28th February
2010
"(Howard) Hughes never learned how to convert his knowledge to
practical application. Instead he sought a perfection that
assured failure." - From Empire: The Life, Legend and Madness of
Howard Hughes by Donald L. Bartlett & James B. Steel
How many times have you heard someone (it may have been you)
proclaim or complain that he/she is a perfectionist? You may
have noticed that going for perfection is a fool's game. You
simply cannot win when you set perfection as your standard.
There may be ...Read the rest of this entry »
Business
27th February
2010
Understanding Your Importance To Your Corporate Team
Fostering teamwork is a top priority for many leaders,
according to Suzanne Willis Zoglio, Ph.D., the author of Teams
At Work: 7 Keys to Success, The Participative Leader. There are
obvious benefits: increased productivity, improved customer
service, more flexible systems and employee empowerment.
A team is a group of people working towards a common goal.
Generally, the objectives that a team sets out to accomplish
can't be effectively ...Read the rest of this entry »
Business
26th February
2010
Education
26th February
2010
What Makes A Good Executive Coach by Alton Byrd Copyright (c)
2003 Clear Focus Coaching
1. High Level Business Experience--
For a coaching relationship to work, the coach and executive or
entrepreneur must be peers. To be able to provide appropriate
guidance, the coach should have not only worked in the corporate
world but also have had senior level positions.
2. Interpersonal Skills--
The coach must be able to handle all sorts of complex and touchy
interpersonal dynamics and be capable of ...Read the rest of this entry »
Business
25th February
2010
You can either choose to dwell on what happened and get stuck in
the past or you can choose to start using your energy to build
your future. Either choice is okay. But ask yourself which
choice is the most empowering? Should you choose to start to
create your future here are some tips that can ease the process.
1. See yourself in the future. Ask yourself: "How will I look at
this circumstance six months from now? A year from now? Then,
"how much will I (or anyone else) really care?" Know that ...Read the rest of this entry »
Business
25th February
2010
Marketing
24th February
2010
If you are a database developer and have faced corruption issues with Access database, you are probably aware that constant designing and testing of code as well as objects can cause damage to the database. Of course, you may have taken some basic steps such as regularly backing up your data. You may have even attempted to repair your database by using the 'Compact and Repair' utility. If your database is not seriously corrupted, then this utility may actually manage to restore most of your ...
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Computers
24th February
2010
There is a WHOLE lot of talk these days about Corporate Team
Building. There are many, many options: vacation packages, rope
courses, on-going office games, ice-breakers, etc. Management
can also purchase videos, books, and seminar packages to assist
them in building up their organization into a team worthy of
belonging. A little later I will give you some ideas of where
you can go for information on these team building tools.
How about some free advice to start you off? Some of ...Read the rest of this entry »
Business
23rd February
2010
Updating my will has been on my mind for quite some time now.
Life circumstances change, kids grow-up, financial situations
changes. I procrastinated for a very long time about this will.
Now that it is, I feel very satisfied and pleased. There is
peace in that corner of my mind that nagged and nagged about it
for so long. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to realize
that people, myself included, avoid making out wills because
they don't want to confront their own mortality or have to ...Read the rest of this entry »
Self Improvement
22nd February
2010
Self Improvement
22nd February
2010
With the economy bordering on a recession, every company is
looking for ways to increase revenues while decreasing costs.
Some companies believe one of the easiest ways to do this is to
cut their employee training budget. However, businesses
interested in long-term viability recognize that to be
successful they must continually develop their people,
especially their leaders.
According to recent research by the American Society of Training
and Development companies with regular employee ...Read the rest of this entry »
Business
21st February
2010
Almost all the blue chip companies have a provision for executive coaching for their employee at almost all levels. It is proven that objective-driven one-on-one interaction between the coach and the employee in the right circumstances can help the employees gain the professional focus that no other form of organizational support can ever achieve. In the initial stages when this form of life coaching was introduces, it was used mainly as a means to correct underperformance in a few employees. ...Read the rest of this entry »
Self Improvement
20th February
2010
The biggest crime in small businesses today goes unnoticed by
most outsiders. It is not reported in the media. There are no
police reports filed and companies do not even mention it on
their websites. People don't talk about it on the street and
employees often overlook it. Even though this crime is rampant
among small businesses, it's presence is so subtle that many
business owners fail to recognize when it is happening!
Unfortunately, this crime is the same one that is most likely to
kill a ...Read the rest of this entry »
Business
19th February
2010
Art and Entertainment
19th February
2010
How does one become a better corporate leader? This is a question that's dogged many a CEO or President. Finding the answer to this question is critical not only to the success of the company they lead, but also to their career. Many people assume that once someone reaches the position of CEO, they've reached the pinnacle of their career, but I can guarantee you that most in this position will strongly disagree. There is a hierarchy of companies and industries, with a huge variation in ...Read the rest of this entry »
Business
18th February
2010
Art and Entertainment
18th February
2010
Positive Affirmations are things we say to ourselves that build
us up and make us strong. They empower us to take chances and to
be our best. Thoughts run through our mind thousands of times a
day and are often negative. Making positive affirmations a daily
practice gives you a powerful tool to strengthen your inner
foundation and follow your bliss.
