For those of us who find ourselves in “informal” positions of leadership (trainers, project managers, team leads, event organizers, etc) – it’s important to understand that we, too, are responsible for building a supportive container for the teams and people we work with. I purposefully use the concept of “container” because we are often trying […]
Thinking in Containers
What does it take to create a culture? What does it mean to design an environment that facilitates culture? A recent project provided an opportunity to explore these questions. In this project, I needed to create an environment where a group of relative strangers would feel safe exploring potentially sensitive changes. Some questions surfaced as […]
Asking Questions
“Seek first to understand, then to be understood.” – Steven Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Too often, we use questions as weapons. We use questions to dominate others, demonstrate our “superior” mastery, advance our own agenda. No wonder asking questions, and being asked questions, has become so emotionally charged. What if we […]
How to Measure the Life Impact of a Change
Transcript (edited from Temi.com) Like most coaches, we’re going to work with the wheel of life. There’s going to be a couple of key differences though between how you and I are going to work together with this versus other coaches. First – I wanted to make sure you could see how whatever area you’re […]
#52books The 12 Week Year
#52 Books – The 12 Week Year: Get More Done in 12 Weeks than Others Do in 12 Months (Amazon Affiliate Link) Format: Hardcover Brian Moran and Michael Lennington’s main argument is that we need to think in terms of quarters vs annually when it comes to evaluation and goal-setting. It’s not the argument that […]
So How’s That Working For Ya?
The dreaded question. Anyone who has spent time with business coaches has heard this one. It comes out when the coach has identified one of your blind spots. A pattern of behavior that isn’t working. And you don’t see it. OR you are holding onto it for dear life because it is familiar. I hated […]
#52books Coaching for Performance
#52Books – Coaching for Performance Fifth Edition: The Principles and Practice of Coaching and Leadership UPDATED 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION (Amazon Affiliate Link) Format: Softcover ————————— My primary skill-building goal for the year – get better at coaching. Any problems I’ve had on projects have, at their core, been people issues. It is to be expected. […]
#52books Find Your Why
#52books Find Your Why: A Practical Guide for Discovering Purpose for You and Your Team Format: Kindle This book is the “how-to” for Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action. Simon Sinek, David Mead, and Peter Docker give incredibly detailed instructions for facilitating what they call “Why Discovery” and provide instructions […]
#52books The 4 Disciplines of Execution
View on Instagram http://ift.tt/2GOUxqp ———- #52 Books – The 4 Disciplines of Execution: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals Format: Kindle There will always be more good ideas than the capacity to implement. I’m tempted to stick this quote on the back of my business card. ——————————- Chris McChesney, Sean Covey, Jim Huling and Jim Stuart […]
#52books The PMI Agile Practice Guide
View on Instagram http://ift.tt/2DCG0My ——————– Agile Practice Guide Format: Softcover The recent update to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, fondly known as the PMBOK, added the Agile Practice Guide as a supplement to version 6. What excites me about this add-on, beyond being repeatedly asked if I “do Agile,” is the recognition that there […]
