What are your actual constraints? One way of answering this is to ask how you would do something that absolutely had to be done. For instance, many companies previously said that it was impossible to work from home or remotely. And then Covid happened, and they figured out how to make remote work possible despite…
Month: August 2021
I’m on vacation this week. To keep my LinkedIn post streak going, I’ll simply ask when was the last time you truly gave yourself time off? No email, no meetings, no Slack, just totally disconnect. ” “” “I’m still not managing it and I’m self employed!” “” “Those that have this skill to truly disconnect…
I’m on vacation this week. To keep my LinkedIn post streak going, I’ll simply ask when was the last time you truly gave yourself time off? No email, no meetings, no Slack, just totally disconnect. “
I’m on vacation this week. To keep my LinkedIn post streak going, I’ll simply ask when was the last time you truly gave yourself time off? No email, no meetings, no Slack, just totally disconnect. I’m still not managing it and I’m self employed! Those that have this skill to truly disconnect look at people…
How do you hold yourself accountable to a new direction?”
How do you hold yourself accountable to a new direction? Identity change is hard, as it involves changing mindsets and habits that have been previously successful for us. In my coaching practice, I often work with people who built their careers on knowing the answer and doing the work themselves…and when they become managers, they…
Thinking to Doing to Being.”
Thinking to Doing to Being. I’ve shared this with a couple clients recently as a framework for behavior change. It’s another way of describing the progress from conscious incompetence (Thinking about a new behavior) to conscious competence (Doing it consciously) to unconscious competence (Being). The challenge for most of us is getting stuck in the…
Seppo Helava is a passionate and thoughtful leader with lots of hard-won experience in the trenches at various startups
Seppo Helava is a passionate and thoughtful leader with lots of hard-won experience in the trenches at various startups. Great person to talk to when he puts out an offer like this:
A client recently said something profound: “When we are at war with ourselves, we can never wield power.” Power comes from aligned thought and action, so when we question ourselves, we act with less power. “
A client recently said something profound: “When we are at war with ourselves, we can never wield power.” Power comes from aligned thought and action, so when we question ourselves, we act with less power. But if we do the work, and develop that clarity and alignment within ourselves, we show up differently. The world…
Your job is to solve problems. But which problems are you choosing to solve?”
Your job is to solve problems. But which problems are you choosing to solve? I once heard Jerry Colonna, the superstar CEO coach, interviewed and he said that the worst thing he can do as a coach is to solve a client’s problem for them. When he does that, he reinforces the mindset they have…
What is the generative option?”
What is the generative option? A common pattern in negotiations is to devolve to a zero-sum battle where two sides are locked in contention, such that if one side gains, the other side loses. There is no outcome where both sides feel good, and the side with more power or privilege generally gets what they…
Celebrate the small steps. “
Celebrate the small steps. Learning something new can be discouraging, because it inevitably also involves making mistakes. If we focus too much on what we can’t do or aren’t doing, then we risk giving up because it’s exhausting to keep falling short of our desired skill level. In his research on habits, BJ Fogg, the…