Marilyn’s RESOURCES

Discover How Winning Coaches Achieve Success

What are some of the best winning coaches messages you have given and received for success? What drives you and the KC Chiefs to Super Bowl success?  I have been reflecting on Adam Hamilton's message (link below), "Life Lessons from Winning Coaches" on the best coaching messages I have received...
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RESPECT: Find Out What It Means to You & Me: Cultural Differences

RESPECT-find out what it means to me, and to you! What are the cultural differences? Simply saying “we want a culture of respect” is not enough! That can mean different things to different people based on their culture. Without understanding those different cultural expectations of respect, it...
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Don’t Let Transitions Scare You

Transitions can be frightening! Can you relate? When I envisioned a river crossing almost two decades ago, I was imagining a small craft, feeling unstable in the middle of a rapidly moving stream, with one or two people in it rather than an organization led by the leaders and teams I currently...
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Nightmare or Honeymoon? How to Use Your Magic!

How do you use your "magic" to determine whether you experience a nightmare or honeymoon? Has this past year been a nightmare or more like a honeymoon for you? I first experienced the pandemic and reactions to the protests like a nightmare, concerned about family and friends staying healthy, what...
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Be Our Guest: Open House New Year’s Eve Eve

Be our guest at our Open House December 30, 2020, Wednesday, 8am Central, 2pm London, 10pm Singapore. Come to share: 1. Your highlight of the year 2. Greatest challenge 3. Hopes for the New Year. No promotions or announcements, no cost, not recorded, simply an opportunity to gather, share, listen,...
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The World Transition Team-Are You On It?

The World Transition Team-Are You On It?

Nov 10

"The world is changing and I am on the World Transition Team": are you? How are you, your team and organization playing on and for the team to create a world in which everyone can thrive? #unlockallpotential Divisive and destructive political campaigns, economic and...

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WHAT Did You Just Say? Challenging Communication 2 Step

WHAT Did You Just Say? Challenging Communication 2 Step

Nov 3

Have you ever felt like walking away from a conversation, or screaming, "WHAT did you just say?" My HR colleague, Randy Woehl, provides another communication option, which I follow up with a second challenging communication step. When Randy hears a limiting statement...

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Partner for Breakthrough rather than Breakdown

Partner for Breakthrough rather than Breakdown

Oct 20

 How do you partner for breakthrough rather than breakdown: hurricanes, floods, fires, earthquakes, divisions, violence? Consider a majestic oak tree beginning to grow by breaking through a tiny acorn, underground, to sprout. It is not always easy and sometimes...

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The New World Breaking Open: How Are You Contributing?

The New World Breaking Open: How Are You Contributing?

Sep 23

 The World Breaking Open, rather than falling apart: how are you contributing? In our "Coaches as Facilitators of the New World" roundtable podcast for Sacred Changemakers, we discussed how to contribute to our world breaking open recently, viewing our role as...

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Gateways: How Are You Stepping Through?

Sep 15

"Gateway! I want to go back (or fast forward)!" Gateway, threshold, portal: "passages into or out of a place or condition"(1) "the point at which something starts to happen or change"(2), sometimes magical, time travel, intergalactic. There's a part of me that wishes...

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The World Transition Team-Are You On It?

The World Transition Team-Are You On It?

Nov 10

"The world is changing and I am on the World Transition Team": are you? How are you, your team and organization playing on and for the team to create a world in which everyone can thrive? #unlockallpotential Divisive and destructive political campaigns, economic and...

read more
WHAT Did You Just Say? Challenging Communication 2 Step

WHAT Did You Just Say? Challenging Communication 2 Step

Nov 3

Have you ever felt like walking away from a conversation, or screaming, "WHAT did you just say?" My HR colleague, Randy Woehl, provides another communication option, which I follow up with a second challenging communication step. When Randy hears a limiting statement...

read more
Partner for Breakthrough rather than Breakdown

Partner for Breakthrough rather than Breakdown

Oct 20

 How do you partner for breakthrough rather than breakdown: hurricanes, floods, fires, earthquakes, divisions, violence? Consider a majestic oak tree beginning to grow by breaking through a tiny acorn, underground, to sprout. It is not always easy and sometimes...

read more
The New World Breaking Open: How Are You Contributing?

The New World Breaking Open: How Are You Contributing?

Sep 23

 The World Breaking Open, rather than falling apart: how are you contributing? In our "Coaches as Facilitators of the New World" roundtable podcast for Sacred Changemakers, we discussed how to contribute to our world breaking open recently, viewing our role as...

read more

Gateways: How Are You Stepping Through?

Sep 15

"Gateway! I want to go back (or fast forward)!" Gateway, threshold, portal: "passages into or out of a place or condition"(1) "the point at which something starts to happen or change"(2), sometimes magical, time travel, intergalactic. There's a part of me that wishes...

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