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To Lead is to Transform
Small Business Trends Radio Interview With Aviv Shahar
Anita Campbell and Small Business Trends Radio interviewed Aviv about The Peak Productivity Zone – The Most Important 120 Minutes of Your Day. Aviv shares critical strategies to help you create your Peak Productivity Zone and realize your business and entrepreneurial potential. Click here to listen to Aviv’s full interview on Small Business Trends Radio (Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the...
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The Next Frontier For Leadership Development – The Vitruvian Insight
Most of the currently available training methods in businesses are accented on brain learning. This is evident in the rampant usage of four-quadrant frameworks. There are dozens of strategies based on the four quadrants, the ‘important/urgent’ being one of the most popularized. Many of these are useful but are limited because they miss the insight communicated by The Vitruvian Man drawn by Leonaro da Vinci....
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Coaching In The Crucible Of Change & The Chrysalis Moment
“I feel stuck,” Maria said. “I know I need to re-invent and renew myself but I don’t know how. It’s as though I do not have energy to move forward, to create a new next step. I feel like I’m walking under water. It’s heavy and it’s not clear.” As a CEO Coach I am often called to address phases in the client’s life where...
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Coaching Trends & Challenges
The world is changing, are you changing with it? I sense more worry, anxiety and stress from executives in recent coaching sessions. There are more challenges. Some speak of relational explosions and difficulty in staying clear and focused; some speak of reactionary response from managers, employees and clients. Most struggle to stay focused and productive. It’s as though the scenery is changing and with it...
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Are You Coachable?
Are you coachable? Are you coachable with the most important people in your life? I prefer picking up the phone when I am in my best energy zone. I want to give the people in my life the best I can offer. Last week I called Edan, our son, as I walked into the house from six hours on the road. I was tired and...
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Coaching Champions
Michael Jordan, Lance Armstrong and Michael Phelps all had great coaches, what about yours? Running your business and multi tasked life can often be as testing as NBA matches, Tour De France stages or Olympic meets. To succeed you need to be focused, disciplined and strategic. You need a great team and you need to continue moving forward. None of these stars would dream of...
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CEO Coaching – Managing For Results
As a CEO, an executive and a leader, you must realize that the three most precious assets you have are your time, your energy, and your focus. You must direct these to what matters most for the success of your business. It’s time for “back to basics” management. To lead you must be transformational. Participation is not leadership. Make output and results the focal point....
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The ATP Power
Beware Of Despair – A Coaching Brief The true meaning of despair is separation from purpose—the sense that you are unable to realize your mission – that there is no way for you to engage in your life affirming purpose. Two roads cross the juncture of despair. One leads into fatigue, depression and apathy; the other leads to awakening and renewal. The first diminishes the...
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The Subtle Work Of A Transformational Coach
What is the subtle, at times invisible work of a transformational coach and consultant? 1. To learn from the client (the team) about their talent and potential. Especially to learn about the potential that the client is unaware of or is unable to access. 2. To hold for the client their best strengths. 3. To bring fresh perspective, a new question and a new way...
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Great Coaching Is Asking Great Questions
“Great coaching is asking great questions,” I said to Carol. Carol did not hesitate but immediately replied with a good question: “How do you learn to ask good questions?” Here is my reply to Carol: 1. Get interested. Really interested. 2. Write down the questions. Don’t just hold them in your thoughts; frame them in writing. 3. Start a little book of questions, to capture...
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