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B.O.L.D. Print
Beyond Ordinary Leadership Development
May 2009 - Issue #7
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Welcome to the Third Zone's "B.O.L.D. Print"
- Beyond Ordinary Leadership Development
"Life is not about waiting for
the storms to pass... it's about learning to dance in the
rain!"
~ Vivian Greene ~
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A COMPATIBLE View from within the
 Harvard Business
School
"An economic crisis is a charter for business leaders to rewrite and rethink
how they do business, says Harvard Business School professor Lynda M.
Applegate. The key: Don't think retrenchment; think growth."
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Read Full Article HERE
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 ARE YOU GOING TO FINISH STRONG?
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Nick Vujicic demonstrates how acceptance of his reality has enabled him to conquer mountains for the opportunities he is able to see. It makes thriving in business again seem very achievable!
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Feature Article:
ACTION Born of Acceptance
When we stop asking "What is
happening?" and start acting on 'What IS happening'
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Ask yourself the following questions ...
What happens when you stop
living in a world of 'what if' ...
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this economy
doesn't change soon?
- we don't live
through the storm?
- we don't change
our business?
- our market
doesn't return?
and instead, start living in a world of 'the way it is'
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what has changed
that we need to accept?
- what do we need
to change?
- how do we need to change?
- what does the marketplace need from us NOW that
we can successfully provide?
Think about it. What does this shift do for the health of
your company? What is the impact on the
leadership ... collectively and individually?
How does it help to solidify
the strength of your organization and stabilize the work force on which your
success ultimately depends?
What it does is return you and your business to the
land of the living. Do you really have a
choice? We say NO! No, that
is, if you want to thrive in this new business world. The many leaders with whom we meet know that
this is where they must go. How to do this quickly, efficiently and
effectively is the challenge and there is no doubt that when your company
makes the switch you will have transitioned to an organization that has fully
embraced the realities of the day ... your first step to reinvent your success.
Up to this point, many companies
have taken measures to weather the storm.
They have aimed to become more efficient in their operations by cutting
any combination of appropriate production, process and staffing expenses.
Surviving on this path looks like this:
Read More HERE
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A voice from within the
Harvard Business School
~ a very compatible perspective ~
"An
economic crisis is a charter for business leaders to rewrite and
rethink how they do business, says Harvard Business School professor
Lynda M. Applegate. The key: Don't think retrenchment; think growth"
Read the Full Published Paper HERE
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B.O.L.D. Tips from the Trenches
by: Janie Neff . PCC. CPCC
CONFLICT IN THE WORKPLACE THROUGH THE LENS OF POLARITIES
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High-Low,
Positive-Negative,
Friend-Foe, Hire-Fire, Profit-Loss are divisions or opposite
poles that we might often encounter in our day to day lives. However,
there is a particular polarization especially meaningful in
business today ... Declining business economy - inclining conflict in the
workplace. Likewise, as conflict
increases, productivity decreases as does profits. If you are a business
leader, you know what I'm talking about. Absenteeism, grievances, complaints,
lawsuits, poor decision making, lost opportunities, wasted time, poor working
relationships, low morale, stress, loss of employees - the list seems endless
when it come to the affects of disgruntled, unhappy, quarreling employees.
When Eckerd College Leadership Development Institute (LDI) surveyed
executives and managers asking about their toughest challenges, they found that
the leaders' answers focused on what LDI says is "the heart of emotional
intelligence: conflict management." The
emotionality of conflict was a main reason sited for the challenge. Granted,
emotions can be difficult to handle and yet, handling the emotional aspect of
conflict is necessary and key to being an effective leader.
Leaders are only as effective (or ineffective, another
polarization) as the character and competencies they possess. Accordingly,
conflict competency needs to be part of a leader's repertoire. If you are not
comfortable with personal conflict, you won't be good at managing it among your
staff.
Continued HERE
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The Pride of The Third Zone - Meet Our Esteemed Featured Coach
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Janie Neff . PCC. CPCC
Middleburg, PA
Specialized Coaching Focus includes Business & Entrepreneur Coaching, Organization & Relationship
Systems, Empowerment, Performance Change and Conflict Resolution.
With a passion for busting through the inner thoughts and self-limiting
beliefs that can be one of our greatest obstacles to success, Janie
Neff has established integrity with more than 25 years experience as a
business owner and entrepreneur. With a belief and a life-style that
communicates that "anything is possible", she is highly skilled in
empowerment, goal/strategic achievement, building satisfying
relationships, and business coaching. Janie coaches executives,
entrepreneurs, leaders, groups and teams with a commitment to create a
vision and mission, which in turn propel strategies, actions,
fulfillment and success.
Janie's background includes:
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Coaching business professionals and entrepreneurs to grow
their businesses and work at peak performance, while mastering
work-life balance
- Workshop Creator, Trainer &
Facilitator in areas that include: Leadership Development, Life
Balance, Life & Business Transformation, Team Building, Time
Management, Stress Management, Wellness, Mind Power & Performance
- Motivational/Empowerment Speaker and Trainer
- Advanced coach training in Organization and Relationship Systems from The Center for Right Relationship & CTI (ORSC)
- Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology from Bloomsburg University, PA
- Certified as a Professional Co-Active Coach by The Coaches Training Institute
Call today about bringing this experience to your organization. 866-902-3777
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B.O.L.D. Reading
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Presence
By Peter Senge, C. Otto Scharmer, Joseph Jaworski, Betty Sue Flowers
 The authors explore the nature of transformational change - how it
arises and the fresh possibilities if offers. Too often, they found, we
remain stuck in old patterns of seeing and acting. By encouraging
deeper levels of learning we create an awareness of the larger whole,
leading to actions that can help to shape its evolution and our future.
This original work defines the capabilities that underlie our ability
to see, sense and realize new possibilities - in ourselves, in our
institutions and organizations and in society itself.
Why we like it: The
possibilities are tremendously exciting once we can master the ability
to let go of the past, be present in the here and now and let come the
possibilities. Thought provoking and exciting.
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It
is time for a new generation of leadership, to cope with new problems
and new opportunities. For there is a new world to be won
~ John F.
Kennedy ~
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