In his press conference after the election last week President Obama said a few times he had to do a better job. Others, it seems, want him to do some things differently. If you’re someone who compiles performance reviews for employees the distinction between better and different ought to be of interest. Being specific about [...]
Up until about 20 years executives in transition called themselves Consultants until they found a job or stayed as consultants if they could make it work. Starting in the mid-nineties Executive Coaching became the refuge of executives in transition. Fewer have made that work but the business of training and certifying Executive and Life Coaches [...]
Tomorrow doesn’t have to be so much of a mystery if you have goals and you’re doing something today to reach those goals. People need a short list of things to do that are Important but Not Urgent. Those activities like relationship building, planning, prevention and visualizing meditation are typically baby steps toward achieving goals. [...]
I’ve been thinking about strategies for a new client who is a new father. While the main thrust of our work is new business development my client is going to have to juggle differently now. I’m going to talk to him about anchors in his schedule to help him overcome multiple priorities. Dinner with the [...]
I was away on holiday last week and played golf a few times. At one point, after having made the same swing mistake for the third time in the last 30 minutes, I swung my club in anger at my golf cart destroying the club. It was a bit of an expensive lesson. I stopped [...]
An inflection point is a time to take a new hard look at goals to see if a new strategy is warranted. So for example, if for people in career transition the most usual option is to simply find another job that replaces the one that was lost. But taking a new look at goals [...]
I’ve been wanting and trying to lose weight. My regimen includes daily exercise including the very difficult ‘pushing my plate away’ and weighing myself every morning. I admit to a competitive mentality so I like to get the score on my weight each morning to see if I’m winning. More importantly weighing in each day [...]
