Good day, team, The challenge this week is about realizing that we are not indispensable and working to cultivate backup and support. At this time of year, we are much more susceptible to colds and flu, and we often find ourselves struggling with the question “Am I well enough to go to work?” Yet we […]
Good day Team, The coach’s challenge this week is about appreciating diversity. It’s also about making you’re way through this long e-mail. There’s a story here, so this week’s challenge is longer than usual. By some stroke of luck, I find myself in Nice, France for a week. It’s a jewel of a place with […]
Good day, team, The coach’s challenge this week is about listening. These days, almost everyone in business is familiar with the idea of “active listening,” that is, listening for meaning, in which the listener checks with the speaker to see that a statement has been correctly heard and understood. The goal of active listening is […]
Good day Team, I thought a good way to start out the New Year’s coach’s challenge would be to give you some useful information from an article a read recently in the Harvard Business Review. The name of the article is “Radical Change, The Quiet Way”, by Debra Meyerson. Here are some key points from […]
Good day, team, This week brings the winter solstice, and I am reminded of the importance of light in our lives. Your challenge this week is to bring more light into your life and someone else’s. This can be accomplished in many ways. Here are some suggestions: 1. Light a candle. 2. Offer someone a […]
Good day Team, This week brings the winter solstice and I am reminded of the importance of light in our lives. Your challenge this week is to bring more light into your life and someone elses. This can be accomplished in many ways. Here are some suggestions: 1. Light a candle. 2. Offer someone a […]
Good day Team, 2005 is coming to an end and in looking back over the year, I feel compelled to say something about our environment. Nature has spoken very loudly this past year, in New Orleans, in Florida, in the Himalayas, in Indonesia. Even in the Pacific Northwest, we saw Mt. St. Helens erupt a […]
Good day, team, This week’s challenge comes from a lovely little book called “Mocha with Max,” by Max Lucado*. I hope you enjoy it! Several years ago my daughter Andrea and I had a bicycle adventure. She had just learned to keep her balance on a two-wheeler and was ready to leave the safety of […]
Good day, team, The coach’s challenge this week is about assessing your progress toward a goal. There is nothing more satisfying than deciding what you want to do, setting a definite goal for accomplishing it, and then meeting that goal. While we go through this process, however, we often stop to see how we’re doing. […]
Good day Team, The coach’s challenge is to re-visit is what I call the delivery sandwich. We all know the shorthand of that: Good News/ Bad News/ Good News. Sandwich the bad news between two pieces of good news. Sandwich the weakness between two slices of strength. Sandwich the thing that needs to get fixed […]