BeWhatWorks

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Author: sara

  • Tracking Expectations

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    John Dewey said, “We don’t learn from experience. We learn from reflecting on experience.” It’s one of my favorite quotes, because coming across this idea – and then putting it into practice – changed the way I understood the power of reflection. And being able to reflect ultimately starts with knowing what you’re reflecting on.…

  • Effective Communication

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    There’s so much to be said about effective communication! I’ll start with a little from KornFerry (see also: Leadership Competencies) and then share a bit from Jeannie Kahwajy’s work on this topic, plus a way to practice. In the KornFerry Leadership Competency framework, Effective Communication is part of the “Influencing People” cluster within the “People”…

  • Conscious Leadership

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    I love the Conscious Leadership Group focus on building awareness and the capacity for self-agency as a foundation for leadership. In our work together, I like to integrate concepts like those described below of “locating yourself” and the “drama triangle”. Consider checking out their book & other practical products: The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership…

  • Leadership Competencies

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    Intentional development of Leadership Competencies is one of the primary activities of leaders – and one that can easily be de-prioritized in high stakes environments. With the support of another leader or a coach, this can become a path to taking your leadership practice to the next level. Korn Ferry offers a powerful research-based framework…

  • How we think about client needs or requirements

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    We often think about client work in terms of how to meet their needs. I’ve often found it helpful to ask some probing questions of teams to try to understand what types of needs we’re talking about. Common possibilities include: Some clarifying lines of questioning include: I’m curious whether you also see this nuance, what…

  • Develop Your Team

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    Find Your Way Together Collaboration & Problem-Solving Discover what you can unlock as you deepen your collaboration and truly align your efforts towards what you have come together to realize in the world. Are there difficult conversations you’re not sure how to have? Do you feel like you keep having the same conversation again &…

  • Skills we’ll develop together

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    More about what we’ll work on practicing during our work together…

  • One shape coaching can take

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    Develop and test your personal strategy, in a container of caring reflection, thought partnership, and creative accountability to support you to gather your tools & develop your practice of continuous improvement via evidence-based problem solving and small, intentional learning cycles. We’ll design small tests of your ideas, reflect on your experiences, track your progress in…

  • Why I care about this rationality thing

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    On the world stage right now, I’m seeing cult-like dynamics play out that I know well from having spent 12 consecutive years in 2 consecutive cults. I have first-hand experience of the damage that cults bring to a person’s psyche and their lives and communities. That is happening now en masse through micro-targeting via increasingly…

  • Acting Rationally VS Applying Rationality

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    There’s a difference between acting rationally and applying rationality. I believe most of us act rationally, in the sense that we optimize for our best outcomes based on what we think and believe at the time, based on what we’re aware of in the moment, the information we consciously have access to in that moment.…