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Let Go of Control, Be in the Flow

8/31/2018

 
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Aug 31, 2018
Clear Confident Leader Weekly Observer, Issue #79
From the Greenbelt of Boise Idaho, Crisp mornings again
 

  
 
The leaders and teams I work with are face continuous change.

Whether it is retail, healthcare, technology, manufacturing, professional services or even government agencies, the operating environments are constantly evolving.
 

There is an increasing and often overwhelming number of requests for time and attention. When the pressure builds beyond a manageable point, the common tendency is to regain control by tightening up. This shows up as physical tension, anxious and fearful emotions, and conditioned habit patterns of fight, flight, freeze or appease.
 
The problem is our reaction to tighten up holds us back from creatively engaging with our teams and partners to deal with what’s most important right now.
 
Consider your patterns for dealing with the pressure of incoming requests for your time and attention. How do you respond when it begins to feel unmanageable?
 
Imagine being on the raft in the picture above. What’s the impact you’ll have by attempting to take control in the middle of a rapid?
 
The good news is we can develop our capacity for presence and resilience, learning to let go of control and be in the flow to create with what’s happening now. The leaders and teams who master these skills create new possibilities in the midst of adversity.
 
I help people become Clear Confident Leaders, building Teams that Achieve with presence and resilience to create new possibilities in the midst of adversity. I will close the fall enrollment window for new clients on September 21st. If you're interested, visit here.
 
Let’s create the future today!

Finding the Path that's Right for Me

8/23/2018

 
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Aug 23, 2018
Clear Confident Leader Weekly Observer, Issue #78
From the Greenbelt of Boise Idaho, Orange Air Quality Alert
 

 
 
 

People often ask what I do, and when I respond that I’m a Team Leadership Coach the conversation can stop with a lot of unanswered questions if I don’t continue.
 
 

 
 

What I really do is help people find the path forward that’s right for them. We start with where they are, with all the complexity, uncertainty and challenges they face.
 
We identify and envision what extraordinary outcomes might look like in six months to a year. Often that can be summed up with I’m a Clear, Confident Leader acting with Presence and Resilience, Creating New Possibilities and Building Innovative Teams that Achieve.
 
Then we set to work. We use real life situations to uncover the strengths they have to build upon, and the patterns that hold them back. I provide curated resources to develop new perspectives. We design safe experiments to try out new ways of thinking, being and acting. We agree upon pragmatic practices to build new competencies.
 
It is a journey of learning and discovery that is energizing as progress emerges.
 
What’s the difference between reading a book, listening to a podcast or taking a course and working with me. My clients tell me it’s that I help them find the right path for them.
 
I assist teams and leaders create new possibilities and improve team effectiveness, while developing team leadership and coaching skills. If you’d like to find the right path for you, visit here.
 
Let’s create the future today!

Let Go of Being an Expert

8/12/2018

 
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Clear Confident Leader Weekly Observer, Issue #77
From the Greenbelt of Boise Idaho, Fresh breeze





Have you ever stopped yourself from doing something because you’re not an expert?
 






​It shows up in surprising ways:
  • I was never good at …
  • I don’t know how to …
  • Other people know more/are better at … than I am.
  • If only other people saw me as an expert, I’d be okay.
  • And one of my favorites, If I just learn one more thing, then I’ll be ready.
 
As we grow in our professions and lives, we create stories about needing to have the answers before we step into new situations. In doing so we create a threshold to cross before we’ll start, that prevents us from beginning.
 
We forget that expertise is an outcome of exploring, learning, practicing, and continuous improvement. Achieving a level of mastery is the acknowledgment of progress made, not an end.
 
We come into this world as beginners, full of curiosity and a willingness to discover what’s possible. This beginner’s mindset is one to keep coming back to throughout our lives. When we let go of being an expert and explore the possibilities, we make progress instead of barriers.
 
I assist teams and leaders to create new possibilities, and improve team effectiveness while developing team leadership and coaching skills. To learn more visit here.

Let’s create the future today!

Intervene to Develop Teams

8/3/2018

 
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Aug 3, 2018
Clear Confident Leader Weekly Observer, Issue #76
From the Greenbelt of Boise Idaho, Fire smoke in the air

 
 
 




If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.
– Lao Tzu

 
 
 
 
 
 
Teams like all social groups have defining characteristics including:
  • Task and Relationship interactions.
  • Goals as a reason for their existence.
  • A level of interdependence to achieve the goals.
  • An evolving structure of regularities, norms, roles and relations.
  • A level of unity.
 
The challenge is once the team forms, it settles into a set of habitual patterns. Once established, the team stays with them, becoming what they practice each day. If a team is struggling and burning people out, it will continue to spiral down until some intervention or explosion occurs.
 
Developing high performing teams capable of agilely adapting to the evolving and emerging complexity of today’s world, requires intervening in the patterns on a regular basis to generate learning, growth and improved effectiveness.

How do you intervene to develop your teams?
 
Over the past seven posts I’ve shared Six Steps to Develop Teams. One of the enabling conditions is good team coaching at the appropriate times to provide the interventions required for continuous team improvement. Team coaching can be done by members of the team, leaders of the team, external stakeholders, or by an external coach partnering with the team.
 
To generate the results executives are asked to deliver, they need to invest in team leadership and coaching skill development within the context of the work to be done.

How are you investing in team leadership and coaching skills for your teams?
 
Teams are the heart of organization success, and Team Leadership and Coaching are essential competencies to create new possibilities for people, organizations and the stakeholders they serve.
 
I assist teams and leaders to create new possibilities as a Team Leadership Coach, improving team effectiveness while developing team leadership and coaching skills. To learn more visit here. Let’s create a better future today!

Previous Posts in the Series:
  1. Generating Effective Teamwork
  2. Leverage the Team Lifecycle
  3. Clarify the Context
  4. Assess Team Effectiveness
  5. Set Teams Up for Success
  6. Our Collective Leadership Challenge
  7. Importance of Psychological Safety


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