Too many people grind through life, vacillating from procrastination to recalcitrance. Too many people surrender to the corrupting belief that they are powerless and choose to live in resignation of the opportunity and the charge of being co-creators of their world. In this KEY, I’d like to share with you Seven Springboards that can help you reboot and find your next opportunities.  Read the KEY here. Listen to the Seven Springboards podcast below:

© Aviv Shahar

Aviv Shahar :: Sep.01.2010 :: The Key :: No Comments »

Why do some ideas and intentions get realized while others do not? Why do specific communications deliver results and other communications get stalled half way?

As a leader, you are in the business of getting results. Leadership is about facing the world as it is and opening a way forward to create and realize what is yet to be. This KEY explores the heart of the leadership challenge—transforming ideas into actuality. Read the KEY here.
Listen to the KEY here:

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Aviv Shahar :: Aug.02.2010 :: The Key :: No Comments »

You are a leader not because of your title. You are a leader because you help the people you work with. To thrive as a leader you have to do and be four things. You have to be: Informational, Motivational, Inspirational and Transformational.

Read the KEY here.
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© Aviv Shahar

Aviv Shahar :: Jul.01.2010 :: The Key :: 1 Comment »

In a recent KEY we shared with you the first five commandments to Thriving in times of uncertainty. This month we bring you the second set of five commandments to help you turn the New Normal into a radical opportunity for growth and development.

The financial recovery is uneven and uncertain. Encouraging signs are mixed with nervous doubts and fear. Will the DOW test the recent low or will it hyper-inflate? How do you thrive during unpredictable and tumultuous time?

The first five practices we focused on in Part One included:

1. Take care of # 1
2. Focus on your C-Field
3. Lead in your I-Field
4. Work on the main thing
5. Create overwhelming value

Discover here the second set of five practices and commandments.

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Aviv Shahar :: Jun.01.2010 :: The Key :: No Comments »

I am writing this Key flying at 36,000 feet, just north of Iceland. After trying for five days to escape Europe with numerous flight cancellations, I am finally heading home to Seattle. What an adventurous journey!

The Air Force brief is, “It’s the one you don’t see that will shoot you down.” The Black Swan message is, “Beware of the trap of preparing for the last swan (crisis) you saw. The next one will be different. Unexpected.” That’s why it’s called a Black Swan.

Read here what I have I learned on this trip.

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Aviv Shahar :: Apr.30.2010 :: Podcasts, The Key :: 2 Comments »

Struggle is the tension between where you are now and where you desire to be. If you experience this tension, it means you are alive. Many of the managers I coach and interact with are experiencing struggle at this time. To make the most out of your challenges and opportunities you need to engage 10 thriving practices. This KEY will help you thrive in the New Normal. Discover the KEY and the first five practices here.
Listen to the Podcast of the KEY here.

© Aviv Shahar

Aviv Shahar :: Apr.01.2010 :: Podcasts, The Key :: 1 Comment »

Don was a brilliant executive. He was analytical, disciplined and focused, and he rallied his team to achieve great results. In Don’s mind, his fantastic and steady achievements were supposed to lead directly to the corner office…

This KEY is about the crisis at the top. It is also a hopeful message because the beauty of life is that you can make a course correction. Perhaps you know someone who is going through a similar crisis. Perhaps you can help. Read more here.
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Aviv Shahar :: Mar.01.2010 :: The Key :: No Comments »

Learning coaching techniques, frameworks and methodologies will make you a better and more versatile leader. As a leader-coach you can bring a wider range of tools to the coaching engagement. But there is an essential capacity and quality you see in truly exceptional coaches that no coaching school will teach you and no institution can give you. Discover this essential quality and unleash your power to apply this capacity with the KEY.

© Aviv Shahar

Aviv Shahar :: Feb.02.2010 :: The Key :: No Comments »

In this KEY I share with you my “This Is Your Decade” letter to Edan Shahar. I hope it inspires you to share your thoughts and feelings with your sons and daughters, or with other young people in your circle.  Edan edits the KEY letters and he continues to challenge me to clarify and simplify my message.

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Dear Edan,

This is your decade. You are 22 and the world is before you.  You have grown up and become a nice young man. You make us proud. Your care and maturity, curiosity and drive, leadership and sensitivity, intellect, initiative and social skills are some of your assets. You have many other gifts, some of which you know. Some you will discover in the future. Setbacks and challenges will be part of the journey. It’s what you make of them and how you turn them into growth and development opportunities that will define your path.

Discover The Most Difficult Thing in This World, My 10 Learning Messages and read the full letter here.

© Aviv Shahar

Aviv Shahar :: Jan.01.2010 :: The Key :: No Comments »

As this year comes to a close and a new year and decade begin, we wish you all the good things you worked for and wish for yourself. Living is the greatest gift there is. There is no owner manual. You write your own as you proceed. We wish for you that the next chapter you write is as adventurous and fulfilling as you hope it will be.

I consider myself one of the luckiest people in the world. There are many things that deserve and have my gratitude. In particular, in this season of giving thanks, five things that I am grateful for are:

1. My family. They allow me to be the person I am and give me meaning and purpose.
2. My clients. They give me opportunity and trust me in our collaborations.
3. My community of friends. They help me grow and enrich my life with significance.
4. My teachers. They remind me I’ve only just begun and challenge me to new developments.
5. Acts of kindness. They make life possible. I was helped by a million acts of kindness, by many people on many occasions, many of whom were strangers. Some helped my next step. Some opened a door that was locked. Some brought comfort. Some rescued me when I was at the end of my rope. Some have literally saved my life. I am here today because of a million acts of kindness. Thank you.
   

Read the Key Here.

© Aviv Shahar

Aviv Shahar :: Dec.01.2009 :: Blessings, The Key :: 1 Comment »