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From Ordinary to Extraordinary: Unlocking the Key to Peak Performance

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A Research Paper By Hélène Dumais, Human Performance Coach, CANADA Unlocking the Key to Peak Performance Peak performance is not confined to a restricted VIP area, accessible only by elites born with talent. Though you do need an entry code to gain access to the very specific information for you to perform.

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Flexibility as a Coaching Framework for Better Well-Being

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High performance, busyness, and overwork became the “new normal” and “status symbol” of modern times’ fast-paced and high-pressure workplace. When high-performance standards are paired with inflexible beliefs, attitudes, and practices, experiencing distress becomes likely. 2015; Bestmann et al., What Is Flexibility?

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The Human To Hero Coaching Model

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A Coaching Model By Hélène Dumais, Human Performance Coach, CANADA Human To Hero In today’s virtual and capitalist society, superheroes have become an attractive and marketable concept. But if we drop the super , can we be heroes, using our natural human potential, and create real lasting changes and high performance in our lives?

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Developing Curiosity

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Together with presence, it enables all that happens in the coaching session – clarifying, exploring, reflecting, learning, and finding solutions, which in its turn ensures progress and change. Many studies(performed to understand what specific brain part is activated in the state of curiosity) showed confusing results. [6]

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The Future of Human Coaches in the Age of AI

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Applications and Advantages of AI Coaching Proactive executives and leaders will often use AI-powered tools to gain ‘coaching’ to support elements of their personal lives to enhance their performance at work. Human coaches can draw on their own life experiences and intuition to come up with unique solutions that AI just can’t replicate.

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Burned Out Educators

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A Study of Burnout in Education: The Causes, Symptoms, Trends, Effects, and Some Solutions. Solutions for decreasing educator stress levels can be found on many levels. The Research Question for This Paper Is: To What Extent Is Burnout a Problem in (International) Education, and What Are Some Solutions?

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Strengths-Based Coaching for Cultivating Engagement, Momentum, and Well-Being

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Coaching psychology has been defined as the “enhancement of well-being and performance in personal life and work domains underpinned by models of coaching grounded in child and adult learning approaches” (Grant and Palmer, 2002). Strength alignment – linking your signature strengths with your work tasks (Harzer & Rich, 2015).