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Archive for the ‘Business’ Category
Monday, July 26th, 2010
 shrugging of the shoulders Have you ever complained about some ugly situation, one filled with workplace stress and tension and a colleague shrugs their shoulders and says “Life is not fair, so give it up!”
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Tags: Complain, Conflict, give it up, global warming, Life, Life is not fair, Life Questions, Lindsay Lohan, Mel Gibson, Sarah Palin, Shrugging Shoulders, Stress, Workplace, Workplace conflict
Posted in Behavorial Patterns, Business, Collaboration, Communication, Conflict, Conflict resolution | No Comments »
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
 Looking for Love Since I began doing leadership coaching with Jon Gosselin, I have become more sensitized to the role of “celebrity” in our culture. It creates both the addiction to being known and noticed all the time, and increases the dark side of depression and disappointment when the lights stop flashing.
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Tags: Acceptance, Angelina Jolie, Business, Communication, Creative Energy Options, Depression, Dilemma, Disappointment, Healthy Relationships, Inc., Jon Gosselin, Leaders, Leadership, Love, Peace, Politics, Spotlight, Sylvia Lafair, Total Leadership Connections, Workplace Relationships
Posted in Business, Coaching, Collaboration, Communication, Conflict, Conflict resolution, Creative Energy Options, Executive Coaching, Integrity, Leaders, Leadership, PatternAware | No Comments »
Friday, June 25th, 2010
 I must really be getting old! I remember when tornadoes were only meant to happen in Kansas. In past years most of us watched “The Wizard of Oz” and went along with Dorothy on her journey, yet it was just a story, right?
While tornadoes indicate sudden change and danger they were “out there” in pockets of the country. They were meant to be in Kansas, not Connecticut. Well, not until this week anyway.
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Tags: Change, Human, Kansas, Leadership, The Country Place, Tornados, Total Leadership Connections, Victim
Posted in Behavorial Patterns, Business, Collaboration, Communication, Conflict resolution, Creative Energy Options, Diversity, Executive Coaching, Explorer, Family, Health, History, Honor, Innovative, Integrity, Leaders, Leadership, Patterns, Power, Psychology, Reflections, Story, Total Leadership Connections, Truth, Victim | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010
We are deeply into the second session of our 44th Total Leadership Connections program and I am still amazed when the dots between our backgrounds and work issues become clear.
 In the present group is a young woman who grew up in a communist country and we had the privilege of hearing a first hand report of the tests and trials her family had to endure.
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Tags: Communication, Communist, Courage, Knowledge, Speaking Out, Speaking Up, Tension, Total Leadership Connections, Truth, Truthtelling, Work issues, Workplace conflict
Posted in Behavorial Patterns, Business, Children, Communication, Conflict, Environment, Family, Fear, History, Integrity, Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Development Programs, PatternAware, Patterns, Reflections, Story, Total Leadership Connections, Transformation, Truth, Workplace Relationships, Youth | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
 Yesterday I talked about the tension at work where men are searching for ways to navigate that tough middle road between being a great employee or business owner and a father who is present for his children.
I saw this dilemma first hand at an off-site with a national sales group. Picture the scene: the team of 22 from a sales organization was at The Country Place Retreat Center to have some fun on our outdoors team challenge course and to take advantage of our new program called “Build and Give” where they would put some two wheeler bikes together that would then be donated to charity.
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Tags: Build and Give, Communication, Conflict, Family, Men, No, Ouch!, Soccer Dads, The Country Place Retreat, Women, Workplace
Posted in Behavorial Patterns, Business, Children, Collaboration, Communication, Conflict, Conflict resolution, Creative, Creative Energy Options, Executive Teams, Family, Human Resources, Innovative, Integrity, Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Development Programs, Marital coaching, Parenting, PatternAware, Patterns, Reflections, Story, Total Leadership Connections, Transformation, Trust, Tweets, Workplace Relationships, Youth | No Comments »
Monday, June 21st, 2010
 Hope all of you dads had a play day yesterday; and, even more importantly, that you were recognized and appreciated.