1. Get over feeling funny. Doing something new takes practice
and because it is unfamiliar it might feel funny at first. Get
over it. So often, it ...Read the rest of this entry »
Business
17th February
2010
I was recently talking with one of my entrepreneur friends. He
has started three businesses in the last several years'a budding
entrepreneur. He was relating some of the joys he has
experienced in those enterprises: a sense of freedom from the
corporate world, pursuing his dreams and passions, setting his
own schedule, controlling his destiny and a large potential for
financial rewards.
However, he did mention a few downsides: little to no outside
accountability, lack of consistent capital, ...Read the rest of this entry »
Business
17th February
2010
Self Improvement
16th February
2010
Every entrepreneur can make more money by giving something away
for FREE. It is something that you don't have to create, you
don't have to buy, and something you already have. It's your
expert knowledge. If you are an entrepreneur or business owner,
you have expert knowledge about something. It may be your
product, your service or industry, but you can use this expert
knowledge to attract people and turn them into paying customers.
Expert knowledge is one of the most cost-effective tools you ...Read the rest of this entry »
Business
16th February
2010
Sports and Fitness
15th February
2010
© 2003
From the dawn of publicly held corporations, CEOs and
upper-management executives have been placed on a pedestal. Too
high to touch, too strong to falter, too knowledgeable to need
help. Unfortunately, this stereotype perpetuated for far too
many years to count, leaving many CEOs and executives at a
disadvantage. However, the public recognition of executive
coaching several years ago has taken a sledgehammer to the base
of that pedestal, and has broken ground on a new era of ...Read the rest of this entry »
Business
14th February
2010
Self Improvement
14th February
2010
Recently I saw an advertisement for a time management booklet:
"Shorter deadlines, competing priorities, endless meetings,
interruptions and even higher quality expectations are just some
of today's time challenges. And yet the number of hours in the
day remains the same."
As entrepreneurs we all struggle sometimes with managing our
time effectively. I once heard an entrepreneur say that of the
people he knows, his entrepreneur friends are the worst people
when it comes to managing their time ...Read the rest of this entry »
Business
13th February
2010
Education
13th February
2010
"There is a certain combination of desire and discipline in the
way I work. Discipline by itself simply is not enough in the
creative process." - Robert De Niro
Many of us think of discipline as a highly positive
characteristic. When we fail to keep our resolve to take the
actions that lead to success, we point to our lack of discipline
with regret and disappointment.
Human beings really like the focus and structure of imposing
discipline on themselves to achieve specific outcomes. ...Read the rest of this entry »
Business
12th February
2010
Just for fun and yet with some real insights to how a coach
works, this list is an indication of culture and style. It will
vary. From coach to client; to the relationship between them.
None of these are wrong as such, though some might be decidedly
odd in any context...
When coaching, it's all about the client, be that as a
professional coach, or a line manager/business owner using
coaching skills in their own business, with their own people.
But it's so easy sometimes to turn the tables and ...Read the rest of this entry »
Business
11th February
2010
"Nothing is more practical than for people to deepen themselves.
The more you understand the human condition the more effective
you are as a businessperson. Human depth makes business sense."
- From Leadership: The Inner Side of Greatness by Peter
Koestenbaum
A philosopher, a behind the scenes sage for CEOs at some of the
world's largest companies, Peter Koestenbaum poses the truly big
questions. How do we act when the risks seem overwhelming? What
does it mean to be a successful human ...Read the rest of this entry »
Business
11th February
2010
Self Improvement
10th February
2010
BLOCKQUOTE>The higher you climb the ladder in this
organization, the less chance you have of getting feedback about
your performance. The working rule of thumb is 'the farther up
you go, the stranger things get,' especially in the way you are
reviewed and rewarded. We seem to have time for everything else,
but not time to give our top people the kind of reviews they
need to help them develop. -Executive level
controller Why We Need Executive
Coaching
Today, executives by the nature of their ...Read the rest of this entry »
Business
9th February
2010
Often while talking to people about my coaching practice
(http://www.allymoll.com) I get asked what the difference is
between a coach and a consultant. Many people believe they are
either the same thing or very similar. This is untrue. There are
many distinct differences between someone who coaches and
someone who consults.
First lets start with a definition of both.
Coaching is an interactive relationship with an individual or
team that inspires people to identify and accomplish ...Read the rest of this entry »
Business
9th February
2010
Can success in business be credited to only one person in a
corporation? Or does everybody in a corporation hold a place of
importance to the corporate success?
As an example, let us examine a hospital set-up. Who is more
important - a doctor? or a janitor? Majority would perhaps
respond that it is the doctor. Granting for example that the
doctor is the only employee of a hospital, who will take a
follow-up care of his patients if there are no nurses?
Will a doctor be able to survive without ...Read the rest of this entry »
Business
9th February
2010
Corporate Coach Hire - A guide to choosing a company for
executive travel.
Among business it is becoming more necessary to transport staff
and clients between points of business for meetings and
exhibitions. Today we are looking at the benefits of cor
porate coach hire. As flight prices are reduced it looks to
be the cheapest option to resort to airline companies as the
cheapest option for luxury travel. Many advertisements offer
reduced flight packages from major airports that can ...Read the rest of this entry »
Business