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Coaching Others: Short Term Pain for Long Term Gain

Persuasive Powerhouse

Let’s call using coaching skills “short term pain for long term gain”. The great news is that if you are dedicated to it, and spend the time it takes there are some wonderful long term benefits for you and your employees. Like a lot of things in life and in leadership, coaching others well isn’t easy and it isn’t quick.

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Developing Positive Leadership Habits

Persuasive Powerhouse

Showing your humanity by admitting them and apologizing can help you develop better relationships with your followers Create an action plan and ask someone – mentor, friend, coach – to hold you accountable; meet with them regularly to discuss your progress and challenges. Developing Positive Leadership Habits (aspire-cs.com) [.]

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Adventure Team Challenge 2011

CO2

Sue, who has no short-term memory, is one of the most positive people I have ever met. She didn’t have much short-term memory, so I considered ways to access her long-term memory, which she had in abundance. Our goal, we reminder ourselves, was to finish the race, not to win. At 6:33a.m.,

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The Five Reasons We Give Up

Marshall Goldsmith

Yet many of the roadblocks that prevent us from getting to the gym often are the same ones that thwart us in achieving any goal.Five of the most common reasons for giving up on our goals are listed below. The classic mistake made in leadership development, coaching, and self-help books is the promise that “This will make you better!”

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Two Things to Remember as You Change the World

Persuasive Powerhouse

Perseverance is the act of persisting despite forces that keep you from achieving your goal. Your ability to persevere, to be that shining light who leads others through the swamp may be the only thing that will make the goal possible. I wish folks would also learn how to develop and balance a sense of urgency with these two.

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Four Steps for Making Better Decisions

Next Level Blog

Main | What Leaders Can Learn About Speaking from Martin Luther King » January 17, 2011 Four Steps for Making Better Decisions A friend recently gave me a copy of a new book that’s out now, The Price of Everything by Eduardo Porter.    What impact do these facts have on our goal? Easy to say, harder to do. 

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Making True Leadership Shine

Persuasive Powerhouse

What is it about the term “public relations” that brings the pot of social ire to a boil? In short, they embrace “spin,” a word that every PR professional and every leader should strike from their vocabulary. Mary Jo Asmus : January 12, 2011 at 9:40 pm Thanks Lisa. And what can leaders learn from that? Excellent message.

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