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Recently, I attended a dream time walk and art activity in Mossman Gorge in North Queensland with a team of clients. The walk was conducted by the traditional owners of the land the Ku Ku Yalangi people. Our guide Rosy shared her rules to live by... More...

In a recent publication by the University of Technology-Sydney, Paula Drayton provided some much needed structure on what it means for a person to live in a sustainable way. Use these eight elements for personal reflection. * Wellbeing: y... More...

A three year study yielded eight performance indicators of what constitutes an extraordinary group. Members generally agreed with these statements: * Compelling purpose: We are inspired and stretched in making this group's work our top priorit... More...

The New Brain for Business Institute Diane Marentette and Richard Trafton, Ph.D.

Have you ever felt frustrated when someone you know and care about cannot seem to start or stop doing something that would make a huge, positive difference in his life? You have talked with him repeatedly about it and found him to be receptive to... More...

Ask most any owner or executive from the corner ma-and-pa newsstand to the Fortune 100 CEO if he or she is committed to creating an innovative product or customer experience and you will hear a resounding "yes!" from all. Then why is it that there... More...

"Brains, like hearts, go where they are appreciated." — Robert McNamara, former U.S. secretary of defense and president of the World Bank * Whether or not your team or organization develops a healthy recognition and appreciation culture depend... More...

"Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep saying it." — Robert Frost, early 20th century American poet We can't inspire and energize people with memos, mission st... More...

If you’re like me, you are probably in the middle of some change effort right now, either business or personal. If you are like most people, you also have quite a history of change efforts. Who hasn’t? What business hasn’t? To steal from Dr. Phil... More...

Our down economy, the Wall Street fiasco, and our resulting and natural old brain fear of a catastrophic future leave us in a position to ask the question: how do we do things differently going forward? If your business is down, your normal metrics a... More...

Have you ever been involved in a conversation that went something like this: “Why did you get so upset at what I said?" "Look, all I said, was 'blah, blah, blah.'” “Yes, but what you meant was XXXXX.” “All I said was, ‘blah, blah, blah.’... More...

by Marshall Goldsmith Listen to what General Mills CEO Steve Sanger recently told 90 of his colleagues: "As you all know, last year my team told me that I needed to do a better job of coaching my direct reports. I just reviewed my 360-degree feedb... More...

"My definition of self-actualization...when you are confused about the difference between work and play." — Ken Blanchard, leadership author and consultant Years ago I worked in a company with a powerful and emotionally intelligent CEO. A favo... More...

"Grant me the patience to continuously improve some processes, the courage to radically reengineer others, and the wisdom to know when to do either." Michael Hammer and James Champy kicked off the reengineering trend with their bestselling book, R... More...

"Success is every minute you live. It's the process of living. It's stopping for the moments of beauty, of pleasure; the moments of peace. Success is not a destination that you ever reach. Success is the quality of the journey." — Jennifer James, Suc... More...

COACH YOURSELF TO WIN: 7 Steps to Breakthrough Performance on the Job and in Your Life (McGraw-Hill, October 2010), examines the key question: How can you achieve permanent behavior change both in the workplace and in your private life? Bringing o... More...

Leaders set the tone for their followers and organizations. Every leader from team lead to CEO makes an impact on others. Whether or not leaders know it, their followers monitor, magnify, and often mimic their behaviors. I worked with a company where... More...

Time management remains a core focus within leadership, coaching and mentoring programs. Inevitably, to keep the subject fresh, new buzz words and soon-to-be clichés pop up to put new clothes on old concepts. You take the new label with a grain of s... More...

Talent isn't always easy to identify. Sometimes half the battle is coming to agreement on what exactly talent is . Executives might identify their top talent as innovative individuals who take risks and increases profit. A... More...

Executive coaching is an increasingly popular method of assessing and developing high performing and high potential leaders. When coaching is provided in the right way, at the right time, by the right coach, to the right leader, the return on investm... More...

We all know people who suffer from "Victimitis" — the poor-little-me syndrome whose verbal symptoms include: "They are doing it to me again," "There's nothing I can do," "It's all their fault." Indeed, many supervisors and middle managers agree that ... More...

By Sean Townsend Jacques Plante, the legendary Montreal Canadiens goaltender, once said, "How would you like a job where every time you make a mistake, a big red light goes on and 18,000 people boo?" National Hockey League (NHL) players have ... More...

by: Alan Matthews If you’re a business owner, you probably spend quite a lot of your time at networking events. In fact, it may be the main way you try to get new clients. But do you ever feel that you could get more from these meetings? Do you ac... More...

Early on in our work with managers, we learned that some managers are simply masterful at coaching, but most were not so great at it. Yet whether managers were good or bad at coaching, it became clear to me that when it comes to managing people, so m... More...

Resilient Managers and Jerk Bosses One of my senior manager executive coaching clients is working on leading her boss and helping her to do her job better. I am coaching a several middle managers to better lead their boss, and help team members ... More...

Leading Up One of my senior manager executive coaching clients is becoming better at recognizing what her boss needs and helping her to do her job better. I am coaching a number of middle managers to better lead their boss, and help team members... More...

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TRADITIONAL WISDOM FROM THE KU KU YALANGI PEOPLE

LIVE IN A SUSTAINABLE WAY

CREATING AN EXTRAORDINARY GROUP

Ready or Not - Time for Learning!

Pixar's Eight Beliefs That Create a Culture of Passion

Pathways and Pitfalls to Giving Personal Recognition and Appreciation

Inspiring and Energizing with Strong Verbal Communications

Your Brain on Autopilot! Change is hard. Here is one reason why...

5 Ways to Stop Charging Backwards

Make Sure Your Nonverbal Cues Don't Contradict Your Words

To Help Others Develop, Start With Yourself

Stop Working and Start Living

Managing the Reengineering-Incremental Improvement Paradox

Celebration is the Pause that Refreshes

COACH YOURSELF TO WIN: 7 Steps to Breakthrough Performance On the Job and in Your Life

What's your Leadership Impact?

New time management techniques, from the world of sports? Yes!

Identifying and Retaining Top Talent

Risks in Executive Coaching and How to Minimize Them

Stop Whining and Start Leading

Is There Life After Hockey?

Get More Clients From Networking - Follow The Rules Of Dating!

"Don't Wait for Problems to Start Coaching"

Resilient Managers and Jerk Bosses: Dealing with a Jerk Boss

How Middle Managers Can Lead Up: The View from Above

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