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What I’ve Learned as a Leadership Coach #1

Posted in 21st Century Skills, Confidence, Credibility, For Your Confidence, tagged , , , , , on February 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

In this series of 7 posts, I will be navigating around these words: Judgment Freedom Focus    Purpose    Balance  Desire & Intent  Impact I will begin in the upper left corner with a most powerful barrier to the individual leader; judgment. The first learning is that a leader needs someone to talk to. A [...]

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Default Setting

Posted in 21st Century Skills, Confidence, Credibility, For Your Confidence, Stories, tagged , , , , , on February 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

In his new book Drive, Dan Pink has created yet another ‘must-read’ for anyone who aspires to 21st Century Leadership. As Dan says on page 92 of this well researched and written work, “This era doesn’t call for better management. It calls for a renaissance of self-direction.” My Client Ric, like me, is a fan [...]

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For Your Confidence #10

Posted in For Your Confidence, tagged , , , on February 18, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Purpose blows across the chords of voice amplifying your unique place in the larger story. It is a beautiful mystery to me: Does purpose develop around us as we grow and mature, or was purpose seeded in us from the beginning? As I reflect on my own journey with purpose, I choose to embrace the latter. [...]

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For Your Confidence #9

Posted in For Your Confidence, tagged , on February 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

I think I am overdue for a wade in the stream. In order to be the best for others, I need my time in both the metaphorical and literal stream. Fortunately for me, a literal wade sets me up for a refreshing metaphorical one. (I am in a metaphorical wade as I write this. The [...]

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The Trail Presents Itself

Posted in For Your Confidence, tagged , on February 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

When you know who you are along the way, the trail will clear before you.

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Book Learning #10

Posted in Book Learning, tagged , , on February 9, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Turning 55 has been a bit of a challenge. Mostly because I have generally struggled more with the mid-decade mile posts … don’t know why. But something sparked on that birthday – and it is hard to explain. But it is something I’ve learned in this year of writing a book. Editing I am no [...]

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Book Learning #9

Posted in Book Learning, tagged , on February 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

I completed chapters two through seven as planned. On the very last day of the deadline I had set for myself, I wrote the last section of chapter seven. Now it was time for the last chapter – chapter one. I took a couple of days to outline chapter one. Once completing this outline, I sat [...]

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For Your Confidence #8

Posted in For Your Confidence, tagged , , , on February 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Your purpose is your impact. To be you – this can be a challenge in this 21st Century. It can be difficult to make choices in light of who we are when the rush of activity and the noise of information keeps our attention focused on so many things of little significance. Purpose lives and breathes [...]

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