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My interview for Forbes Life. 1. Cât este de importantă prima impresie în activitatea ta de zi cu zi (în coaching)? O primă“impresie bună” ajutăîntotdeauna. Avem tendința de a ne conecta mai ușor cu cei din jur dacăafișăm un aer cât se poate de prietenos, iar oamenii, în general, au tendința de a se înconjura […]
I’m happy to report that I’ll be the moderator for the NRCC CEO Dinner on 27th of September 2018. This annual, invitation-based only event is organized exclusively for NRCC’s largest members and Corporate Patron Members, the CEOs and their spouses. It’s the 5th edition, so it will be a small jubilee! With 65 Corporate Patrons […]
In my previous article I emphasized the fact that even though email is one of the greatest productivity contributors of the past 30 years, it has a major problem: email lacks the ability to sufficiently communicate intent. So, the next time you experience an issue over email, ask yourself if it is something that would […]
Email brings up good and not so good memories for me. Although we were already using email at the office, the magical moment for me was when I set up an email connection at home and presto! I was able to send and receive work emails from home, thereby improving my productivity…ahh progress I thought […]
Wouldn’t it be great if we had the power of medieval wizards and make things happen just because of a magic potion or an incantation? Perhaps these druids of the past were onto something. But seriously, wouldn’t it be amazing to focus and think about something and get what we want such as a promotion, […]
It’s happened to you many times. The day started on the wrong foot; the boss is upset, your staff member that was supposed to finish a project calls in sick and you’ve got a presentation that you didn’t finish since you worked late into the night. As you gather your ideas for your presentation, 3 […]
I was recently reminded of the importance of the 360 interviews that I conduct with my client‘s stakeholders that is the boss, peers and subordinates. As part of the coaching process with my clients I offer to interview their stakeholders on a confidential basis, to get some opinions on how my client interacts with them. […]
When it comes to managing people sometimes the simple things are the easiest to implement and reap the benefits. For example, ‘face time’ is quite simply providing your staff with face to face time to resolve issues. Face time is also synonymous with a One on One. Let me give you an example: Ian was […]
All teams at one point have challenges and issues when it comes to team members cooperating with each other. This is because teams consist of humans and human nature takes over. We know that effective teams engage in healthy debate and address conflicts head on and they also know that holding back will not make […]
“When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.” Ernest Hemingway How can something as easy as listening be so complicated or difficult to do? Most people consider themselves good listeners, but few of us really are. At a young age we’re told to listen, ‘pay attention’ and to ‘speak only when we’re spoken to’ […]
What a rush that was! Last month I was honored to be invited as Speaker to the International Coach Federation (ICF) Global Conference, ICF Converge17, in Washington, DC. Networking was the key driver to getting me on the list. To put the 3-day event in numbers, there were: 1600 attendees, 62 countries represented 60 speakers […]
