About a month ago I delivered my two day workshop, “Leader as Coach” for a large organization. Everyone there was very smart and accomplished and wanted to learn how to coach their teams. On the second day, I was ready to have them do an exercise that demonstrates the power ...
The Amazon Uproar: Happiness at Work Matters
Published on September 7, 2015 by Alan Allard
A couple of weeks ago The New York Times ran a scathing article portraying the Amazon work culture as anything but a happy environment. Whether that’s true or not, the question of happiness in the workplace is on our minds again and that’s a good thing. We need to ...
Outrageously Positive
Published on June 15, 2015 by Alan Allard
I have a client who gets up every morning with hope, optimism and and inspiration to live fully. The thing is she has every reason to wake up angry, cynical and even depressed. No one would blame her if she did because she has experienced enough tragedy, heartache and challenge ...
Inspire Yourself to Greater Achievements
Published on June 8, 2015 by Alan Allard
As an executive coach, I have the privilege of working with successful individuals and companies. Over the years I’ve noticed how my clients use their success to inspire themselves to even greater heights. That’s in contrast to what many people do, and that is to respond to their success with ...
Denial in the Workplace
Published on May 27, 2015 by Alan Allard
Over the course of the past two weeks, I’ve had discussions with three senior managers about various challenges their organizations are dealing with. Or to be more precise, challenges the senior leaders are not dealing with. For instance:
- A middle manager with a history of claiming credit he’s not ...
Magnetic Thinking
Published on May 15, 2015 by Alan Allard
We’ve all heard of the Self-fulfilling prophecy.
What we believe and expect to happen tends to happen.
I call that “Magnetic Thinking.”
Our thinking, our beliefs, our assumptions and our expectations are infused with energy that attracts people, resources and circumstances that are aligned with our thoughts and beliefs.
Does that ...
An Uncomfortable Question
Published on May 9, 2015 by Alan Allard
None of us really comes close to the edge of our true potential. We don't even know what our real potential is. In fact, we all have unexpressed potential we don't have a clue about.
True, a few of us seem to have expressed our full potential in certain areas of ...
Coach or Critic?
Published on May 5, 2015 by Alan Allard
Monday I was interviewed on a popular podcast on the subject of happiness. Two thirds of the way through the interview I was asked to share one of the secrets from my book “Seven Secrets to Enlightened Happiness.”
All of a sudden my mind went blank for a second while ...
Coach Yourself to Greatness
Published on April 5, 2015 by Alan Allard
Coach Yourself to Greatness
Last year a large government agency related to health asked me to design and facilitate a two day workshop on coaching for their supervisors and managers. I did the workshop twice last year and because of the results I’m doing it again twice this year. I’m ...
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