What Got You Here Won’t Get You There

May 1, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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In this quick but powerful video, world-renowned business thought-leader and executive coach Dr. Marshall Goldsmith reveals an important truth about change in business. Use it in both your own coaching practice and to help your clients. Don't assume the behavior that got you to your present level is going to get you to the next level. Are you ready to change your behavior? Tell me which behavior you will change to take you to the next level in the comments below. Join Marshall and … [Read more...]

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Is Optimism Contagious?

March 14, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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This guest post is by Dr. Marshall Goldsmith of Leading News. In the past I've talked about the value of optimism in life and at work, how the two intersect, and different challenges that crop up to sway even the most confident and consistent optimists. I examined a high-ranking executive who’d had some setbacks, but was able to get over them, excel further than another, shall we say, crabbier personality, and create significant value for his organization and workforce. What’s … [Read more...]

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Recognize The Pain Time Line

February 18, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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Pain perception is about how appraisal triggers arousal (emotional response) in your body. Deepak Chopra explains that cognitive appraisal in the brain arouses only two impulses—pain or pleasure. We all want to avoid pain and experience pleasure.  Therefore, all the complicated emotional states we find ourselves in are because we are unable to obey these basic drives. [1] Pleasure seems to be managed well by most people and is a non-problem status. Pain though is any unpleasant sensory … [Read more...]

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How Do You Deal With Your Emotions?

February 17, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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Emotions are bodily signals that alert you to changes in your internal or external environment. Emotions are feelings with thoughts attached to them. Your interpretation or appraisal of your feeling in your body gives rise to an emotion. This is what I describe as EAR—Identity: Event—Appraisal—Response. Each event in your life is appraised in the GAP between event and response. Positive appraisals are a non-problem status—Emotion is regarded as "normal". Negative interpretations … [Read more...]

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If Life Coaching is the Answer, What is The Question?

February 12, 2013 by Leave a Comment

By Suzanne James  - Life Coach The question I hear most often is, 'Why does coaching work? I don't get it. It is too simple.' I hear this from clients, and people who are new to coaching. It seems that nothing happens except a bit of journaling and brainstorming in many sessions. It doesn't look like the coach invests a lot of effort, but the results are measurable, and there is ample evidence to support the successful approaches to coaching. This article is designed to help people … [Read more...]

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Building Leadership For Health

February 12, 2013 by 3 Comments

Dr. Peter Salovey, Yale University Provost, speaks at the 2010 Global Health Leadership Institute (GHLI) Conference, Building Leadership for Health held at Yale University. He extends an official University welcome and shares remarks on the psychology of leadership, drawing on his expertise in emotional intelligence and leadership. If you’re thinking about becoming an Emotional Leader, then you need to understand your emotional leadership habits will be very different to what you’re … [Read more...]

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