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Choice Zone
Say these 2 words out loud: Groan. Grown. Which one do you want to say about your day today? These times of uncertainty and disruption feel like we are blindfolded, wearing roller skates, and keep our balance while the ground beneath us continues to shift without warning. Still … we have a choice. A choice…
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The dreaded “C” word
No, not cancer and not covid. The dreaded word is constraint. COVID-19 has dramatically shaped our reality. It’s up to each of us to design an empowering relationship to the current, real, even threatening, constraints. In support of creating this relationship, please consider my offer at the end of this blog. So…
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Why do you ask?
The question frames and shapes the answer. The question “How far away from home are you?” asks for the number of miles you will travel. The question “When will you get home?” asks for the time you’ll open your front door. Who asks the question also frames and shapes the answer — if we are…
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Turning Ideas into Impact — the book’s available!
I always wanted to write a book,but the wanting never turned into doing . . . until NOW! Together with 15 amazing Silicon Valley consultants, we’ve written our book: Turning Ideas Into Impact. It is now on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Turning-Ideas-Into-Impact-Consultants-ebook/dp/B08428RLDY/ . Starting February 27 (Thurs) until March 2 (Mon), we’ll be running an Amazon…
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Change without Blame
Will you let yourself change today and not make yourself wrong for not having changed yesterday? Will you let someone else change today and not make them wrong for not having changed yesterday? When we acknowledge “that was me yesterday, this is me today” without blame, we own our growth. Owning our past opens the…
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Bring On the New Year!
As we move into the New Year, the phrase “Out with the old, in with the new” comes to mind. While there are certainly things from 2019 that I want to leave behind, casting off the entirety of last year doesn’t suit me either. I choose a both/and approach: I reflect on what’s passed, choose…
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What she said . . .
In a live & lively interview with Jim Masters, CUTV News Radio, I reveal … What being a high school teacher taught me How poetry named by company Importance of leaders knowing “why” What’s so special about a conversation A couple of the hardest things about being a coach (at least for me) Grab your…
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Tomorrow: Live Interview: Camille onBlogTalkRadio 9PT/12n EDT
News Flash! Tomorrow, Wednesday October 9th at 12pm EDT, (9 am PT) I’m being interviewed on BlogTalk Radio. It’s 30 minutes and live … anything (might) happen! Use this link & listen in: https://www.blogtalkradio.com/cutvnewsradio/2019/10/09/cutv-news-radio-spotlights-camille-smith-of-work-in-progress-coaching Thanks for your support, blog readers, Camille
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Management & Leadership Skills: Have both, not either
One person wants to be a better manager. Another wants to be a better leader. Choosing to be “either” one “or” the other often leads to being neither. Google “management skills” and “leadership skills” and you are likely to see various sources displaying skills assigned primarily, even exclusively, to each role. Take a look at…
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D.I.Y. Decision-Making
Have you ever assembled something from IKEA? You grab the Allen wrench, lay out the instructions and begin. Then, voila! YOU did it! You are so proud of it, even if the bottom drawer needs to be wiggled to shut. Still, it’s beautiful. Damn, you’re good. At work, have you ever completed a project? You assemble…
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