Archive for the ‘Leadership’ Category

Leadership Theory

Friday, July 16th, 2010

 

Leadership Theory

Leadership Theory

After spending days looking at the media frenzy around Mel Gibson and Lindsay Lohan I must admit I could not even look at the rash of media mentions around Levi and Bristol and Sarah Palin. I needed some deeper nutrition and found it in Ron White’s article about leadership theories. I was just wondering what would happen if we stopped obsessing with celebrities that keep us feasting on cotton candy and really all began to dig our teeth in the work of people with substance. And yet, I am still curious to know why so many spend so much time discussing the antics of those who behave badly. In any case, take a few minutes and get some healthy reading under your belt today.

 

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Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
Looking for Love

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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Leadership Strategies: Better to Make Headlines or Make a Difference?

Monday, July 12th, 2010

 

Last week the buzz about Jon Gosselin participating in our Total Leadership Connections program was over the top. The fact that I am presently outlining a yet to be names book with him drew lots of attention.

 

Jon and I talked about what the pull is to check out his every move. I became intrigues with the types of media comments from folks who picked up the initial article and put their own spin to it.

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Sylvia, Jon, and Asking Questions

Friday, July 9th, 2010

 

I am fascinated by the fact that there are so many words being written on the web, and yet, there are so few real questions being asked. Yesterday I was fortunate to talk with a reporter from TodayShow.com and what a difference!

 

We had a dialogue! Now, that is not something busy people do anymore. Dialogue is not debate. Debate is when there is a winner and a loser. It was not just plain conversation. Conversation is more about how the hot weather is bothering, or not bothering you, how the folks are, with an answer of “Fine thanks”. It is not even discussion. Discussion gathers points of view and bundles them into groups.

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What Do Coaches Coach?

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

 

This past week has been fascinating in terms of learning how the media works. It is not so much having something written about me, that has been done and it is always fun to see a book review about “Don’t Bring It to Work” or an article like the one in The Wall Street Journal a month ago.

 

That is so different from what has happened this week. I was asked to do an interview with radaronline.com. It is not the usual place you will find me. However, there I was talking with a reporter about one of the participants in our Total Leadership Connections program.

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Lindsey Lohan: Patterns that Repeat

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

 

Why do we do the same things over and over and expect different results? Einstein called this the definition of insanity!

 

I was deeply saddened to see that Lindsey Lohan is going the route that leads to a dead end path. Better if she could be helped to get to the root of what is driving her. It will not happen in jail or in traditional rehab. Her father Michael went that route and, as he said on Larry King Live, it didn’t get to the root of his personal issues.

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Battling Women and Windmills

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

 

Mel Gibson

Mel Gibson

In our Total Leadership Connections program we teach participants to go beyond the obvious, that leadership in any field requires deep thought; superficial considerations are merely not enough.

 

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Pay Attention

Thursday, July 1st, 2010

 

This is a time to really, really look at the meaning of success, of relationship, and in honor of the Fourth of July, of freedom.

 

Please go to Examiner.com where I am a writer and check out the blog I did about Jon Gosselin who is in our Total leadership Connections program. Jon lives in Pa. and has been on the reality series “Jon and Kate Plus Eight” where we all had the opportunity to watch sextuplet and twin Gosselins grow and flourish.

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To Know You is to Love You

Monday, June 28th, 2010

 

Hey, take a minute and look in the mirror. Not to judge, just to look. Now, what do you see?

 

Most of us will start with what is wrong. Sad but true. We live in a sort and judge, sort and judge world. We come from a fix and hide, fix and hide society. Think about teeth; how white is white enough? Why should teeth be super white anyway?

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Leadership and Change: Ready on a Moment’s Notice

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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