Coach Leadership

As one who felt she needed to lead like a motorboat races, I'm learning that a shift in my thinking (pun in tended) allows me to lead with the grace of the sailboat.  A case for the value of a quiet mind in leadership. 

So, the next time you get an inspired idea while shaving, walking, driving, essentially when you stop being busy thinking, you'll see the value of the quiet mind (and beautiful feeling of calm).

The article sets the lessons in a selling context. I see this as an article on leadership.  What insight do you get that supports you in being a leader?

This really defines true "come from"  and "going in" motivation for any networking: "How can I help you?"

The uncomfortableness of the concept of networking is that we often think of doing it when we need something.

In my experience, if I feel resistance in a networking context, it shows me that my motivation is for me, not for what I enjoy most: help others expand on ideas and connect to others in order to collaborate in a value network.

Check out these insights and enjoy your experience of being a connector.

On both sides of the employment contract, let's dedicate our energy to bringing out the best in each other.  Trust begets Trust.  As Tony Schwartz says in his comments: "The value exchange here is autonomy (grounded in trust) for accountability." 

Everyone leads - by choice or default. Notice what these leaders choose to do and their results.  Now is the perfect time to choose to develop your style of leadership that will positively influence and create a positive impact - 360-degrees and beyond.

Leadership in the 21st Century is Conscious Leadership.  

Preparing students for the future in 21st Century requires more "right directed" competencies - creativity, conceptualization, innovation. 

Like a book, the first sentence is key. "Control is a mirage."

I'm suggesting that you take away the labels (your preconceived ideas of what the words mean) and allow yourself to step into the experience of them. What we notice as these traits in others - and in ourselves - has come through an innate well-being and innate wisdom guiding action.    Rather than take on the traits of those from "Venus or Mars"; be the truth of who you are - we all are - at our core.  You may just start to see the human experience is always being created from the inside-out.  That's transformative leadership for all.

World Peace is possible in the classroom, in the boardroom, in any place we allow ourselves to think peace. 

It got me thinking about my own untentional biases. 

This Deloitte survey shows there is no one formula for the ideal leader.  As a leader - at whatever level you are at in your organization - developing a personally effective style of leadership that positively impacts yourself and others is how you thrive and help your organization to succeed.  This way, you do not try fit yourself into a template - Superman or Wonderwoman, which the survey shows cannot be cookie cutter - but become what is ideal leadership for you and your role.  Then grow yourself, others, and the organization through your ideal style of leadership.  Download the survey results for your leadership development team.  Check out the Energy Leader Advantage:  http://centerforenergeticleadership.com/energyleaderadvantage.html

Coach leaders are students of possibility.  Our teachers come in many forms. Living is learning and Learning is living.

When I read the excerpt below, I wonder what is truly intended.  Is the intention "we win first, and if you win too that's great," or "we both win, or we both lose." 

"Anne-Marie Slaughter, a former U.S. State Department official ... said McKinsey's Mr. Barton has discussed a plan to win back talented women who "stepped off the track" years ago. "What Dominic Barton said to me was, 'These women were phenomenally smart, and we lost all that talent, and we're going to get it back,' " she said in a speech late last year."

Someone considering an offer to "come back" can take her time considering what it would mean this time around to be a "win."  You can create opportunities to ensure that what is next for you, your employer, your family is "win-win-win."  Let's hope this is what the firms are intending as well.

Simple concepts tapping into the truth of anabolic leadership

Which of these do you admire in "likeable" leaders, businesses, friends, around you - and in yourself?

I heard of the 3rd Monday in January as the "most depressing day" for the first time today.  Well, I didn't wake up feeling depressed.  What's this all about and who is perpetuating this myth?

There is power in words -  a seed gets planted.  For me, I don't intend to feed it anything for it to grow.  I choose to see the world the way I do - and I understand my world is a vibrational match to my consciousness. 

Bust the myth for yourself by remembering nothing has meaning until you give it meaning.

TGI Monday!

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In Energy Leadership, we talk about "detached involvement," as being fully engaged in the process without being attached to an outcome. On my path to higher conscious living and leading, I'm working on this. I can think to a number of times when I wanted something (or to be with someone) so much that I felt anxious in not knowing how things would work out. The fixation creates anxiety and sense of helplessness.  It is true, and I'm speaking from experience, you empower yourself when you let go of outcomes and be present in the process, in the moment without needing resolution. 

Just think about this: "We really do not have a lot of days on this earth; every one we spend restless is one we could have spent enjoying being alive."

We often aspire to becoming competent in what we do, and that can offer a comfort zone in which to work. As one who has "taken the road less traveled" more than one, I agree with the author that there are benefits to getting outside the comfort zone.  It is in getting lost (in whatever way you choose to do it) that you create new paths.