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MAKE CONSCIOUS CHOICES
by Alexander Caillet
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Practice presence– the #1 quality in all great leaders – to be better able to handle whatever shows up, moment to moment.
Check out how the San Diego Padres are doing. Pay particular attention to the frequency of and recovery from injuries by the pitching staff. That may tell you something about possibilities to improve the functioning of your own organization.
As reported by the Wall Street Journal (March –18-19 2006), San Diego is one of several baseball teams looking at new conditioning programs to help reduce injuries. The Padres have turned to one regimen whose relevance in business is other than it seems. And that is yoga.
Yes, yoga – originally an exotic activity from India (skinny people in turbans performing pretzel contortions), then a fad for health-conscious women, now going mainstream. We know of one senior manager who gave his direct reports gift certificates for private sessions with his yoga teacher instead of the usual Christmas items from Tiffany’s – promising them that yoga would improve their golf game. Others emphasize the stress-reduction possibilities of yoga. Ironically, in fact, that benefit leads to skepticism in business circles; in Europe, for example, our colleagues tell us that businessmen don’t believe people can be productive in the “blissed-out state” that they assume to be yoga’s goal.
But they’re missing the point. Yoga is not about becoming so serene that you don’t care about such mundane matters as earnings and performance goals. Its focus is awareness: what’s going on in your body; where are you strong or weak, tense or loose; how are you feeling; what’s the quality of your thoughts. And, above all, where are you in relation to other people and things – not where were you yesterday, or where might you be tomorrow; but where are you right now.
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FACT VS. OPINION
by Tina Kerkam President, Convergence Group Comments (0)
Do you ever feel overwhelmed with data? The success of our enterprises depend on our ability to discern the difference between fact and opinion. These tips may be helpful.
1. Check the assumptions
2. Check the context
3. Check the author
4. Check your gut
5. Check out the outside
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“Your Action Plan: Converting Your Strategy Into Action” By Bill Birnbaum, CMC
When planning, you'll first develop broad strategies. Then you need to support those strategies with specific steps to accomplish each. That's what action planning is all about. Let's look at the process of developing those steps... let's examine what it takes to develop an effective action plan.
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The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science
BOOK: For over a century neuroscientists have considered the brain to be fixed, unchangeable, i.e.“non-plastic." New research is starting to tell a different story, showing that our environments, even our thoughts, can change our brains.
Driven to Lead: Good, Bad, and Misguided Leadership
BOOK: "A rigorous and novel theory on how evolution and the human brain can produce effective and ineffective leadership." -Chris Argyris, professor emeritus, Harvard Business School
A to Z Guide to Raising Happy, Confident Kids
BOOK: "This is a well written and easy to use parenting guide that provides useful information and great ideas for every parent"
~ Andrea Weiss
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