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Everyone Needs a Good Mentor

No matter how experienced we are in life or in business, we each need a good mentor with whom to bounce ideas, ask for trusted advice, or maybe even give us a hug. Younger or less experienced business people use mentors as a trusted advisor. Young and inexperienced new mothers often hook up with a trusted and more experienced mother for much-needed advice!

So, where did the word originate? The wordsmith in me always finds word-origin interesting. Mentor, in Greek Mythology, was the son of Alcumus and a friend of Odysseus. When Odysseus left for the Trojan War he placed Mentor in charge of both his son and his palace. The myth goes on, but…you get the idea. Continue reading ‘Everyone Needs a Good Mentor’ »

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Posted by Inneractive Consulting Insights on June 22, 2010 at 12:46 am under Coaching.
Tags: Executive Coaching, Greek Mythology, Judy W Bell, Mentor, Trusted advisor
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Executive Inter-dependency

High performance managers realize that they cannot do everything alone; therefore they reach out to others for collaboration. Great leaders match people with the jobs that match their individual skills. Excellent leaders hire people who are smarter than they are. A confident leader does not feel threatened by smart people. Continue reading ‘Executive Inter-dependency’ »

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Posted by Inneractive Consulting Insights on May 19, 2010 at 12:51 am under Coaching.
Tags: Confidence, confident leader, Executive Coaching, Executive leadership, interdependency, Judy W Bell, Motivation, Personal Development
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Executive Coaching…From Inertia to Action to Accountability

What one job do Executive Coaches perform that their clients feel bring them the most value? Accountability!

Executives and business owners lead very busy lives on many levels. There are business, social, civic, as well as family responsibilities that keep them constantly on the run.

Doesn’t it seem that some people appear to have more time than others? Or maybe they just use their time more wisely. Either way, we all have the same 24 hours in each day, of which, we are only awake and active 18 hours or less.

An Executive Coach will:

Teach you how to move from inertia to action
Make sure you have specific, meaningful, and targeted goals
Ask you about the deadlines and timeframes for these goals
Hold you accountable for reviewing, revising, and reaching goals
Teach you how to move from inertia to action to accountability

Let us help get you or your management team focused on winning results. Let us help you reach and celebrate success! Call 901-757-4434.

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Posted by Inneractive Consulting Insights on May 5, 2010 at 12:47 am under Coaching.
Tags: Accountability, Executive Coach, Executive Coaching, Goal Setting, Inertia, Judy W Bell, Performance and Results, Time Management
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Issues that Cost Executives Promotions and Jobs

I was asked recently, what is the major issue that keeps an executive from getting promoted or even costs them their jobs?

While there can be many factors that lead to a passed promotion – lack of skills or competencies, lack of related experience, etc. – there are really two major issues leading to job failure.

These factors are… Continue reading ‘Issues that Cost Executives Promotions and Jobs’ »

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Posted by Voss Graham on February 1, 2010 at 1:01 am under Coaching.
Tags: Flexibility, Get promoted, Interpersonal Skills, Rigidity, Voss Graham
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Performance or Politics – Which is More Important to You?

Today I’m expanding on yesterday’s post by asking the question…

Performance or Politics – Which is More Important to You?

I’m asking this question because of two reasons…

It’s Your Choice
It has a direct influence on your long term status in your job

Let’s look into these two reasons. Continue reading ‘Performance or Politics – Which is More Important to You?’ »

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Posted by Voss Graham on October 7, 2009 at 5:41 am under Coaching.
Tags: high performance, Individual choices, Long term success, Making Choices the Right way, politics and failure, Voss Graham
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Go it Alone or Ask for Help?

During this week I have come across several situations whereby a client or friend has discussed with me their problems or issues. Usually this is well after the fact and too late for me to assist them in solving those problems.

However, after some thought, I realized I was looking at a trend of issues from people who have the natural talent to be very successful – yet, are having difficulties in getting to that next level of performance. Why is this happening? Continue reading ‘Go it Alone or Ask for Help?’ »

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Posted by Voss Graham on September 11, 2009 at 10:19 am under Coaching.
Tags: Coaching, Engaging others, High performance traits, Managing Ego
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Are You Open to Change?

Got to thinking about this primary question regarding human development – Are You Open to Change?

There are a large number of people who talk about change – both positive and negative – and then there are the people who will not even discuss the possibility for change. This is where it gets interesting, especially if you are expected to coach this person to the next level of performance. Continue reading ‘Are You Open to Change?’ »

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Posted by Voss Graham on September 8, 2009 at 5:03 am under Coaching.
Tags: asking better questions, Change, Managing Beliefs, Managing Change
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Emotional Intelligence and Coaching

Just spent a couple of hours listening to the authors of Emotional Intelligence Coaching – Improving performance for leaders, coaches and the individual. This is really good information. If you get a chance get the book and read it. It is full of very valuable information and provides a toolbox for implementing the process in your organization.

Some of the basic concepts contained in this outstanding book include information on how the brain actually works. It explains what happens when stress overrides the logically mind and the emotional or reptilian brain takes over our decision making process.

After connecting the dots on the mechanics of the brain, the authors then take on emotional intelligence -or the ability to remain calm dealing very stressful environments so you make better decisions. Better decisions lead to better or more effective leadership skills.

Now Robin had time to visit with the authors about a key determining factor of one’s performance – your subconscious beliefs. They were very impressed and want to discuss more about the process she uses with her clients to reprogram the subconscious mind for more effective performance.

If you are interested in her process, go to her blog – PowerofMindset.com and read about some of the life changing power she uses with her client. Enjoy the research. Then, if you want more information, please call her at 901-757-4434.

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Posted by Voss Graham on August 3, 2009 at 4:12 pm under Coaching.
Tags: Beliefs, Coaching, decision making, Emotional Intelligence, Performance Improvement
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What Are People Skills?

While discussing the potential of certain employees with a HR manager, a question was raised by the HR Manager… What Are People Skills? At first, this sounded like a simplistic question yet the more we discussed it, the more complex it became.

So, let’s take a look at this key term – People Skills.

There appears to be certain factors that resonant with the term People Skills – other than People are involved. There appears to be six key elements when looking at people skills: Continue reading ‘What Are People Skills?’ »

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Posted by Voss Graham on July 30, 2009 at 5:08 am under Coaching.
Tags: Effective Communication, Improving People Skills, Interpersonal Skills, People Skills, Six Key Elements to People Skills
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Twenty Idea Method

I got a couple of calls about “what is the Twenty Idea Method?” So, I will share this great creativity tool. Anyone can use it – kids to adults, employees to executives, men or women – it is a universal creativity technique.

First, you get a piece of paper (yes, you can use a computer – I prefer pen and paper) . Down the side number 1 to 20. At the top of the page, write a goal or problem in the form of a question. The more specific the question the higher the quality of the answers. Continue reading ‘Twenty Idea Method’ »

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Posted by Voss Graham on July 25, 2009 at 5:12 am under Coaching.
Tags: Creative Problem Solving, Creativity, Personal Development, Problem Solving Techniques, Twenty Idea Method
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Issues that Cost Executives Promotions and Jobs

Performance or Politics – Which is More Important to You?

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