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NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Recognize effort and accomplishment. What was the MIT (most important thing you accomplished last week– and why was this so impactful?) How is that possible? And what do we do now?” ” Sadly, it’s not the first time I’ve run into such a situation. Show up and listen. Ask where they need help. Say thank you.

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DECEMBER 6, 2016

2- Mind the MIT (Most Important Thing) Pick something extraordinary to accomplish and prioritize getting it right. Your boss may want you at the top of the stack rank, but your bosses boss wants a team of people working together to accomplish the bigger picture. Relationships. I wish I learned this one sooner. Confidence.

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JUNE 10, 2021

We accomplished some incredible things. “Hey Karin, I’m so proud of my team. We had such an incredible pivot. AND as it turns out we made some faulty assumptions, and we’re going to need to pivot. How do I admit we were wrong without discouraging the team? AskingForaFriend. Explain what is different now.

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JUNE 29, 2015

Antoine was an accomplished millennial retail sales professional considered “a bit rough around the edges.”. His no BS approach created a natural bond with entrepreneurs and mom and pop companies, that left some managers scratching their heads. But, heck it worked. “Job fit” is more complex than it looks.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Or, in accomplishing a specific MIT (Most Important Thing) priority. Focus your team with this fast and remarkably effective employee development activity You know exactly WHAT your team needs to have a remarkable new year, now it’s time to focus on HOW. How do you identify the habits that will make the biggest difference?

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JUNE 3, 2015

In some ways the mission to prove her wrong by accomplishing “the impossible” became quite personal. You see, she had been a naysayer. She knew the mission our team had been given was necessary, but she didn’t believe it could be done. This stung twice as hard because she’d been a mentor of mine for years. And we had.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2022

And, they’ve got more to accomplish in any given day than they could ever pull off. We have an End of Year Meeting in December, do you think you could come back again then so we can share what we’ve accomplished? Is it appropriate to ask for this senior leadership support directly? Ask for exactly what you need.

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OCTOBER 16, 2023

With others, we got very specific about what a good idea would accomplish. That’s a great start. But how many of these ideas are you implementing? Imagine if you weren’t just getting lots of ideas, but remarkable, practical ones. Imagine if you weren’t just getting lots of ideas, but remarkable, practical ones. It wasn’t a complete loss.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

And, it would clearly violate (this law, compliance, brand standards)… I wonder what ideas you have that could accomplish something similar within those requirements? To Gain More Confidence Saying No at Work, Start with Your “Yes” It’s never easy to say no at work. ” How to Say No at Work. . ” I get it.

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JANUARY 3, 2022

Here are a few places where you and your team can get curious: Better ways to accomplish your strategic priorities. We call this process of acknowledging emotion “reflect to connect” because you are reflecting the emotion you observed and making sure you understand what’s on their mind. Do I have that right?”. Invite feedback from others.

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International Coach Academy

OCTOBER 21, 2024

What should happen to make you feel accomplished? Expatriation is the process of relocating to another country with a culture different from the country of upbringing. My research helped me to collect some new learnings, which I used as the foundation for my coaching model: The ‘culture shock’ is experienced by the majority of the expats.

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DECEMBER 16, 2019

List your accomplishments for the year. Take the time to review your accomplishments. Capture your accomplishments. Make an email folder to hold records of your accomplishments. Clean up your desk, put away old papers, toss dated files and generally straighten your physical area. Quantify all that you can.

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AUGUST 29, 2022

“What’s the most important thing my team needs to accomplish to really impact the business this year?” ” “Imagine we’re sitting here this time next year, and you’re blown away by our team’s performance… what would we have accomplished?” Differentiate Performance.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2023

They’re doing what you asked, but are focused on counting metrics (how busy they are), vs. quality metrics, (how well they are accomplishing these tasks). The activities and habits that SHOULD work to help them accomplish their MIT (Most Important Thing), aren’t. Here’s the sad truth. We’ve all been there.

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OCTOBER 21, 2024

What should happen to make you feel accomplished? Expatriation is the process of relocating to another country with a culture different from the country of upbringing. My research helped me to collect some new learnings, which I used as the foundation for my coaching model: The ‘culture shock’ is experienced by the majority of the expats.

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MARCH 7, 2022

My guess is you don’t need more ideas of what needs to be accomplished. Do you remember being really sensitive to all the “lasts?” ” The last big game. The last show you were in. Or, the last summer night before you and your friends all went their separate ways? I love my son. I’m on it.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Be sure you know the MITs (most important things) you need to accomplish at a strategic and tactical level. You’re overloaded at work. Stuck in a world where productivity meets panic and trying to be a ‘team player’ feels like a conspiracy against your sanity. A few powerful phrases that can help. What’s most important?” I have an idea.”

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NOVEMBER 21, 2022

I am so grateful for what you’ve accomplished here.” Progress is good. You need recognition. And courtesy is vital. But none of these are genuine gratitude. True gratitude begins with deep humility. It changes us. True gratitude transforms our relationships. It changes the game. Courtesies Aren’t Gratitude. Gratitude is missing when….

