As has become a regular thing with me, I’m going blog-free in August.
I’ll start blogging, again, right after Labor Day.
Thanks! - bz
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Summer Hiatus: August 2010
2010q3 GGCI Newsletter
The 2010q3 edition of the GottaGettaCoach! newsletter is now on-line at: http://www.ggci.com/newsletter/GGCI-2010q3.pdf.
- The Botany of Self-Doubt • Topic: Fear and Courageousness • Subject: What to do when self-doubt strikes and how to manage it more effectively.
- The ABCs of Good Employees…& Bad Bosses • Topic: Leadership Development • Subject: Why “A-players hire A-players; B-players hire C-players” is misguided, at best, and downright inflammatory, at worst.
- What Job Would Make You Happy? • Topic: Career Development • Subject: Time for a change? Try this visualization exercise to figure out where you should go next with your career.
- A Noun Called ‘Happiness’ • Topic: Personal Fulfillment • Subject: A simple way to ‘tune in’ to more happiness.
- On Being Fully Present • Topic: Personal Development • Subject: A quick set of five tweets about the concept of being Fully Present.
- It’s “Nuts” Trying to Get Your Unmet Needs Met at Work • Topic: Personal/Professional Development • Subject: It really is. So here’s how to get those unmet needs met elsewhere.
- LeadershipHaiku • Topic: Leadership Development • Subject: More // Leadership coaching / in seventeen syllables / for busy bosses. //
- Clean Hands Clear Conscience • Topic: Personal/Professional Development • Subject: Researchers report some interesting new findings about the benefits of washing one’s hands.
As always, questions, comments – and suggestions – are welcomed.
Enjoy~ – bz
P.S. If you’re interested in learning how coaching might help you or your staff, phone (847-291-9735) or email (info@ggci.com) to schedule an exploratory phone conversation.
P. P.S. The GGCI Newsletter Archives are at: www.ggci.com/newsletter.
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The R.I.G.H.T. Job for You?
In its July 1, 2010 newsletter, TheLadders published my latest article, titled, 3 Steps to Rate Every Job Offer …
It’s a good news/bad news dilemma: Yes, they’ve finally given you that job offer you were hoping for; but, no, you’re really not sure if you should take it. Parts of the offer seem excellent, but not everything – definitely not everything.
Deciding whether to walk away from a bona fide job offer, though, is something that requires serious consideration and meaningful analysis. Fortunately, the “R.I.G.H.T. Job” assessment can help with that.
Use the chart below to capture your sentiments about the five key elements of the job offer: Responsibilities, Income, Growth, Happiness and Team:
Step 1 – Record
As you see, the basis of this assessment is that any job that’s R.I.G.H.T. for you will grade well across the five key elements identified above. Use the following questions as prompts, list your impressions, pro and con, in the boxes provided. Reflect on and record any other realizations you may have about each aspect of your assessment:
- Responsibilities: How do the responsibilities match your skills and interests? Does the position offer sufficient span of control to manage those responsibilities effectively? What factors might expand or contract those responsibilities over time?
- Income: How satisfied are you with the overall compensation package? Does it meet your needs? Exceed them? What, if anything, is missing?
- Growth: What is the organization’s commitment to your ongoing growth and development? What opportunities are likely for you in this regard? How soon before you “max out” learning-wise?
- Happiness: How happy do you see yourself in this job? Is the work sufficiently meaningful to you? Do you feel it’s a fitting end to your job search?
- Team: What were your impressions of the people with whom you’d be working up, down and across the organization? How influential do you envision yourself to be with them? What did you notice about the company culture?
The next step in the “R.I.G.H.T. Job” assessment is to take a break! Yes, step away from your thoughts and go do something outside for a while. Do whatever you do to clear your mind and relax your psyche so you can just “be” for while.
Find out how to score your assessment by reading the rest of the article, via the link above or at: http://www.ggci.com/Articles/TheLadders-2010-07-01.htm!
And for other articles I’ve written for TheLadders: http://theladders.com/career-search?contentSearchKeyword=zweibel&fromSearch=true.
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GottaGettaCoach! Celebrates 10-year Anniversary
Northbrook, IL — GottaGettaCoach! Incorporated celebrated its 10‐year anniversary on July 4, 2010.
GottaGettaCoach!, Incorporated (GGCI), the life coaching, executive coaching, and leadership consulting firm owned and operated by Barry Zweibel, celebrated its 10‐year anniversary on July 4, 2010 ‐ Independence Day.
“How wonderful that my dream of becoming a full‐time, certified, business/personal life coach turned into a sustainable reality,” said Barry Zweibel, MBA, Master Certified Coach, and President of GGCI. “Time really *does* fly when you’re having fun! Thank you to all of my clients, mentors, and supporters ‐ I truly could not have done this without your help.”
GottaGettaCoach!, Inc. engages people in deeper, more meaningful, conversations about their personal and/or professional growth and development to help them gain the perspective, feedback, and insight they need to move meaningfully forward with the care, confidence, and clarity that’s needed – sooner, rather than later.
For executives, mid‐level managers, and other business professionals wanting to increase their organizational impact and inter‐personal influence, GGCI provides 1‐on‐1 executive coaching and leadership consulting/mentoring. For those looking to improve their confidence, creativity, charisma, and work/life balance, GGCI provides a variety life‐ and career‐coaching products and services, as well.
