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Maximizing Impact, Minimizing Costs: A Strategic Approach to Coaching in Resource-Constrained Government Institutions

International Coach Academy

The public sector has traditionally been perceived as resistant and inhospitable to innovation and change (Borins, 2001). Consequently, ensuring the financial feasibility of programs is essential for overcoming obstacles, enabling smoother implementation without exacerbating existing budgetary challenges. Purvanova, R. Towler, A.

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The SEED Growth System Coaching Model

International Coach Academy

Robert Frost 1874 – 1963 1 The SEED Growth System Coaching Model How Love burns through the Putting in the Seed– Robert Frost 1 SEED …a visual metaphor of the creative potential for growth and fruitfulness that resides in people, whether acting individually or as co-collaborators in pursuit of shared value and common good.

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How to Unlock Your Creativity with Visual Thinking

Lateral Action

After a terrorist attack destroyed New York’s World Trade Center and left lower Manhattan a shambles on September 11, 2001, utility company Con Edison faced a herculean task: rebuilding the utility infrastructure of this densely-packed urban area.

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Character Strength-Based Leadership Coaching

International Coach Academy

Because of the deep-seated negative bias and consistent research that the bad is stronger than the good (Baumeister, 2001), teaching clients to look for strengths and reframe their struggles is a significant paradigm shift. Many resources list the top 5/7/10/15, etc., essential qualities or personality traits a good leader should possess.

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9 Amazing Ways To Celebrate National Pizza Day At Work

Vantage Circle

Even so, for those searching for ways to celebrate the day at work, here are a few ideas to get your creative juices flowing. The Russian Space Agency was paid almost a million dollars in 2001 to deliver a six-inch pizza to the International Space Station. Be creative since you might receive a lot of shares!

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True Lies about the Gig Economy Part 2

Your Work, Your Way

Bloggers, journalists, book authors, and economists are finally paying close attention to the trend that Daniel Pink identified two decades ago in his 2001 book Free Agent Nation. Don’t forget that creatives have always been gig workers. My Google alert for the Gig Economy brings dozens of articles into my inbox every day.

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Personal Highlights of the '00s

Creative Think

I patented it, went to China to manufacture it, and created a company (with Stuart Kaplan, Creative Whack ) to market and distribute it. Continued to do my Creative Think seminars for business, but at a much saner pace than the 80s and 90s. Turned the Creative Whack Pack card deck into an iPhone app (with Phil Dhingra).