Author Archives: Bob Anderson
Difficult Conversations
Difficult conversations confront us every day. Sometimes we wake up at night thinking about a conversation we need to have but put it off. MindTools web site gives some practical guidance to prepare – good ole role play! Check it … Continue reading
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2012 – Make it a Year of Gratitude
Happy New Year from Bob Anderson! New Years Eve – 2012 is but hours away now and it struck me that one way to approach the new year is using my own personal success strategy – Practicing Gratitude. There is … Continue reading
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Action Reflection on the New Year
January is named for the Roman two-faced god, Janus. She has one face looking to the past and the other to the future – Janus is the god of beginnings, endings and the transitions they create. Life is full of … Continue reading
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Whose Responsibility is it, Anyway?
The old “Pog0″ comic strip said it best, “we have bet the enemy and they is us”. For us to get out in front of a situation, a challenge, a temptation that will ultimately hurt us, we need to step … Continue reading
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Remember Wonder!
This Christmas season is again a fast paced, consumer driven, high pressure system that drives me a bit batty at times. It is so easy to lose the simple wonder of … well, wonder! Check out the video… Robin Ince … Continue reading
Grow and Attitude – of Gratitude
http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/leadership/everyone-wins-with-gratitude/
Squirrel Nutkin and the Coach in the Window
It’s Thanksgiving morning and I’m entranced with the wild birds fluttering at our feeders outside the kitchen window. They make a mess and Squirrel Nutkin picks up the scattershot of sunflower seeds below. Let me explain about Squirrel Nutkin. Squirrel … Continue reading
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Coaching for “Wonder”
. . . we have to allow the moment of wonder to occur on its own and embrace it when it comes. Continue reading
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Taking time to think…
With our busy schedules, taking time to think is probably the furthest thing from your mind. One of my personal success strategies is simply, “take time to think”. Get away from the noise and the stressors that push you. Relax … Continue reading
Who Me?
One of the powerful questions I use with my coaching clients when they are confronting a conflict or problem is, “what was your part in bringing this about”. I just discovered that I signed up a client for a conference … Continue reading