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Monthly Archives: June 2010

Essential Coaching Skills for Managers #4: Real active listening

The Essential Coaching Skills series is first posted on the excellent Make Work Meaningful blog. The Essential Coaching Skills series continues here every Wednesday. Hear that? As managers, we’ve all been taught the importance of active listening. I don’t mean … Continue reading

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The genius of the Jane Hotel

I’m in New York and slowly melting, it’s so hot and humid. One of my refuges is my hotel room, and I’ve shot this short video to show you why I’m enjoying the experience here so much.

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Essential Coaching Skills for Managers #3: 7 Core Coaching Questions (1)

The Essential Coaching Skills series is first posted on the excellent Make Work Meaningful blog. The Essential Coaching Skills series continues here every Wednesday. The seven questions that count In this Essential Coaching Skills tip, we are going to look … Continue reading

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“If you can’t stand solitude, perhaps others find you boring as well” (Great Work quote)

If you can’t stand solitude, perhaps others find you boring as well. ~ Mark Twain For me at least, the evidence is getting increasingly hard to avoid: meditation is a powerful leadership tool. Tony Schwartz, Eric Klein, Kevin Cashman and … Continue reading

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9 Quotes That Make The Difference

I’ve been collecting quotes for, oh I don’t know, forever. I guess I’m inclined to the aphorism. Give me Emily Dickinson over Tennyson, give me a haiku over an epic. One of my first entrepreneurial ideas – this would be … Continue reading

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