One reason people need coaching and mentoring is that they are constantly being buffeted by unexpected and unplanned events, interruptions and new desires. Most executives can control themselves, their actions and their agendas but it needs a lot of ruthlessness, impulse control and interpersonal skill to do it well. A mentor can provide energy to [...]
Assumptions are quite often a missing link in the planning process. The benefit of putting assumptions in your plans is that they provide for another way to prepare for unforeseen events. In my coaching I often do a Potential Problem Analysis with clients. A way to generate a better list of potential problems is to [...]
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 saw an interview the other day with two people who had played the “30 Days to Live” game. They asked themselves what they would do with only thirty healthy days to go and then did so. When I thought about it my first instincts were to re-do a couple of travel things I had [...]
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 [...]
Whether you define ‘win’ as ‘win/win’ or ‘I win’ every meeting you attend ought to be a successful use of your time and the time of the other participants. Here are some ideas to consider. 1. Go into every meeting with an objective. At the very least, at the end of the meeting you should [...]
