Every now and then I come across a particularly clarifying thought. Here is today’s, from social psychologist Dr. Heidi Grant Halvorson, who specializes in motivation: If you are putting something off because you don’t feel like doing it, make like Spock and ignore your feelings. They’re getting in your way. Halvorson offers a really important distinction: “Somewhere…
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My Epic Fail at leadership—and what you can learn from it. Some years ago, I was promoted to be Regional President of a fast-growing Internet marketing agency. I went from running an amazingly talented, hand-picked Creative department of two dozen or so superstars to having 200 people reporting to me during a time of tumultuous…
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Imagine you are filling out an application for a dream job, or having dinner with an intriguing new friend. You are asked, “What are your values?” What would you say? Values are one of those really important things in life that can be challenging to talk about. When we ask clients, “What are your values?”…
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In his new book, Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence, Daniel Goleman offers a critical insight into the so-called “10,000-hour rule” – the idea that you need to put in about 10,000 hours of practice in order to achieve mastery in any field. The problem, he says, is that “If you are a duffer at golf,…
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Organizations, by definition, require people to coordinate their actions. So when we are called in to a situation where there is a breakdown—external or internal customers not satisfied, high or key staff turnover, inefficiencies—we start by looking at how people in the organization coordinate their efforts. The tendency in organizations is to treat breakdowns as issues…
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There’s a lot of science, psychology and philosophy behind why coaching works. But the discussion can also be simplified. Here are five good reasons to consider coaching. Coaching helps you achieve your goals. We work with you to create clarity around goals and establish effective actions and practices to generate the results you are looking for. Coaching…
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Why don’t you finish a task once you start it? Is it because: A. You aren’t committed enough B. You are lazy C. You can’t follow instructions D. You are most productive when you have interruptions and switch tasks frequently The surprising answer could be D! It turns out that you have a natural way of taking…
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Search for “self help books” at Amazon.com and, in the blink of an eye, you’re staring down a cool 207,734 results. Anyone doubt that there’s a market for change out there? But before we leap into the “how” of change (don’t worry, we won’t be reviewing 200k+ books in this post), let’s take a moment…
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This is a really fun optical illusion. It is also a brilliant metaphor for how and why coaching works. Here’s a simple breakdown: Your brain takes in information and processes things in its own unique way. This is a true evolutionary miracle, and it works brilliantly–much of the time. Your mind (and mine) also has biases, limitations and…
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Do you, or the folks around you, sometimes confuse expectations and promises? Unless you’re living in solitary retreat in a cave (with internet access, of course, so you can read this), I suspect you know what I’m talking about. Think of a specific example. Likely, it will be on the order of “So-and-so said they were…
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