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Last month, we had a great group coaching call on self confidence, how to become a better communicator, and how to get to the next level – a senior individual contributor. Become a soft skills gym member today to get your questions answered in these monthly group coaching call.
Below is the first 9 minutes of this coaching call. The full 54 minute call can be found inside the Soft Skills Gym, once you become a member. ...
Something weird happened to me on LinkedIn over the weekend. I thought I share to help remind both you and I of what NOT to do on LinkedIn. This really happened just two days ago.
I get a lot of requests to connect on LinkedIn, some from folks I know but many from folks I don’t know at all. A month ago, I accepted an invite from someone I thought my husband mentioned I should meet. Let’s call him Paul. ...
Alexis, my 9 year old, was asking me all week to teach her how to ride a bike. Finally, I had time on Sunday to lower the seat on her sister’s bike and take her out. Alexis has never been on a two-wheel bike before.
When we got to the park, I realized she was expecting to learn how to ride the bike that day! When she didn’t get it after a few tries, she was upset. I told her it took me many days to learn to bike. It was the same for her older sister. ...
I took this six weeks course in Feb called Positive Intelligence (PQ) by Shirzad Chamine and it was life changing. I am skeptical of almost all training out there. They are usually too basic, too theoretical, or too temporary in its impact on my life. This course was different. It combined 20% insight with 80% practice daily so that I can apply the learning that day. Taking this course helped me built a new set of habits in my thinking and in my actions. ...
Has work been less than ideal? Has life been giving you lemons? it’s not been easy for many with the Covid crisis. I know friends who have lost their jobs and a neighbor who unexpectedly got cancer. Life can be hard.
We probably all have a lot to complain about right now . However, all I feel today is gratitude to be alive. You can have this perspective too if you read this article. Holly was 27-year-old. She died of cancer and left behind final advice ...
I was initially surprised when Raina (not her real name) asked this question – how to obtain meaningful feedback from my manager. As we had 10 minutes left in our coaching call, Raina shared her situation and her question. She acknowledged that her manager was quite busy. However she still wished that her manager would give her more concrete feedback in her performance reviews so she knows how to improve. ...
When I first heard Judy speak at our leadership meeting, I was struck by her passion, her confidence, and her engaging presentation style. Judy is our lead finance officer for our business unit and a master presenter. Every time she speaks, I listen with great interest as she is excellent at simplifying a complex subject (i.e. Finance), using analogies to make her topic more relatable, and celebrating everyone’s hard work. ...