August 10, 2010 – 6:52 pm
I’ve written before that Managing and Leadership are different aspects of the work a leader does. Managing is that part that’s like a border collie barking at sheep to get them focused on doing their ‘eating grass’ job. Leading is like a racehorse in the lead down the backstretch. The horse is seemingly pulling all [...]
Experienced lawyers have told me repeatedly that law schools miss two very important subjects: marketing yourself and how to get off to a good start in the first year of law firm employment.
Law firms are very concerned with integrating newly minted lawyers into the organization. But do those new lawyers know what they need to [...]
Golf teachers will tell you that you need to see your swing on video to get the truth of what’s really happening. I think there’s just to much information in play for our brain to process what’s really happening when we do a complicated motor skill like swinging a golf club. Seeing it on video [...]
There’s much in the news these days about how professional service firms must evolve. The necessary change will be difficult for many. Here are some hints that may help you if you are managing change.
1. If change is in the works plan to tell people well in advance what is planned. Then when it’s happening [...]
In our Getting Stress Hardy workshops we make the point that too little or too much stress is not good for you but some is necessary. Usually challenge is the best form of stress to encounter.
Challenges are typically something people struggle to overcome. I think struggling is the best form of learning.
I see [...]
I had dinner the other nite at a popular place in Charleston, South Carolina. One of those restaurants with ok food, enthusiastic staff and long waits to get in. It’s obviously the staff that makes for the long lines. As I was leaving I found a little card that the owners distribute to their patrons. [...]
Stress happens. We regularly face events and situations that stimulate hormonal reactions in our bodies. Our reactions are survival mechanisms that we don’t control but if we understand what’s happening we can adjust our behaviour to succeed. To be competent ‘adjusters’ we have to be conscious of what’s going on.
So, for example, say you [...]
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February 9, 2010 – 4:23 pm
Recalculating when change occurs is a kind of emothional intelligence.
December 28, 2009 – 3:22 pm
I got a query from a writer to get some quotes about rapport. Here’s what I wrote back.
The way to think about rapport is as an investment. The more one invests in building rapport the more progress they can make in a relationship. As a coach I know that the more I can build [...]
December 21, 2009 – 9:03 pm
Here are five more ways a coach can help their clients. Underlying this idea is recognizing that ‘coaching’ is a generic term. These concepts are more specific actions.
6. A coach can be an alarm clock alerting their client that it’s time to do something.
7. A coach can be a beacon by shining a light [...]
