Coaching is the process of making people think. If you understand how thinking works, you will apply your skills more effectively. How many of you believe you have a memory problem? Well, you are wrong. No-one has a memory problem. What you experience is a recall problem. Consider memory as storing information and recall …
He knows me. She gets me. He cares. She’s real. These comments represent the best compliment leaders, or anyone, can get. They demonstrate why people choose to trust you. With trust, they are more motivated to do well on team goals in addition to their own aspirations. The best way to earn these compliments is …
When you are coaching your people to get them thinking about solving their problems, you are helping them to create new neural pathways. Your brain and all it contains is matter. Einstein proved matter cannot be created or destroyed. So if all the thoughts and ideas in your brain are just matter, how can you …
Your brain is a neural network. Billions of neurons connected in different pathways. Any piece of information in your brain, any thought, idea, emotion, is represented by a particular grouping of neurons. The neurons are reusable and can be connected to many pathways, so this gives us an effectively unlimited data storage capacity. Imagine a …
Do you feel burdened at work, or like you’re doing more than your share? You may be over-functioning. Taking more responsibility than is reasonable or realistic is sign of over-functioning. If you’re a leader or a hard worker and your tendency is to jump in and do the job, even when it isn’t yours, and you …