The interplay of business, art and science
Having a personal career coach for C-level executives is expected as part of their continuing professional development and it also makes great business sense. Coaches can also be helpful for non executives in various stages of your career. A coach can help polish your communication skills, develop and implement effective leadership strategies in your workplace, [...]
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“Help!” says a new client, “I recently got promoted to a management position at work. How do I find the balance between leading and being in control, without being a control freak?” As a former prima donna, I’ve been on both sides of the fence on this issue. When I was a design consultant, many [...]
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What a surprise to learn that Eric Schmidt has a coach. In “The Best Advice I Ever Got” a feature by Fortune Magazine, Schmidt explains why having a coach is so important: A coach is crucial to giving you perspective. Life and Business Coaching for Resilience, Creativity and Innovation Find inspiration, renewed confidence, and the [...]
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Tim Eavenson has written a thought-provoking blog about working for free, based on a story on NPR this morning profiling Ariel Horn, the head of a small ad agency in New York, who thinks he’s come up with a novel model for riding out the recession. Horn has opened his doors to out-of-work execs to come [...]
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Linda Naiman, a business and life coach, offers people who have recently been laid off a complimentary 30-minute coaching session [until June 30, 2009] to help spark the process of creative transformation. She suggests considering the following exercises:
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WSJ reports “With layoffs being announced nearly every day, it’s easy to dwell on the possibility of losing your job. Experts say now is the time to find ways to help your company save money and keep it from losing ground. You’ll be more valuable to your firm, but even if you are eventually laid [...]
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How long is now? A visit last month to The Long Now Foundation in San Francisco inspired the theme for this newsletter. The term was coined by Brian Eno, who noticed when he first moved to New York City, here and now meant this room and this five minutes, as opposed to the larger here [...]
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Linda Naiman is a creativity and innovation consultant, coach, speaker and co-author of Orchestrating Collaboration at Work: Using Music, Improv, Storytelling, and Other Arts to Improve Teamwork
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