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Be A Great Change Leader. Establish a Plan.

August 30, 2018 by Diana Leave a Comment

Change, Leader, Plan, Involvement, Early, Lead, Manage, Pillars, Employees, People, Staff, Engagement, Vision, Encouragement, Investment, Resources, Experts, Strengths, Strengths Based Leadership, StrengthsFinder, Leadership Coach

I’ve observed that the most successful change agents involve their people early in the strategic process. Their knowledge and expertise are valuable in creating the plan and early involvement builds buy-in to the process. Your people want to be a part of a successful endeavor whenever that is possible. It’s a feel-good experience all around […]

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Perspective Is Everything When We Fear Failure

June 6, 2018 by Diana Leave a Comment

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In our culture failure has been given a negative stigma. Instead, we should embrace failure as something to strive for when leading to the edge of our capacity and to be our best selves. Adam Grant, author of Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World  said: “Throughout history, the great originals have been the ones who failed […]

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Receiving Feedback Is Hard

March 12, 2018 by Diana Leave a Comment

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The ability to put feedback into perspective is a gift. Today, during a coaching conversation, a client shared a big AHA moment they experienced after becoming frustrated that the service person was not understanding and not addressing their concerns about a system being installed in their home. It wasn’t until later that evening that the […]

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The Resistance to Receiving Feedback

March 7, 2018 by Diana Leave a Comment

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Continuing our focus on ‘The Gift of Giving & Receiving Feedback’ this week, I reflect on some of my more painful growth edges—when I’ve truly taken to heart difficult feedback. Enabling me to sit with and grow from the feedback is my trust in the intentions of those providing me with the feedback, and knowing […]

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