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Adversity is a good thing for people. It provides an opportunity for the development of character and a solution orientated thinking. Now, this was not the way I felt about things early in my career. In fact, I, like most people felt that adversity was a bad thing and usually lead to higher levels of conflict with others.

However, as I experienced more events – including numerous periods of adversity – I learned that events come and go. How we deal with the adversity is the key element to our future growth. In fact, character growth has a direct relationship with great leadership.

Great leadership is tracked by how well a leader handles situations and events – negative or positive. This characteristic came to light as I experienced situations as a turnaround advisor during early 1980′s and found leaders facing total loss of their business. The ability to commit and focus upon getting the company back in good condition was a limiting factor with the leaders. Some leaders learned how to deal with the adversity, accept responsibility for their part of the situation and then focus on the correction process. Others were into the blame game – it was not their fault – it was their customers, their employees, the government, the stars and planets, etc.

One thing is certain, great leaders learn to deal with adversity and look for advantages and opportunities to improve and grow. As we deal with the current economic crisis, it is time to allow our character to strengthen. Keep integrity at the top of the priority list. Take responsibility for all your actions. Use positive self-talk to reinforce your mental edge to deal with difficult times. Encourage others to continue to focus upon performance levels and things will work out in the long term.

Finally, enjoy life to the fullest and live with purpose of thought and actions. Situations and events come to strengthen our resolve and help us to build our character to a higher level.

If you need a coach during this period of time, contact us at 901-757-4434. We can assist you in focusing on the future and how to get the results you want. It’s time to focus on your future.

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Posted by Voss Graham on October 22, 2008 at 10:26 am under Coaching, Leadership, Personal Development.
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Several people have asked me about coaching and specifically what is the real purpose of coaching an individual? I find it a perplexing question because if a person did any sports activities they would have had a coach at some point. My first experience with a coach came in the junior high days – middle school today. My coach was an outstanding individual who helped establish a sense of purpose and a drive for excellence.

In today’s world, a coach plays the same role, abreit, somewhat different purposes or content specialty. The coach role is to provide a catalyst for excellence and improvement in performance. It can be goal bounded, performance based and time sensitive.

For coaching to work properly for the coachee – it must be goal, process and passion driven.

Goal driven is about time lines and reasons. What factors are in play for the coaching to occur? What positive and negatives motivators are present? And what reasons does the coachee have for taking the time and resources to be coached? Goals create the objectives and timelines for expectations and results.

Process driven means that the system or methods used are flexible based upon the current levels of knowledge, understanding, and experience possessed by the coachee. There must be a level of interaction between the coach and coachee to facilitate the learning and understanding. Experts who can only tell of their experiences or expectations are not necessarily good coaches – I call them “wizards.” Wizards usually do all the work and take the blame or credit for success or failure.

Passion driven is the “want it factor.” People with the passion to improve, a will to learn and a strong need to improve – usually get things done. People without this drive usually give up before the success and understanding comes to them. This is a key component for success in any coaching environment. The old cliche reminds us of this – “When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.”

Watch for these three core elements to be present in any coaching opportunity. Effective coaching is our goal with clients. Determine the objectives, uncover the reasons for improvement, and check the readiness of the coachee to learn, dedicate their focus and persuade the expertise from their point of view.

Contact us if you have a desire to get to the next level of performance.

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Posted by Voss Graham on October 12, 2008 at 3:06 pm under Coaching, Personal Development.
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