emPOWER Magazine recently published an article of mine on Conflict Dyanmics. You can read this through their free online version of the mag!

To read the article and the rest of the magazine, click here.

Coaching Exercises

1.  What have you gained from this article?

2.  How might you use this information in some meaningful way within the next 24-48 hours?

Here's another great piece from James Adonis on Involvement and Contribution. In particular, you'll find the information about the seven intelleigneces to be quite useful. A great read!

Did you know extensive research indicates that every hour of TV you watch cuts approximately 22 minutes from your lifespan?  That was the finding from a study of 11,000 adults released last year by the University of Queensland.  The professors discovered that excessive television is just as bad as smoking and obesity, and sometimes worse.

The Australian and New Zealand Institute of Coaching has awarded Incredible Awareness with the Coaching Product of the Year 2011 Award for The Wheels of Life!

I just heard about this new software to create vision boards. I haven't tested it myself, but I thought you might like to know about it and do your own trial if you're interested.

Here's the link to their website to explore this new software yourself.

Coaching Exercises

1.  What do you think of the topic of this tool?

2.  How do you currently use vision boards?  How might you use this tool for yourself and/or with clients or others?

My friend and colleague, Michael Licenblat, wrote this great blog entry recently on overthinking. Definitely worth a read!

There is an old saying that ‘If a job’s worth doing – it’s worth doing right’. The meticulous attention to detail and accuracy of results applies very well to customer service, meeting budgets and general compliance. When it comes to confronting an unhappy client, presenting a profit loss to a manager, or making cold calls, that excess ‘thinking’ often gets in the way of doing the work.

I've just received a promotion from Gallup (a highly trusted source!) about Tom Rieger's new book Breaking the Fear Barrier

A company's worst enemy is not always the competition.  Sometimes it's the fear that lives within its own walls.

So says Breaking the Fear Barrier: How Fear Destroys Companies From the Inside OUt and What to Do About It, the latest book from Gallup Press.

My dear friend and colleague, Claire Stretch, was recently interviewed on one of the Australian news programmes on depression, which she has posted on her website with regular blogs on depression and addiction.

Check out Claire's blog and also watch the short video.

Access the blog here.

Coaching Exercises

1.  What do you think of this video?

2.  Who can you be speaking with about their feelings and experiences?

If you are a subsciber to McKinsey Quarterly, you'll be able to access this great article on how top executives can get feedback from unlikely places. If you're not a subsciber, you can easily sign up.

Here's a snapshot of the article and the link to access follows:

As executives become more senior, they are less likely to receive constructive performance and strategic feedback.  They can get it by calling on their junior colleagues.

Here's another great piece from James Adonis on empowerment (being allowed to make decisions for oneself) and decision fatigue which can get in the way of empowerment be demonstrated well. A great read!

If you ever find yourself in prison, here’s a handy tip: when you’re up for a parole hearing, make sure your lawyer schedules it for early in the morning.

Here's another great piece from James Adonis on workplace enthusiasm and an interesting correlation with toxins. A great read!

Most people think alcohol, tobacco, and caffeine are the main toxins with which we poison our body.  But there’s more that we ingest – sometimes accidentally – that causes harm to our physical form.  The pesticide residue on our fruit and vegetables is one; the chemicals found in processed foods is another; and the pollution we inhale on a busy street is one more.