trumped by results. So, what actual results are you aiming to deliver with all that leadership ability?
Few people I begin to coach have got this nailed. Read More
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