In 1984, education researcher Benjamin Bloom identified, “the two sigma problem”. A student in the middle of a class (the 50th percentile) shoots to the top of the class, (the 98th percentile), when
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The previous 30 days, I attended a coaching bootcamp, volunteered at the Jobing.com career fair, ran a focus group on my own business, interviewed a few successful coaches, looked at six coaching surveys, and read Coaching Millions. If you don’t mind, I would like to share a few thoughts with you about the Future of Coaching. ]]>
Q: How do you address the issue of "executive presence" when it is missing? Can it be taught?
Mark Herbert
New Paradigms LLC
As you know Mark, "Executive Presence" is acting and looking like an executive. Teaching it is what I do for a living. I happen to call it "Nonverbal Leadership", because many of my clients are not executives. Many are consultants, sales professionals, and experts such as engineers, lawyers, etc.
(I chose to emphasize "nonverbal" because most communication is nonverbal
Q: What are the shared values that the company or team have in an inspired IT environment?
Similarly, what are the behaviors or conditions that threatened this environment?
NG
IT Strategy & Globalization Professional in the Auto Industry
In Fortune Magazine, Steve Jobs said, "We don't get a chance to do that many things, and everyone should be really excellent. Life is brief and then you die... So it'd better be damn good." How can we make our lives that damn good? Anonymous
Dear Anonymous
Steve’s quote is interesting because it reveals a model that I think Steve didn’t followed himself. The model is, “Be excellent, so you can do great things in a short lifetime.” Is that how Steve did it? No.
Steve Jobs a driver who is also a visionary. He has high standards and demands excellence from others. He never settles for ordinary.
That is not the same thing as being excellent. Steve has never been about “being”; Steve’s life is all about “doing”, not about being excellent, but about making excellence.
I love the quote from Joe Sabah, “You don’t have to be good to start, but you have to...
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Dear Engaging Guru,I work in a water treatment plant in NY. I need some practical ideas for increasing innovation that I can start to use right away. I don’t have time to take training or read books.
MM
A: Dear MM.
1. A context of uncertainty
2. An attitude of curiosity and possibility
3. Congruent leadership behavior
Dear Engaging Guru:
I’m a Strategist and Change Agent. What innovations will change business organizations and the world economy in the next decade?
JP
A: Dear JP
The confluences of many forces lift worldwide human capital faster than at any time in history. Bellies fill, money flows, and minds expand.
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Dear Engaging Guru,I recently asked my speaking network for their best answers around presentation skills, voice, story telling, stage presence, tricks of the trade, etc. See their replies at Charisma List.
Please share with me one or two of the most meaningful lessons you have learned in developing your platform charisma.
Ed Rigsbee
www.rigsbee.com
One doesn’t have to travel very far or dig too deep to read statements that we are either in a Talent Shortage, or – due to the coming of the baby boomer retirements – on the cusp of a MASSIVE Talent Shortage. How do you attract Talent to an organization?Edward Caulfield
SWISSCONSULT
Germany
A: Ed
Here is a model that works for me:
People join organizations (any organization), for three categories of benefits.
All change leaders give speeches. Change leaders know that speaking without notes, speaking from the heart, leaves a memorable imprint. How do you wean yourself from notes?]]>