September 2, 2010 – 4:03 pm
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 [...]
August 10, 2010 – 6:35 pm
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
April 26, 2010 – 11:55 am
You may have heard the line “snatch victory from the jaws of defeat”. It something many people try to do when they test limits. They may do it in relationships to see how far they can go or with time management when they see how late they can leave a project. I think people are [...]
I’ve been impressed by the depth of honesty Tiger Woods provided in his recent press conference. He went well past I’m sorry and into levels of empathy for all the people he’s hurt: family, friends, people who work in the golf industry, his support team and kids who looked up to him. He’s given us [...]
I think there are three levels of performance among marathon runners. The professionals who do the very best are elite athletes. They train both mind and body to work optimally and consciously. They succeed via conscious competence. The very best amateurs probably compete adding some degree of ‘flow’ to their very good conscious competence but [...]
February 17, 2010 – 9:13 pm
I thought this to be a wonderful idea about how coaches help their clients. See my posts of 12/14/09 and 12/21/09 for more about what coaches do. This thought came from Kathrin Krönig who is an executive coach in Germany and Canada.
Quite often with meeting and relationship issues we muddle thru to an OK result. [...]
January 19, 2010 – 11:00 am
When we’re in an Associated state during a meeting we’re emotionally involved and probably performing less than optimally. When we’re in a Dissociated state we’re more objective, less passionate, more observant and better evaluators. If you’re watching your performance in the meeting, too closely, you’re in an Associated state. For example, participating with a What [...]
I’ve learned in the past few years that we get addicted to things that provide random rewards. For example with golf and learning a musical instrument you don’t know what’s going to happen each time you try because there are so many variables. Randomly you’re successful and get addicted. It’s similar with gambling and young [...]
