Lessons I’ve Learned Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce Newsletter Use honey, not Vinegar: A Sense of Humor Can Serve You Well You know the old expression “You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar?” Well, this applies to the kinds of situations women often encounter at work where men say things they find […]
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Revitalize Your Organization
by Ira Chaleff If your organization is missing a high-spiritedness or is rife with discord and anxiety and you want to turn this around, read on. In working with organizations of many types and sizes I have observed seven common factors in an organization losing its vitality: Loss of faith in leadership Leaders get insulated […]
The Strategic Team Alignment Program
PURPOSE: This workshop is designed to develop a high-performance leadership team which is the spearhead of an organization. The workshop provides the knowledge, structure, tools, and processes necessary for such a team to provide exceptional leadership and build the collaborative skills necessary to create and sustain a world-class operation. OBJECTIVES: This workshop is designed to: […]
The Five Pillars of Leadership Program
PURPOSE: The key to a quality organization is quality people. To improve the quality and performance of an organization you must attend to the people who create it. It makes little sense to tinker with refining the structure, systems and processes of an organization unless you first work to improve the quality and performance of […]
2009 Leadership Development and Coaching Program
Module #1: Fundamental principles of leadership Mindfulness & active listening Introduction to coaching for managers Module #2: Coaching “The Art of Possibility” Asking open questions Mapping the possibilities Module #3: Expressing the vision Coaching public leaders with the “Strategic Triangle” Growth through observation: gathering the data Module #4: The power of positive reinforcement and motivating […]
