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SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Thought-full Thursday: Starting From What Is » Resistance and Change – A Personal Experience September 22nd, 2010 | Author: Mary Jo Asmus This is a more personal post than I usually write. The biggest challenge I experienced was that of letting go of my own resistance to accepting that I had something to learn.

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JUNE 27, 2010

Stop striving and resisting. The effort it takes to strive and resist keeps us from seeing the people right in front of us who can help. Striving and resisting causes stress and makes us focus on ourselves instead of others. It’s up to the leader to uncover it.&# What are you pushing uphill against?

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. We partner with great leaders to help them become even greater at developing, improving, and sustaining relationships with the people who are essential to their success.

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JULY 5, 2010

Let’s see if we can respond the excuses leaders have for avoiding this skill. Is it possible you are resisting for the same reasons? Sure, there might be some resistance as you change to incorporating more inquiry into your leadership style. Asking questions isn’t my style”. My employees want me to tell them the answers”.

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OCTOBER 13, 2010

I began to see why clients sometimes resist the question, “What behaviors did your 360 indicate that you need to change?&# (a question often met with silence, avoidance, and then a change of topic to talk about that project or promotion they want). All of the above statements came from clients and readers recently.

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JUNE 15, 2010

I believe there is resistance to almost anything that takes some time to learn or do. Peter, I find that some clients find coaching “painful&# because it is so different than what is easy and quick. can take their leadership to the next level. Thanks for adding these thoughts! Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Leadership requires a great deal of reflection in order to improve and change; yet we resist the idea of doing something that feels stagnant. we resist reflecting. The rewards for reflection are subtle and less than obvious (when was the last time you received a bonus from your organization for excellent execution of reflection?).

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