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NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Each Friday ask each member of your team to send you a quick email focused on these areas: what they feel best about what they accomplished this week (a great opportunity for you to do some informal recognition); a performance area they’re focusing on next week and what they plan to do to improve; and any help they need from you.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

As he writes, The best moments in our lives are not the passive, receptive, relaxing times… The best moments usually occur when a person’s body or mind is stretched to its limits in a voluntary effort to accomplish something difficult and worthwhile. A Research Paper By Marta Potulna, Leadership and Optimal Performance Coach, AUSTRALIA.

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DECEMBER 21, 2022

Seligman’s research in positive psychology has developed the Well-Being Theory, which measures Positive emotion, Engagement, Meaning, Positive Relationships, and Accomplishment–PERMA. Behavior can also be modified, which is the correlation between the science of Positive Psychology and transformation in the field of Coaching.

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DECEMBER 4, 2023

Accomplishment (it’s always interesting to see which people choose– it’s a great indicator of what matters most to them). Taking a moment for a team year-in-review fosters curiosity and connection I don’t know about you, but we love a good “year-in-review” list. That WAS a big deal.”

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2015

I spoke with several of the teams that made it to the final round– mostly curious about how the most successful teams accomplished so much so quickly. Clearly, it’s more than a “game” when potential employers and university leadership are involved. How to Move a Team From Forming to High Performing in < 48 Hours.

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JUNE 15, 2022

If it’s feasible to bring your team together in person, consider the most important work to accomplish during that time (e.g. Be purposeful with your time together. strategic planning, raising ideas, sharing concerns, building trust, gaining exposure to executives, navigating tough performance conversations ). Measure it.

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JUNE 15, 2015

It’s going to be hard, perhaps the most difficult thing we’ve accomplished, which is why I’ve brought us here to get really creative on the best path forward. IT managers, Lori and Ann, were both shocked when they were given their latest projects. “Why don’t they ask us before making these impossible commitments?”

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APRIL 11, 2017

When we walk away from our work, what will we be proud to have accomplished? We had the team laser-focused on the one or two critical behaviors that mattered most at the frontline– and they were doing them consistently. Seems so basic and easy? What do our customers really need from us–consistently? Not 37 things.

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APRIL 20, 2015

Does my team truly understand what we’re trying to accomplish and why? .)” “Stand up if you’ve received any kind of recognition this year at your job (about 2% of the room stood).” ” I’m sure the intention wasn’t to prove that point, but it raised an important issue. Am I CONNECTING with them?

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OCTOBER 4, 2024

Identify Habits for Success There are two questions every volunteer (heck every employee, leader…every team member) needs to be able to answer: 1) What does success in this role accomplish? Invest in commitment and accountability to help your volunteers feel a real sense of accomplishment as they fulfill the purpose of their work.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Suggesting employees write a letter about their accomplishments each year, and what they found difficult, and what stretched them. Source of Strength. He is inspired to “use my screw-ups to help others.” ” On Being More Wrong. 3:38 What should we be more wrong about? It’s very personal. Hold onto your True North.

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AUGUST 8, 2017

”People want to know that something will be accomplished with their time. “This is so stupid–they asked for my opinion and then ignored it. I don’t know why I even bother! From now on, I’m going to just shut my mouth and do my work.” ” “Arghhh. We keep rehashing the same conversations.

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JANUARY 17, 2022

These conversation starters make caring dialogue a bit easier. For most teams, having genuine caring conversations takes practice. It can feel easier to keep the conversations light, particularly if that’s your team culture. Why practicing going a bit deeper matters. Have you ever experienced a scene like this? My three kids have the croup.

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JANUARY 16, 2023

Too many meetings are a waste of time and don’t accomplish anything. If there is something employees could do that is more valuable, that contributes more directly to the team and to the results you’re trying to accomplish, why on earth would you want them in your meeting where they are less productive? Start with purpose.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Then you’re going to need to find some opportunities to showcase your work and your accomplishments. The job was interesting to me, and I immediately wondered “Why they hadn’t asked me to do it?” I sat there frustrated as the meeting concluded. And that might have been the end of the story, except for some sugar. You’d be a great candidate.”

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AUGUST 30, 2021

Many people find it easier to be a human-centered leader when everything’s going well. But when you’re stressed and anxious, it’s easy to snap at your team, lose your temper, and undermine the culture you’ve worked so hard to build. If you have too many of these freak-out moments, your people will conclude that kindness is only for the easy times.

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JULY 11, 2017

What accomplishments are you most proud of? Most of the time when people come to me feeling burned out and exhausted–or even feel like they’re “losing their soul” it’s not that they no longer care– it’s that they care so deeply and the lack of progress has made them weary. Have you ever felt this way?

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JUNE 17, 2022

Tune in to get actionable examples of how proven leaders have accomplished this and how you can too. Most leaders have an innate desire to be compassionate, but many don’t know how to put it into practice. The bottom line on bottom lines: compassionate leadership is about better people and better business. Compassionate Leadership.

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Career Advancement

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Without a precise objective for what you need to accomplish, time can go by unchecked, and before you know it, the day is over with nothing accomplished. “When you kill time, remember that it has no resurrection.”. ? By Molly Barnes, Digital Nomad Life. Here are six ways. It’s a win-win! Utilize the Cloud. Embrace the Headphones.

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