Author Archives: Bob Anderson
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
Maximizing Maxims for Leadership
One Piece of Paper – Leadership on one page, Mike Figliuolo
Gratitude
Gratitude Every year around Thanksgiving time, we start hearing about the importance of gratitude – and it is important. But I was getting bored with the topic until I read this definition in Success Magazine: Gratitude helps us understand the … Continue reading
An Incredible Dance – We need one another this new year
A Dance We all Need! Click on the YouTube link for an inspiring dance of weakness partnered to weakness for beautiful strength!
New Year Revolutions
At the approach of every new year, I am inundated with people asking me my “New Year Resolutions”. I decided to leverage these encounters into learning opportunities by answering that I now call my “resolutions”, revolutions. Then I quip, “my … Continue reading
Seek Criticism and Increase “Buy In”
I shouldn’t have any problem now – critics abound, and John Kotter (Buy In, Harvard Business School Press, 2010) writes that when we invite criticism, we are creating moments for innovation, new thinking, and a better plan. Maybe if I … Continue reading
Steve Denning uses story to the max! His new book is available soon at Amazon.
Many of my coaching clients are ministers and management in the religious “non profit” can be quite a challenge. For a chance to explore some creative thinking from Steve’s new book check out the video clip below. You can pre-order … Continue reading
Getting it Done – a look at a new book!
Stever Robbins has a new look at how to get things done – simple ideas are easy to do! Stever’s Nine steps are a life line when overwhelmed with “stuff”.. the first is indispensable for a BreakThrough kind of life. … Continue reading
A Spirituality of Work for Labor Day
I heard for Joan Chittister in my mail this morning so I add her contribution for us to reframe our thinking about work. Labor Day: a spirituality of work “Work,” the Persian poet Gibran writes, “is love made visible.” A … Continue reading
“Being”
Conscious Awareness of God – Albert Edward Day In coaching others for effective living, one of my discoveries is that I often to not live with conscious awareness of God. I think that is because I am not always “consciously” … Continue reading