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Resuscitate your interpersonal acumen in the digtal age

Aug 3, 2014 | Coaching, Communication, Digital Communication, Effective meetings, Interpersonal Skills, Personal Development | 0

Over this past weekend, visiting with family friends, I noticed my friend David’s 10-year old son, Carter, immersed in his iPad during the entire afternoon’s get-together. Carter sat in the living room surrounded by guests but in his own separate world playing games on his device, never really interacting with the group. In an attempt to engage him, I presented him with a good-natured challenge – for every thirty minutes he did not engage with his technology, I’d give him a dollar. Excited to earn some money, Carter took the challenge and by the end of the afternoon, devoid of the temptation of technology, he was interacting with guests, played outside with friends and even managed to do some homework. He earned five dollars and remarked that it was “more fun than I thought it would be.”

Vision Engagement: Transformative communication that puts everyone on the same page

Jul 15, 2014 | business strategy, Communication, Employee Engagement, Leadership, Vision Engagement | 0

Every organization goes through change that needs to be communicated in a comprehensive, congruent manner. Perhaps yours is

* Emerging from a merger or acquisition
* Recovering from a crisis
* Preparing to enter a new market or re-branding

Whatever the change, it is essential not only to manage the immediate logistics and requirements inherent in that change, but to also bring your employees and the organizational culture along with you.

Leadership is a contact sport

Jun 25, 2014 | business strategy, Career Development, Coaching, Communication | 0

CEO Coach, Marshall Goldsmith, recently blogged about his new model for leadership development that involves 8 steps outlined in more detail at http://tinyurl.com/ko9dbhk.

I always appreciate his practical ideas that can have powerfully results. Here are the eight steps:

Are your employees engaged at work?

May 31, 2014 | Career Development, Coaching, Communication, Employee Engagement, Uncategorized | 0

In Sunday’s NY Times there was a featured article called Why You Hate Work

By TONY SCHWARTZ and CHRISTINE PORATH

MAY 30, 2014

Here are some highlights:

Something to Ponder by George Carlin

May 29, 2014 | Communication, Personal Development | 0

A colleague shared this great piece written by George Carlin which reminded me how brilliant he was and such a keen observer of the human condition. Enjoy.

George Carlin’s wife died early in 2008 and George followed her, dying in July 2008. It is ironic George Carlin – comedian of the 70’s and 80’s – could write something so very eloquent and so very appropriate. An observation by George Carlin:

The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider Freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness.