Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

JANUARY 19, 2015

A compelling vision helps you make choices about where to focus your energy. Without vision, you are in danger of trying to be all things to all people, scattered or adrift. In our book, Full Steam Ahead! Who you are is your purpose.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

JULY 8, 2013

I felt my energy shift. Many years later as I work with companies, I often wonder why most don’t feel energy around the vision they created. What is the story that you will write about your future today that bears the energy and the emotion that will sustain action on days when nothing seems worth it? The possibility.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

APRIL 15, 2013

4) Passion: Energy, enthusiasm, and confidence. There is a high and sustained level of energy, enthusiasm and confidence about their work and the way team members work together. They are free to make decisions within the boundary of their assignment and have access to the resources they need.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

MARCH 4, 2012

Before you sit before your next prospective employer, take some time to do your own self evaluation: Your personality : Do you bring energy to the people you come into contact with or do you suck their energy levels dry?

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

JUNE 11, 2012

You can more easily sustain your energy and commitment. If you have a goal to lose weight, it is very helpful to create a mental image of yourself looking thin. It is powerful to create a picture of what you want (rather than struggling with what you want to resist).

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

APRIL 3, 2012

The excitement and energy was palpable. The company was poised on the brink of a transformation that would make it an industry leader. Ready to take the leap, Richard, the president, asked me to facilitate a strategy meeting with the senior leaders. In preparation for the meeting, I interviewed each of the five senior leaders.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2012

As your team consistently lives its values, those who are impacted will notice, and interest and energy will spread. Consider your own sphere of influence, and within that sphere, work with your team to identify your team’s values. At the very least, you will have strengthened your own team. 7 Guidelines for Identifying Team Values.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2012

When a group of people discover they share the same values, there is a significant increase in energy, commitment and trust. An engaging vision, one that captures our hearts, does so because it clearly resonates with our core values. Values must support purpose.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

JULY 3, 2013

Upon seeing the space full of people, energy, and ideas, I realized we had crossed the threshold from vision to reality. Founder of reSET Social Enterprise Trust. Yesterday we opened our new social enterprise incubator and co-working space to 60 community friends. Fifteen years ago, it began as a question.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

JULY 1, 2013

The atmosphere crackles with an optimistic, can-do energy. My concern is that for many Americans today, their futureview is bleak. In India and China, the prevailing futureview is positive. Young and old alike are actually excited about their future.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Shared vision is a unifying force because it: Unleashes energy. During that time, the Celtics collected 11 NBA titles in 13 seasons, and their streak of eight consecutive NBA championships is the longest streak in U.S. professional sports history.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

Use tension to your advantage rather than expending energy avoiding it. If you ignore the behavior of those who act inconsistently with the vision, you threaten the trust and alignment of the rest of your team. Don’t let go of your vision. It is a law of nature that tension seeks resolution. Vision is your destination.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

MARCH 25, 2013

It is critical not only that you spend time, energy and resources in preparing people for management roles, but you must ensure that there are valid vocational career paths for professionals so that those who do move into a management role do so because they see it as a “calling” rather than because there are no other options.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

MARCH 4, 2013

She says, “If you put your energy into controlling stuff to avoid stress you are bound to fail” in Cope or Control (That is the Question). She suggests finding out where you fit in your organization’s succession plan and offers some additional tips. Jon Mertz of Thin Difference Blog recently attended the Wisdom 2.0

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