DIVERSITY DANCE
(Published in 'Company' Magazine - Spring 2008)
In facilitating workshops on Valuing Diversity, it’s all too common
for me to hear participants announce, “It doesn't matter whether
people are white, brown, green or purple... I treat them all the
same”.
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'TIS
THE SEASON FOR CONNECTING
(Published in 'Company' Magazine - December 2007)
Despite our vast diversity as a country, the Christmas holidays seem
to have a prevalent impact on shared festive spirits. Holiday
lunches are expected and bosses rarely tap their watches when you
return a bit late to the office.
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article
here (2MB PDF)
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BACK TO LIFE, BACK TO REALITY
(Published in 'Company' Magazine - Fall 2007)
The song title by Soul II Soul rings in my head when I think of both
the workplace and family dynamics that accompanies Fall. After a
summer of relaxed schedules and "lazy, hazy days" ...this season
conjures a sense of "bucking down and getting back at it". For me,
this "buckling down" is not at all a heavy feeling.
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LETTING
GO OF WHAT GOT YOU HERE
Sooner or later after a significant promotion, this challenge seems
to hit all leaders between the eyes. Letting go of previously
successful approaches is one of the most frequent coaching topics
for my executive coaching clients. It’s especially a challenge when
the approaches that are no longer appropriate to rely on are the
very behaviours that led to the promotion.
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Letting Go of What Got You Here
YOU GOTTA BE VULNERABLE TO BE STRONG
(excerpted from the book
chapter You've Gotta' Flip It On Its Head! Four Key
Strategies for Leadership Success in
Awakening the
Workplace 2)
In my
coaching with leaders, I find they frequently discover
that their long-held beliefs about what makes leaders
successful flies directly in the face of what happens in
real life. They demonstrate leadership characteristics
based on commonly-held beliefs, such as....
Read You
Gotta Be Vulnerable To Be Strong!
LISTENING TO BE HEARD
I am
fascinated by ironies. In my work with executive
coaching clients, I find that they frequently discover
that their long-held beliefs about leadership directly
contradict their actual experiences. Frankly, they would
do better to flip many of these beliefs on their heads.
And so it is with being heard.
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Listening to be Heard!
VOTING YOURSELF OFF THE ISLAND
Featured in the Company of Women, Tapestries publication,
May 2007
I don’t
know about you but I lived on an island for the first
eight years of owning my management consulting business.
Not a geographic island, but a metaphoric one. I was a
true solo-preneur with SOLO in bold-face and caps.
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Yourself off the Island (PDF)
A PROMOTION CAN REQUIRE LETTING GO OF THE PAST
Featured in the National Post on Wednesday, July 19th (by
Al Emid).
One of
the typical situations you come across with a promotion is
that people want to replicate what they've done in the
past. It's all about what they need to pick
and what they need to let go of.
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Promotion Can Require Letting Go of the Past!
CELEBRATE GOOD TIMES
It's a classic
tune at weddings that can generate plenty of eye rolling
for those who find it too cutesy ... yet Kool and the Gang
had a great message with their 1970's song title
'Celebrate Good Times'.
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Celebrate Good Times!
COUNTERING THE DARWINIAN APPROACH TO NEW HIRE TRANSITION
(as
featured in Fulcrum Search Science newsletter, March/06)
Leading organizations make a significant
investment in their attraction and selection strategies.
But what happens once a prized candidate accepts a
position and enters the organization? In my experience,
most organizations take a Darwinian “survival of the
fittest” approach, launching people into their new roles
as if to say, “Let’s see if this one makes it”.
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Countering the Darwinian Approach to New Hire Transition
AFTER
THEY'RE HIRED .... DON'T FILE AWAY THOSE ASSESSMENTS!
In my work as a Leadership Coach I have
found inordinate value in the use of Assessment results
AFTER the selection process is complete. Once the new
hire is in the new position, powerful insights can be
gained from the reports, providing further value to the
organization and new hires alike.
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They're Hired ... Don't File Away Those Assessments!
WHEN THE ROAD AHEAD IS DAUNTING, LOOK AT HOW FAR YOU'VE
COME
How
often have the challenges ahead of you been so daunting
that it’s almost paralyzing? You simply can’t seem to get
moving. At times like these, the best way to get forward
momentum may ironically be to look behind you.
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When the Road Ahead is Daunting, Look at How Far You've
Come
HOW IS YOUR INTENT ALIGNED
WITH YOUR IMPACT?
With our children, we try to convey the difference between
what we intend and the resultant impact
of our actions. We explain that even when we don’t
plan to harm others, sometimes they end up getting hurt
by what we do. Unfortunately, this is an insight
that often gets lost in our working lives.
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How Is Your Intent Aligned with Your Impact?
Out
For many of us, asking
for help is a difficult concept. It can require a certain
amount of vulnerability. We may feel as if we are admitting
a weakness that the world would not have known about,
had we not asked for help. Ironically, people who are
able to deliver well-positioned requests for help are
seen as very strong individuals.
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Asking for Help
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