“Building Today, Accessible Tomorrow.” My friendship with Paul has been enlightening for my work with leaders in corporate environments. While Paul works on physical environments, he teaches me about empowerment in the emotional and spiritual realm of our spaces. Freedom is essential! For Paul, honesty and trust must always be present for the most positive [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Trust’
An Empowering Environment – Paul’s Story
Posted in Ch. 7: Love, tagged Brand of Love, Encouragement, Experience, Flow, Freedom, Individual, Passion, Purpose, Story, Trust on February 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Free in the Story
Posted in Ch. 7: Love, tagged Courage, Experience, Flow, Gift, Path, Purpose, Story, Trust on January 16, 2012 | 14 Comments »
Inside you begin as the seed of trust sprouts, determined in the spirit with each step. The gift of intuitive instinct guides focus, each path individually unique. You move along a purposeful path, blessings of experience strengthen resolve. Resonate voice scripts the scenes of life, a courageous yes to what is true. Enlightened in trust you [...]
Trust Yourself (Expertise)
Posted in Ch. 1: Impact, tagged Ch. 4: Voice, Ch. 7: Love, Confidence, Conscious, Experience, Intention, Transition, Trust on October 26, 2011 | 8 Comments »
In the agitation of intentional transition a threat to confidence I consciously allowed. Soul asks, “Do you know what you can do?” and reminds me of a casual style avowed. A loving voice not my own exhorts, “Trust yourself” melting the icy texture of fear into knowledge matured. With casual trust I float in creative [...]
The Building of Confidence – Keith’s Story
Posted in Ch. 3: A New Confidence, Ch. 4: Voice, tagged Ch. 6: Focus, Confidence, Purpose, Trust on September 21, 2011 | 8 Comments »
Each of us wants to find our way, to have purpose. This is something I believe to be so. Having a lot of questions does not mean we are necessarily lost from this path. Each path is unique. I love what David Whyte says in The Heart Aroused: In effect, if we can see the [...]
The Building of Confidence – Jim’s Story
Posted in Ch. 3: A New Confidence, tagged Accountability, Change, Commitment, Serving, Trust on August 29, 2011 | 13 Comments »
Jim began our Story interview by saying, “I apologized to my staff the other day.” There is quite a bit of change occurring in his organization and he was not sure he had been clear enough as of late. He felt he may have been short with them; not giving the amount of attention they [...]
Personal Clarity
Posted in Ch. 6: Focus, tagged Ch. 1: Impact, Ch. 2: Desire & Intent, Trust, Values on April 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Prior to Eric and I entering a one-on-one coaching relationship, he had participated in group Desire & Intent sessions I facilitated with his peers and their CEO. Eric is the newest of the officer team and has thoughtfully and intentionally considered his role of leadership in the organization. In our first coaching session, his strength [...]
Your Reach (A New Security)
Posted in Ch. 3: A New Confidence, tagged Freedom, Loyalty, Reach, Security, Trust on October 14, 2010 | 7 Comments »
The challenges in our economy, along with the natural evolution of the 21st Century, are both threatening and exciting. In my work I know many individuals whose livelihood is unsure and many for whom the hammer has fallen. The leaders with whom I normally work have been hard at his/her respective careers for many years. [...]
Free to Transition
Posted in Ch. 3: A New Confidence, tagged Accountability, Integrity, Responsibility, Trust on October 1, 2010 | 7 Comments »
In his book, The Anxious Organization, Jeffrey Miller warns us about the futility of attempting to change someone else’s behavior in order to relieve our own anxiety. It does not work. When young in the management roles, this is precisely what I did; and I thought I was right. Thinking back, I may have even believed [...]
Desire and Content
Posted in Ch. 2: Desire & Intent, tagged Commitment, Conscious, Desire, Trust, Wading on August 31, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I love fly fishing, and I love wading the clear mountain stream. Sometimes the wade is slow and deliberate as I seek a sporting connection with a wary trout. Other times it is like hiking in water as I move along enjoying scene after scene as viewed through the heart lens of a photographer. Regardless [...]
A Desire for Impact
Posted in Ch. 2: Desire & Intent, tagged Ch. 1: Impact, Desire, Reach, Trust on August 22, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Impact in the 21st Century is less about outcomes and results and more about the unfolding story of your reach. Your unique brand of impact – or the impact of your brand – is the sustainable influence of your leadership. As influence grows, reach expands; it is the conscious expansion of reach that deepens one’s impact. [...]
