Coach Mindset

Coaching is about asking and listening, not telling and selling.

Join us on March 22nd at 7 pm at the Compass in Provo, Utah for an exclusive advanced viewing and discussion of?Where Peace Begins,?with producers Patrick Mason and Chad Ford, director Tay Steele, and video guests LaShawn Williams and Pastor Jamie White. Where Peace Begins,?comprises eight short films featuring therapists, pastors, mediators, and peace educators, including Thomas McConkie, Jennifer-Finlayson Fife, LaShawn Williams, Jamie White, Desmond Lomax, Imam Rashied Omar, Chad Ford, and Patrick Mason. The series addresses the inevitable conflict we feel as we navigate a world of difference. It also offers space for moral imagination to emerge when the path ahead feels unclear and peacemaking tools that offer hope. These peacemakers share their personal struggles in reconciling their own challenges at home and in the world while simultaneously assisting others in finding their own path through conflict. We are grateful for the support and guidance from Faith Matters and the?One America Movement?in producing this series. This is a ticketed event. You?can get tickets here: https://lnkd.in/g-3jf72m

I was one of four passengers in a car that had just run out of gas. We drifted off to the side of the highway. While wondering what to do, a car pulled to the shoulder in front of us. Out stepped four late teens dressed in black leather from head to toe. One of them sported a green mohawk and another a nose ring that was connected to his belt by a silver chain. (I don’t know how that worked.) They walked toward us, and I remember thinking to myself, “We’re going to die.” One of them asked what the problem was. “We’re out of gas,” one of us answered. “We can take one of you to get some gas,” one of them replied. Now, I was the oldest by at least ten years—and, theoretically at least, the most responsible. If anyone should have gone with them, it should have been me. But I looked down at my feet and didn’t say a word. “I’ll go,” I heard one of my companions say. I raised my eyes and watched the five of them trudge away together. I honestly wondered if I would ever see my friend again. But I let him go... Just 15 minutes later, the same car pulled off in front of us, and my friend jumped out with a gas can. Through the open car windows, he exchanged fist bumps, smiles, and laughs with the four kind souls I had previously thought might kill us. After their friendly exchanges, they waved to the rest of us and pulled away. I was suddenly flooded with shame. In all my life, I had never done what those four teenagers did for us. And yet, I had vilified and judged them simply because they didn’t look like me. Judgment and prejudice are pernicious things. They blind us to the good all around us as well as to the darkness within. The irony: I had thought myself better, and they worse, in the very moment they were helping and I was judging. As Black Elk, the great medicine man of the Oglala Sioux tribe, said, "It is in the darkness of their eyes that men get lost." Our judgments reveal more about us than they do about others. They reveal who we are, not who others are. And they blind us to the goodness in both friend and foe.

Are you looking to deepen your leadership skills? Communicate your message clearly and strengthen connections with your team? Then you don't want to miss this free webinar on how to ignite your leadership skills. What will you learn? - 3 essential leadership characteristics crucial for building a strong leaders. - 4 key mistakes that may be hindering your progress and understanding the costs associated with these missteps. - How to implement the 3 C's of leadership into your daily routine to enhance your leadership presence. Who am I? I'm an executive coach who gets to work with leaders in companies throughout the world. I hear firsthand the challenges they face and what they've done to create businesses and achieve the goals they set for themselves and their teams. I became an executive coach after reporting on radio and tv stations in SF, Denver and Houston, where I interviewed leaders, CEOs and presidents, of the US. I've been in leadership training for decades! Join me to uncover the core elements that will help you unleash your leadership potential. Don't miss this event: -No recordings: experience it live. -Direct access: ask me anything, live. -Real insights: from my connections with leaders, live. Please hit 'attend' now. This is your chance to get back to what you know you do best, lead. I can't wait to meet you!

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Here’s what I've learned works for me and the people I work with: I plan and re-plan every speech, every workshop, and every consulting methodology. This is true even if I will be covering topics I've covered a thousand times. Why? Because the people are new. And their needs may be new. And I, hopefully, will have grown since the last time I covered the topic. A regurgitated plan is a stale plan, so I always start afresh. Even in cases where I end up doing something very close to what I have done before, it is new for me because I have rebuilt it with new people and their needs in mind. However, I've learned that once I'm with the people, my attention needs to be on them, not on my plan. Holding tightly to the plan at that point prevents me from holding tightly to the people, which is what is necessary to have a meaningful encounter. Part of preparing a plan is preparing to leave it behind. So, I always have a plan, meticulously built with others in mind. To me, that's part of actually caring. But the experience we then end up producing together is always better than anything I could have done on my own. Loving the group more than you love your plan is the most important part of the plan.

Ever find yourself holding off on a critical decision even when you know the answer and are ready to go? Here are four reasons to stop waiting for someone else to decide, and take the decision into your hands. #decisionmaking #stopwaiting #choices #ownership #lifecoaching