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BIAS
How? Flip Judgment for Improved Decision Making, Relationships, Results
We were smiling, laughing, enjoying a relaxed catching up time together around the table, with cups of tea, my two bright adult daughters and I. Shifting to national news, I said in a “this is driving me crazy” tone, “Can you believe these fear based commercials and...
The New World Breaking Open: How Are You Contributing?
The World Breaking Open, rather than falling apart: how are you contributing? What is your role in bridging the old and the new? In the midst of all the rapid changes and uncertainty around us, where we may at times feel like yelling out the window, "I'm not taking it...
Are You Unlocking or Limiting Potential and Innovation?
Hi Marilyn O’Hearne asking are you unlocking or limiting potential and innovation? Read on for five scorecard points. Research tells us we spend more time talking with people who are like us. We know the damaging effects of that not only on profitability but also,...
CULTURE
Gateways: How Are You Stepping Through?
"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...
Is Your Communication Directometer™ “Ideal” for Successful Impact? 2 Keys
Take a lesson from Goldilocks. You do not want your Communication Directometer™ to show too direct (her porridge “too hot”), getting burned (losing business); or too indirect (“too cold”), also risking losing business. How do you discover what is the cultural...
Frequently Asked Mentor Coaching Questions for ICF Credentialing
Note: ICF is happy to respond to your mentor coaching questions towards credentialing, please allow a few days for a response at support@coachingfederation.org. I highly encourage you to check with them as requirements change. However, if you are trying to make a...
LEADERSHIP
How? Flip Judgment for Improved Decision Making, Relationships, Results
We were smiling, laughing, enjoying a relaxed catching up time together around the table, with cups of tea, my two bright adult daughters and I. Shifting to national news, I said in a “this is driving me crazy” tone, “Can you believe these fear based commercials and...
Is Your Communication Directometer™ “Ideal” for Successful Impact? 2 Keys
Take a lesson from Goldilocks. You do not want your Communication Directometer™ to show too direct (her porridge “too hot”), getting burned (losing business); or too indirect (“too cold”), also risking losing business. How do you discover what is the cultural...
Navigating the New World of Work?
The rise of AI, pandemics, virtual work, economic and social upheaval including migration, climate disasters, divisive and destructive politics, and terrorist attacks around the world are literally changing the face of our world and work in this 4th Industrial...