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| | | MANURE IN THE SYSTEM: THE ANGRY LEADER! | | | Bob Benwick, MSc. OD, MCC, PCC, CPCC | | | “I can’t believe those people. They just don’t get it!” was the response of my executive coaching client, Gerry, who headed up a key line of business with a leading defense contractor. I typically start off coaching conversations with a check-in question. After listening to Gerry further, I asked “So what’s in the anger my [...] | |
| | | RAT TRAP: STRESSED NEW ROLE LEADERS | | | Bev Benwick, MAL, PCC, CPCC | | | Any transition to a new role, while exciting and an acknowledgement of what the organization thinks of us, is a time of anxiety for the newly transitioning leader. A few of the common errors of a new role leader include trying to do too much too soon, failure to understand the de facto culture/sub [...] | |
| | | How Can Coaching Advance Synergy in Community? | | | noreply@blogger.com (Donna Karlin) | | | This August 27th, 28th and morning of the 29th, The International Consortium for Coaching in Organizations will be holding a symposium "Synergy in Community". For the first time a team of Master Coaches will be going into the community the day before the symposium to coach them in their organizations. Then on the Thursday we will be holding a ground breaking symposium to help the community move forward in these challenging economic times. My colleague and fellow design team member for this event wrote a wonderful piece about this upcoming symposium which I'd like to share with you. Even more so I would love to share this event with you. Click here to find out more and to register. How Can Coaching Advance Synergy in Community - by Mary Jo Asmus Our ancestors, in the spirit of community, regularly sat around a fire to have conversations that deepened their own communal connections. This dialog assisted in increasing the quality of life in the places where they lived. In our modern-day communities, there is a longing for shared meaning, connections, and the deep conversation that coaching can bring to our world of electronic social media and speed-of-lightening pace. • How can coaching support the individuals and organizations that sometimes struggle to define their roles and find their place in the modern community? • What are the ways that these organizations can work synergistically to optimize the spirit of community? What does coaching have to learn from a community? • What can a community learn from coaching? A number of senior coaches and community leaders will explore these topics through “Synergy in Community”, the first ICCO Community Symposium on August 27-29 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The word “synergy” invokes the combined sum of individuals doing greater good than a single person can alone. In this ICCO community symposium, we will be exploring how the combined sum of individuals and organizations can work together to create and sustain greatness within our communities. In the places where we reside, people often pass by their next door neighbors without knowing them; they expect their governments or “somebody” to take care of the problems of crime, poverty, empty buildings, unemployment, litter and whatever else plagues the places they live and work in. These problems must be dealt with in order for us to enjoy the successes of synergy in our communities. They can be only be addressed by the “somebodies”(individuals and organizations) who are willing to roll up their shirtsleeves and work together for the common good of the places they live and work in. Does coaching have a role in supporting the somebodies who are responsible for enhancing the quality of life in our communities? Many believe it does. Kalamazoo, Michigan is a mid-sized city with a cultural history of somebodies who have taken responsibility to assure that life in their community is the best that it can be. It is a city of business innovation, beginning with W.E. Upjohn and his “friable pill” that fueled The Upjohn Company growth, as well as a myriad of companies throughout its history, embraced the innovation that fueled prosperity and the growth of the community: Checker Motors, Gibson Guitars, Stryker and many others. More recently, it is the home of the ground-breaking “Kalamazoo Promise”, where an anonymous group of donors has funded the college education for every graduating high school senior. In refusing to accept the economic recession as reality, Kalamazoo has recently supported new and existing companies in moving here or expanding, resulting in several thousand new jobs in the region. However, Kalamazoo, like any city, cannot simply sit back and revel in its success. The quality of life in any community requires an ongoing collaborative spirit of dedicated individuals and organizations willing to “grab the rope” and work together, as in this excerpt from the book, Community Capitalism: Lessons from Kalamazoo and Beyond, by Ron Kitchens: “ Grab the rope !” That is what you are likely to hear if you find yourself on a ship, becalmed and threatened. That is what you will hear when you have no wind to sail by or engines to propel. You must resort to kedging to get out of trouble.…..Kedging is the act of having a light anchor (a kedge) loaded into a rowboat and taken out as far as the lines tied to it will allow. After dropping the anchor, every man, woman, and child on the main boat grab the rope and pull the line as if his or her life depended on it, literally hauling the ship to the anchor. This is repeated again and again until the ship arrives at its destination or the fair winds once again blow. We hope that those of you who work, live, volunteer and have your heart in your community will consider joining us and grabbing the rope at the ICCO Symposium in Kalamazoo, Michigan on August 27-29, to explore and learn together how coaching can support the synergy in our communities. | |
| | | | Impossible Things | | | noreply@blogger.com (Donna Karlin) | | | "There is no use in trying," said Alice; "One can’t believe impossible things." "I dare say you haven’t had much practice," said the Queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast" - Lewis Carroll Dreams to some can be pure nonsense....and to others, the means with which they shape their lives. To believe something is impossible is to never try....never have hope of the possibilities that your dream can happen. But to have that spark of hope where there’s even a tiny possibility, helps you be ready for the unexpected....like a wonderful surprise waiting to happen. When I was speaking to friends recently about circumstances turning lives upside down, what came to mind was the only constant in life is change. And if we live with that premise, then we no longer have a feeling of being out of control, reacting to circumstance. Rather it’s the anticipation that something’s going to happen. Life then is never boring...or stagnant. Woodrow Wilson said "We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers. They see things in the soft haze of a spring day or in the red fire of a long winter's evening. Some of us let these great dreams die, but others nourish and protect them; nurse them through bad days till they bring them to the sunshine and light which comes always to those who sincerely hope that their dreams will come true." I believe that. If we bring our dreams into the light of day and nurture them, they will shape our lives forever. So make them be great! Donna Karlin | |
| | | | BAD – GOOD – GREAT: PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES! | | | Bob Benwick, MSc. OD, MCC, PCC, CPCC | | | So what is the difference between bad, good and great when it comes to leadership and performance opportunities? This came to mind when Joe Bentley, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Management and Organzational Behavior, University of Utah, was talking on the inaugural conference call of Pepperdine University’s MSOD alumni group’s ‘fireside discussion’ on subject of ‘Taming [...] | |
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| | | Brett McBurnie | | | Brett McBurnie comes to coaching from a diverse and unique background. Born in Toronto in 1951, he attended school in East York and eventually went on to study Classical Studies (Greek and Latin); at the University of Toronto , with the purpose in mind of pursuing a general but well rounded education. | | | Full Profile & Contact Information... | |
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| | | | Marcia Dorfman | | | I love to work with busy professionals helping them get to the core of what matters so they can create work and life on their own terms. I help them articulate and focus on their goals, their priorities and their possibilities, as well as learn new ways to bring out the absolute best in themselves and others. | | | Full Profile & Contact Information... | |
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| | | Lowell Ann Fuglsang | | | Just drifting in your career? Could your career be more fulfilling? Is your career serving or consuming you? Take charge of your situation with the guidance of workstyle-lifestyle coach Lowell Ann Fuglsang. Enhance the quality of your career now. You deserve it! | | | Full Profile & Contact Information... | |
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