Can You Believe It's the End of the Year?
December 2009 E-coach - thought-filled challenges to stir and inspire for your professional success.
Working Wisdom
Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.” -Margaret Thatcher
Coaching Moment
Coaching Question – What is it that you really want?
The Power of Wanting
When you contemplate this question consider it carefully.
The question is not…
what should I want
what do I sort of want
what an I suppose to want
but…
what do I REALLY want
Wanting is a powerful resource. Wanting is motivating, authentic; you don’t need help with it. It’s present and undeniable.
Ask this of yourself in all the contexts of your life that really matter and take the time to listen to yourself with no judgment. Give yourself permission to be brutally honest. Give yourself a moment for clear, resounding perfect truth. Make sure to capture it on paper.
The next question…what will you do with it? We’ll address that in 2010.
For now do this with yourself….use this with your team, giving it a context that you feel would be useful to your unique company / team situation. Allow answers with no judgment and see what surfaces.
Remember the power of wanting can address many personal and professional challenges.
How will you use yours and others?
Year–End Round Up
The end of the year typically lends itself to focused reflection and planning for the upcoming year. If this is not a personal practice, I highly encourage you to do so.
3 Recommendations…that can be used personally and professionally:
1. Professional Assessment - on a professional level I recommend you use as assessment resource I recently posted on my blog.
Assessment Tool - It re-frames the phrase strengths and weakness as assets and liabilities.
2. Ask yourself - What did I learn this year? Ask this of each team member...
3. Did I get – reach the outcomes I wanted – why and why not?
Many of us learn from, books, tapes, seminars etc. Don't miss the opportunity to learn from life and teach the people you lead and love to do so the same.
Final Thoughts....
It's been quite a year for me personally and professionally with many highs and lows. I am very grateful for my life, the wonderful experiences I've had, and the great people I've met along the way.
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To your happiness and success and to a great 2010!
JoAnn
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