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How To Move a Team From Forming to High Performing in < 48 Hours

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I served as executive communications consultant, providing them with skills on presentation skills and packaging a compelling story, and then visited their case rooms up until the late night pancake “breakfast” critiquing their rehearsal and helping them fine-tune. They cut through the B.S.

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The Importance of Applauding Yourself

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Even if you don’t necessarily know at present how you will accomplish them. Usually people make big parties, receptions and celebrations when they accomplish great steps, but you know what– you do not have to celebrate these great victories!

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Leadership Support: How Do I Get More Executive Attention?

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And, they’ve got more to accomplish in any given day than they could ever pull off. We have an End of Year Meeting in December, do you think you could come back again then so we can share what we’ve accomplished? Presenting to Executives: How to Have More Confidence. Ask for exactly what you need.

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Creating Transformation Through Positive Psychology

International Coach Academy

In Seligman’s early studies, he found that lab animals (dogs) who were exposed to electric shock without an avenue of escape would remain in their enclosure even after an exit was presented. The revised goal is to “increase flourishing by increasing positive emotion, engagement, meaning, positive relationships, and accomplishment—PERMA.”

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True Gratitude – More Than Pleasantries or Recognition

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an executive hears a presentation and immediately responds with questions, concerns, critiques and challenges, without a pause to consider the depth and breadth of work entailed, the long hours, and the creative thinking. I am so grateful for what you’ve accomplished here.” True gratitude involves a deeper pause of thanksgiving.

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37 Questions to Ask Yourself When Your Team Lacks Energy

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Does my team truly understand what we’re trying to accomplish and why? Do I give them opportunities to present to my boss? Who needs more support? Have I ensured they have adequate tools and resources to be effective? Am I CONNECTING with them? Do we have times that we talk about things other than work? Am INCLUDING them?

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Finding Flow – Pursuing the Worthwhile Moments

International Coach Academy

As he writes, The best moments in our lives are not the passive, receptive, relaxing times… The best moments usually occur when a person’s body or mind is stretched to its limits in a voluntary effort to accomplish something difficult and worthwhile. Optimal experience is thus something we make happen. Csikszentmihalyi, 1990).