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The Global Institute for Leadership Development
SAN DIEGO, CA | Sept. 16-21, '07: A leadership development program that combines the depth of a workshop, the rigor of an executive program and the pace of a world-class conference. San Diego, CA
FIRST FRIDAY ARCHIVE: w/ RIANE EISLER hosted by Coaching Circles
Listen to our audio archive of Coaching Circles' First Friday Call-In Workshop with RIANE EISLER, international speaker and author of the new book "The Real Wealth of Nations: Creating a Caring Economics".
The Economist Magazine
MAGAZINE: "The best way and quickest way to stay on top of world news." ~ Janice, CEO Coaching Circles
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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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The Economist Magazine
MAGAZINE: "The best way and quickest way to stay on top of world news." ~ Janice, CEO Coaching Circles
MAKE CONSCIOUS CHOICES 
FACT VS. OPINION 
