If you want to understand what’s going on in Europe think safety nets. My feeling is that when people have easy access to too many safety nets they tend to lose their self-reliance. There is a wide spectrum to this. A few people have too much pride and accept little help from others. The majority [...]
Confidence is a consequence of doing the right things right or, at least, in an improving fashion. I usually tell my coaching clients that the coaching doesn’t start until we decide what actions they will be taking to achieve their goals. My coaching job is to help them do more of the right actions well [...]
Lombardi told his players during their exhausting practices; “If you quit now during these workouts you’ll quit in the middle of the season, during a game. Once you learn to quit it becomes a habit. We don’t want anyone here who’ll quit.” And he focused and succeeded famously on ‘blocking and tackling’ i.e. nothing very [...]
Work life harmony comes from having some vibrancy professionally, personally and in your family life. Personal is the stuff you do away from work and family; shopping, going to the gym, reading, hobbies etc. The way it works is that your family and your personal life ought to be energizing; doing pleasurable things that boost [...]
The headline is a paraphrase of IBM’s sales pitch when they were still in the hardware business in the 70′s and 80′s. It was a necessary slogan because, at the time, IBM’s brand standing was under attack from dozens of small competitors, Apple for example, who had better tech but couldn’t match the service network [...]
I’ve recently been researching how to be a good mentor. Mentoring is different than coaching and training. Coaching is about polishing skills people already have. Training is about helping people learn how to do new things. Mentoring is about helping others navigate the organizational culture, effectively handling the ‘slides, snakes and ladders’. Tip number 1 [...]
Are you getting the most from the people around you. I think a great opportunity we each should be looking for is the chance to harvest learning, experience and ideas from others. And importantly to come up with new solutions when challenged with tough questions. I came to this notion when I read the following [...]