If you are an older dad, did you live in the “no guilt” zone? Or were there memories of missed little league games, missed school plays, missed opportunities to talk, really talk with the kids?
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Tags: Collaboration, Communication, Executive Coaching, Father's Day, Fathers, New York Times, Tara Parker-Pope, The Brady Bunch, Total Leadership Connections, Workplace conflict
Posted in Behavorial Patterns, Boss, Business, Children, Collaboration, Communication, Conflict, Conflict resolution, Creative Energy Options, Employers, Environment, Executive Coaching, Executive Education, Executive Teams, Family, Fear, History, Innovative, Integrity, Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Development Programs, Parenting, PatternAware, Patterns, Power, Reflections, Story, Total Leadership Connections, Transformation, Trust, Truth, Workplace Relationships, Youth, default | No Comments »
Friday, June 18th, 2010
In “Don’t Bring It to Work” I discuss the 13 behavior patterns that follow us from our original organization, the family into our work organization.
The BIG, I mean BIG question is “Why do we keep doing the same things over and over and over and over and over“?
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Tags: Avoider, Denier, Don't Bring It to Work, Family, Jon Stewart, Leaders, Observe, Organization, OUT Techinque, Pattern Spill, Patterns, Pleaser, Procrastinator, Transform, Understand, Workplace
Posted in Accountability, Avoider, Behavorial Patterns, Boss, Business, Collaboration, Communication, Conflict, Conflict resolution, Creative Energy Options, Economy, Education, Environment, Ethics, Executive Coaching, Executive Education, Executive Teams, Family, History, Innovative, Integrity, Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Development Programs, Media, PatternAware, Patterns, Politics, Splitter, Super Achiever, The media, Total Leadership Connections, Transformation, Trust, Truth, Victim, Workplace Relationships | No Comments »
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
I just saw a news bulletin that BP apologized for its mess. Certainly took long enough. Yet, there are so many who need to apologize, including Halliburton and other subcontractors.
 In any case, apologies do help when they are made with the intention of setting things right. We will see how big oil does in the days to come.
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Tags: Apologies, authenticity, Communication, Courage, Leadership, Leadership development, Observe, OUT, Transform, Transparency, Truth, Understand
Posted in Behavorial Patterns, Boss, Business, Collaboration, Communication, Conflict, Conflict resolution, Creative Energy Options, Employers, Ethics, Executive Coaching, Executive Teams, Integrity, Leaders, Patterns, Story, Total Leadership Connections, Transformation, Trust, Truth, Workplace Relationships, default | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
 I just finished leading a tele-seminar with CTO’s from companies throughout the country.
The theme was about how to be the best, most self aware leaders so they could handle the people part of their job with ease and dignity.
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Tags: Coaching, Consulting, CTO's, Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Development Programs, Meetings, Truth, Webinars
Posted in Accountability, Behavorial Patterns, Boss, Business, Coaching, Collaboration, Communication, Conflict, Conflict resolution, Creative Energy Options, Executive Coaching, Executive Education, Innovative, Integrity, Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Development Programs, Patterns, Reflections, Total Leadership Connections, Transformation, Trust, Truth, Workplace Relationships | No Comments »
Monday, June 14th, 2010
 What happens when you can’t think of anything new and innovative? What if your job depends on your creative energy? How do you shake yourself into the “never thought of it before” state?
You can hire someone. That’s always an option.
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Tags: Borders, CEO, creative energy, Creative Energy Options, Examples, Innovative programs, Leadership, leadership programs, New ideas, Opposite
Posted in Behavorial Patterns, Boss, Business, Communication, Creative, Creative Energy Options, Executive Coaching, Explorer, Innovative, Leaders, Leadership Development Programs, Patterns, Reflections, Total Leadership Connections, Workplace Relationships | 1 Comment »
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