As knowledge workers in the 21st century, our success depends on having a healthy, functioning brain. What can leading neuroscientists teach us about stress, effective coping skills and peak performance in the workplace? While you cannot completely eliminate stress, you can make it work for you … [Read more...] about Your Healthy Brain: The Wisdom of Stress
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Leading in Economic Uncertainty: Shrinking Business
Are you the type of leader who’s dealing well in these trying economic times? Who confronts reality? Who figures out what needs to be done? Who communicates with confidence? Who finds opportunities in chaos, despite uncertainty, inevitable change and unpredictable sales? If you’re like … [Read more...] about Leading in Economic Uncertainty: Shrinking Business
How to Keep a Healthy Brain, part 1
How to Keep a Healthy Brain Part 1: Exercise Experts worldwide are jumping on the brain bandwagon, eager to teach you about the neuroscience of happiness, effective coping and peak performance. It’s an exciting time. As knowledge workers in the 21st century, our success depends on having a … [Read more...] about How to Keep a Healthy Brain, part 1
Going Green: Fad… or the
New Innovative Frontier?
“In my fifty-two years in business, I’ve never seen an issue galvanize people in a company like sustainability.” Ray Anderson, founder of Interface, Inc.
Sustainability is at the very core of survival. No company or society can last unless it cares for its resources and capital — human, financial … [Read more...] about Going Green: Fad… or the
New Innovative Frontier?
Is “Going Green” a Smart Business Strategy…
or Just Idealistic Talk?
I have a question for all you executive coaches working in organizations. How common is it to hear discussions on "going green" and corporate social responsibility? I'm reading a lot of things right now about this:
Harvard Business Review, September '09: Why Your Next Business Model Must Be … [Read more...] about Is “Going Green” a Smart Business Strategy…
or Just Idealistic Talk?
Complacency: It’s Everywhere…
Combat Complacency to Make Change Happen “Bad business results are both a blessing and a curse. Losing money does catch people’s attention, but it gives less maneuvering room. With good business results, the opposite is true; convincing people of the need for change is much harder, but you have … [Read more...] about Complacency: It’s Everywhere…
Tough Times Call for Disruptive Innovation
“It’s an environment the likes of which managers have never seen—a Great Disruption in which the old rules for success become recipes for failure, and ‘doing more with less’ will not be nearly enough to survive.”—Scott D. Anthony, The Silver Lining: An Innovation Playbook for Uncertain Times, … [Read more...] about Tough Times Call for Disruptive Innovation
1/3+ of Companies ARE Hiring!
August 2009 Sherpa Coaching News: A summer 2009 survey from Sherpa Coaching tells us that change is in the air, for better or worse: Nearly 30% of firms surveyed have reduced spending on training and development 40% are standing pat In spite of a down economy, 30% of firms surveyed are … [Read more...] about 1/3+ of Companies ARE Hiring!
What’s Needed Next? Transparency & Trust
We need a better way to evaluate our business leaders, assert James O’Toole and Warren Bennis in a recent Harvard Business Review article (“A Culture of Candor,” June 2009). It’s no longer prudent to judge American corporate leaders’ performance solely on the extent to which they create wealth for … [Read more...] about What’s Needed Next? Transparency & Trust
The Language of Leadership: Inspiring Change
“Human communication has its own set of very unusual and counterintuitive rules.” — Malcolm Gladwell What does it take to transmit bold new ideas to people who don’t want to hear them? How can the language you use facilitate enthusiastic, energetic implementation? Transformational … [Read more...] about The Language of Leadership: Inspiring Change