Archive for 'Leadership Tips'

Effective Communications Reduce Workplace Stress

One of the contributing factors of workplace stress is ineffective communications. It is true. We may not realize it, but the way we communicate is one of the chief causes of stress-related problems. Consequently, one of the ways to reduce uncertainty in the workplace is to improve our communication skills.

Stress is defined by control. Having control over a situation can reduce your stress, while losing control will cause stress levels to go up. We all know that some level of ...

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8
MAY

Categories: Blog, Coaching, Leadership Attitude, Leadership Challenges, Leadership Tips

Tags: coaching, communication, leadership, listening, stress, understanding

Ubuntu, Ubuntu, Ubuntu!

Posted by: Danny Valenzuela

Tomorrow is Cinco de Mayo (May 5th), a day that has special meaning for individuals of Mexican heritage or with ancestral roots in Mexico. It has special significance to me because my maternal grandfather and both my paternal grandparents were born in Mexico.

Cinco de Mayo is not Mexican Independence Day, as many people think. Mexican Independence day is September 16^th. Cinco de Mayo is celebrated because against overwhelming odds, 4,000 Mexican soldiers defeated 8,000 French soldiers at Puebla, ...

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4
MAY

Categories: Blog, Coaching, Leadership Challenges, Leadership Tips

Tags: cinco de mayo, cultural, differences, Hispanic, leadership, traditions

How do you deal with ambguity?

Posted by: Danny Valenzuela

The word “ambiguous” has its origins in the early 1520s, from the Latin word imbiguus, “having double meaning, shifting, changeable, doubtful.” Does this sound like some of people you’ve been around or have worked with? People who are ambiguous are typically not comfortable with change or uncertainty. They may prefer more data than others, prefer things tacked down and secure, may be quick to close and have a strong need to finish everything. Sometime they do things the same way ...

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12
MAR

Categories: Coaching, Leadership Challenges, Leadership Tips

Tags: ambiguity, ambiguous, clear solutions, competency, goals, leadership, leadership coaching, stress

Rapid Eye Movement Means Better Sleep

Posted by: Danny Valenzuela

An important part of leadership development is the ability to maintain a healthy body and mind. Leaders who stay physically and mentally healthy can avoid burnout and maintain physical and mental well-being. Just as exercise and proper nutrition are essential for optimal health, so is sleep. A good night’s sleep is often the best way to cope with stress, solve problems or recover from an illness. Yet many individuals try to sleep as little as possible, even bragging about how ...

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9
JAN

Categories: Blog, Leadership Tips

Tags: business coaching, coaching, communications, effective communications, executive coaching, leadership, leadership coaching, leadership development, leadership fit workshops, life balance, listening, transition execs, vitality

Three Things Leaders Really Do

Posted by: Danny Valenzuela

In today’s complex and fast-moving world change is inevitable. Change comes at a fast pace, requiring leaders to cope and manage it in order for their organizations to survive and remain competitive. The more change there is, the more leadership is needed.

According to John P. Kotter, author of “What Leaders Really Do,” both management and leaders must make decisions and develop relationships in order to accomplish what they want. Each must ensure that employees get the job done, but each ...

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12
JUL

Categories: Blog, Leadership Tips

Tags: budgeting, business coaching, creating a vision, executive coaching, leadership, organizations, planning, setting goals, solve problems

Learning is Essential in Coaching

Posted by: Danny Valenzuela

Leadership development is the focal point of organizations today. A rapid and ever changing global environment, a desire for tangible results and understanding that people are more motivated to learn if the experience is relevant to their lives makes Action Learning (AL) a preferred way to develop leaders. By definition, AL is learning by doing real work. That can mean many things to many people, so in this issue we try to make sense of it.

I recently returned from a ...

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14
JUN

Categories: Blog, Leadership Tips

Tags: action learning, business coaching, executive coaching, leadership coaching, strategic relationships

Change Will Define How We Proceed Into The Future

Posted by: Danny Valenzuela

First and foremost, leaders must have vision. Without knowing where you want to go or where you want to take your organization, you will wander aimlessly. Think of it as a compass heading: chart your course and develop a plan on how to reach your destination.

But having a vision is not enough. You must be able to communicate that vision in ways that people can understand and be inspired to make the journey with you.

The world is changing around us, ...

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8
MAR

Categories: Blog, Leadership Tips

Tags: accepting change, business coaching, creating business encvironment that welcomes change, executive coaching, leaders and change, leadership coaching

Sixth Hole – Accurate Score, Par 4, 385 Yards, 11 Handicap

Posted by: Danny Valenzuela

One of the biggest challenges in golf is keeping score. That’s right, keeping score. Golfers keep a scorecard and record the score for each hole. Many golfers keep a score based on the situation they encounter. Let me explain. How many times do you say to yourself or your playing partners: “Since we didn’t warm up, let’s take a mulligan on the first tee.” Or you hit a beautiful drive but it lands in a divot, or behind a tree, ...

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9
NOV

Categories: Blog, Leadership Tips

Tags: business coaching, executive coaching, leadership coaching, leadership tips, setting the right goals, tracking goals

Third Hole – Motivation. Par 3, 150 Yards, 17 Handicap

Posted by: admin

Why do we play golf? A lot of it has to do with who we are and what golf tells us about ourselves. Lanny Watkins says we play golf “because golf mirrors our personality.” We hit two or three great shots in a round that tends to bring us back because they instill in us the belief that we can hit these great shots again and again. It teases us with a great shot and then a horrible next shot ...

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10
AUG

Categories: Blog, Leadership Tips

Tags: business coaching, coaching employees, empowering employees, executive coaching, leadership coaching, leadership skills, leadership tips, managing employees, motivating employees

Second Hole – Alignment. Par 5, 515 Yards, 7 Handicap

Posted by: admin

Achieving a par in golf or in my case, a bogey, is not a random process. Golf teaches us that it is essential to have structure to achieve the vision in mind while on the tee box. A similar process is essential in leadership and business; if an organization doesn’t align with its vision it won’t achieve its potential. In golf we waste strokes; in organizations and business it can cost considerable money, resources and talent.

As we look down the ...

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13
JUL

Categories: Blog, Leadership Tips

Tags: aligning organizational vision, analyze barriers, business coaching, executive coaching, implement business plans, leadership coaching, obstacles, set realistic goals

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Archive for 'Leadership Tips'

Effective Communications Reduce Workplace Stress

Ubuntu, Ubuntu, Ubuntu!

How do you deal with ambguity?

Rapid Eye Movement Means Better Sleep

Three Things Leaders Really Do

Learning is Essential in Coaching

Change Will Define How We Proceed Into The Future

Sixth Hole – Accurate Score, Par 4, 385 Yards, 11 Handicap

Third Hole – Motivation. Par 3, 150 Yards, 17 Handicap

Second Hole – Alignment. Par 5, 515 Yards, 7 Handicap

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