Great People Works

In chemistry, concentration refers to how much of one substance is mixed with another substance, which is a useful concept to use when thinking about improving your powers of concentration. In order to improve your ability to concentrate you must reduce the mix of substances or things you are thinking about in order to increase focus on a single thing.

Give Praise  by mentioning what they did and why you like it. Mention the personal characteristic of their behavior and the long-term positive impact it has created.

David Campbell wrote a book I read twenty years ago called "If You Don't Know Where You Are Going, You Will Probably End Up Somewhere Else.  Many of us travel through life with few if any specific goals and tend to believe that either a higher power is in control of our destiny, somehow our dreams will come true or that it is all just a throw of the dice anyway.

It is no surprise that there are people in this world who have the talent and desire to succeed but continually hold themselves back. Recently, I met someone with amazing talent, an actress, who had given up a rising career in order to have a family.

Anyone returning from the military or the Peace Corps, from Missionary work or an overseas work assignment or getting out of prison probably needs help with reintegration into society. While they may be immensely popular at cocktail parties, on the lecture circuit, or just visiting over a beer sharing stories about their experiences with the rest of us, that only goes so far. Getting back into a life stateside may require a great deal of change for many people and new challenges which altogether create an enormous amount of stress on an individual. Think of it this way.

Whether you are trying to help others visualize company goals or your own personal goals, it helps to develop a picture of how things will look after you achieve your goal or to pictoriialize your goals.  It is also a fun exercise and can even be an exciting company competition if you pick the top 10% of entries or even display alll of them to reaffirm that you are all part of the team.

Personal initiative is the idea of acting on one's own initiative to take the first action or the first step. This simple concept can have a wide variety of applications and generally is seen by others as a sign of leadership, as an admirable trait and something which often results in having people follow you. How well do you remember being the first person to apologize, the first person to recognize others positive behavior and comment on it, the first person to seek a peaceful solution to conflict, the first person to offer help, the first person to say I love you.

Why Life Coaching?

Avoiding Bad Hiring Decisions - Successfully hiring great people consistently is more science married to quality improvement than most companies realize but modern Behavioral Assessments makes it easy.  While employee turnover costs are often considered and recognized to be a problem in many businesses it amazes me that people continue to make bad hiring decisions but expect different results. They fail to recognize the obvious and the not so obvious costs of high employee turnover and the impact it has on other employees, customers and results.

Make sure you follow-up on all referrals you receive as promptly as you can and as professionally as you can and let the person who gave you the referral know about it. It doesn't do you much good to network and ask referral if you blow them off when you get them or fail to follow-up with the referring source.

Hear are some standards you might consider: