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Self Awareness Through Coaching

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Martha Beck, a life coach and coach trainer, stands on stage, nearing the end of an effusive 90-minute keynote speech for the semiannual "Meet and Greet" of the women enrolled in her life coach training program. She has been telling the 80 or so trainees a story about her diagnosis many years ago of fibromyalgia, a chronic pain condition.

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Leadership Development Paradox

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Training interventions were originally built around the classroom, and many organizations have been reluctant to stray from their roots. Compare these classroom training programs with six-months of weekly personal executive coaching for under $8,000 to create a positive leadership mindset.

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Time Management Strategies for Small Businesses

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Cross-train and delegate responsibilities. Small businesses are better positioned to grow lean if they emphasize the importance of cross-training employees and delegating responsibilities effectively. Employees who are trained to serve multiple functions for the company can be moved around based on current needs as the business grows.

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Soft Corporate Cultures

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Recently, speaking to the Greater Ann Arbor Area Economic Club about tough love and discipline in both education and the business world, said "We trained a generation of your Americans that they get the "gold star" whether their stuff is any good or not. Frankly, we're turning out a bunch of functional illiterates.". What nonsense.".

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America's Education Gap

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Those jobs are not coming back, but many believe that the industry’s future (and, to some extent, the future of the American economy) lies in training a new generation for highly skilled manufacturing jobs — the ones that require people who know how to run the computer that runs the machine. The study’s conclusion, however, was scarier.

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Ability to Hyper-Focus

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Some people can train themselves to pay extra attention to things that are important —like police officers learn to scan crowds for faces and conductors can listen for individual instruments within the orchestra as a whole. Training and practice help. . Source: The Wall Street Journal, April 24, 2012.

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Rethink Leadership for the XX Factor

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Potential in the Pipeline: Offer coaching to high-potential women training in " executive presence " starting at midcareer, helping them to be seen as "leadership material.". Sources: The Wall Street Journal, May 7, 2012 and The New Yorker, February 14, 2011. Remember, opportunities routinely surface for those who are prepared.

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