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Source: http://www.ggci.com/comments/pr_anniversary10.pdf.
Thanks for your continued support, everyone! - bz (7/4/2010)
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Job Search Resources
Please be advised that GottaGettaCoach!, Inc. (GGCI) is now an affiliate of three job search websites:
TheLadders.com* – “TheLadders delivers pre-screened $100K+ job opportunities across all industries and locations, focused primarily on vice president, director and manager positions. TheLadders also helps job seekers and recruiters network outside traditional job listings to find unadvertised opportunities and make valuable connections. Additionally, TheLadders offers an executive-level resume-writing service and career-advice center. So whether you’re headed for the corner office, you’d like to switch careers, or you simply want more job satisfaction, TheLadders can help get you there.”
Vault.com* – “Vault is the Web’s one-stop destination for millions of professionals who are job hunting – or just serious about managing their careers. There are many new entries to the career information arena – but Vault has been gathering unbiased, insider information and data about companies, industries and specific jobs for more than 12 years.”
6FigureJobs.com* – “6FigureJobs is the premier executive career management site where high profile executives and senior-level professionals go to post their resumes with full confidentiality and search through thousands of $100K+ executive and management level opportunities. 6FigureJobs provides exclusive job postings from renowned corporate recruiters and executive search firms who select from our pre-qualified talent database of over 600,000 highly skilled executives and experienced professionals.”
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*Disclosure: As an affiliate of these job search sites, GGCI earns a small commission whenever anyone signs up for their services through these specific ‘affiliate-coded’ links.
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Are ‘soft skills’ really important?
From the GottaGettaBLOG! Archives, this one from December 2003:
On one of the message boards I frequent, someone asked for a good definition for the term ‘soft skills’. Here’s how I replied:
“When I think of ‘soft skills’ I think of how airline pilots can smoothly land a plane. Sure, a crash would address the basic need – to get us out of the sky – but we passengers wouldn’t be so quick to line up for the next flight now would we?!
In a business (and leadership) context, soft skills are what enable safe landings, too – they encourage and motivate people to literally and figuratively stay on board, regardless of how bumpy the flight has been.
“Now isn’t that a refreshing way to look at it?”
Research increasingly shows a definite value Return on Investment (ROI) when a leader works on his/her ‘soft skills’ - http://www.ggci.com/ROI/SurveySays6.htm#calculation.
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What is Collaboration?
from LeadershipHaiku
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Collaboration
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from which to advance.
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More Research on Executive Coaching
Courtesy of the Kilkenny Advertiser over in Ireland (Copyright 2010 Kilkenny Advertiser):
Executive Coaching has gained recognition as being one of the most positive and powerful tools in the armoury of organisations which truly wish to ensure that their most importance resource, their people, are working to their potential.
Research indicates that the top reasons for utilising an executive coach include:
1) Sharpening the leadership skills of high-potential individuals (86 per cent);
2) Correcting management behaviour problems such as poor communication skills, failure to develop subordinates, or indecisiveness (72 per cent);
3) Ensuring the success, or decreasing the failure rate, of newly promoted managers (64 per cent);
4) Correcting employee relations problems such as poor interpersonal skills, disorganisation, demeaning or arrogant behaviour (59 per cent);
5) Providing the required management and leadership skills to technically oriented employees (58 per cent).
More coaching research results — and information on working with GottaGettaCoach! — are available at: www.ggci.com/research/.
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The Interpersonal Influence Inventory
One of the behavioral-type assessments I like to use is the Interpersonal Influence Inventory (III) as it measures the behaviors that individuals use when they attempt to influence others. For over 20 years, this popular learning instrument – now in its fourth edition – has helped thousands of professionals assess their own influence styles and work toward communicating more effectively.
One’s Influence Style, of course, is influenced by several factors:
- Individual Factors
- Past Experience — what we’ve learned about which behaviors lead to positive or negative results
- Attitudes and Beliefs — the internal messages we send ourselves about how to act and react
- Self-Confidence — our ability to stand up for ourselves and our rights in varying circumstances
- Situational Factors
- Rewards in the Environment — ways a work environment “encourages” desirable behaviors
- Costs of Influence Style — ways a work environment “penalizes” undesirable behaviors
- Rules and Laws — ways a work environment differentiates desirable and undesirable behaviors
In it’s simplest form, the III self-assessment answers the question: How do you “come across” to others in your organization?
This month, GottaGettaCoach!, Inc. is offering the Interpersonal Influence Inventory (III) for just $25 when you use coupon code “HALF-OFF-III” when ordering at: http://bit.ly/dn4yVz.
For more information on the Interpersonal Influence Inventory (III) and the other assessments that GottaGettaCoach!, Inc. offers: http://www.ggci.com/leadership-development/iii.htm.
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2010q2 GGCI Newsletter
The 2010q2 edition of the GottaGettaCoach! newsletter is now on-line at: http://www.ggci.com/newsletter/GGCI-2010q2.pdf.
- Levels of Success • Topic: Editor’s Note • Subject: It’s rarely an all-or-none sort of thing
- How to Get Happier • Topic: Personal Development • Subject: Five how-to’s to incorporate into your daily living
- LeadershipHaiku • Topic: Leadership Development • Subject: My latest side-project — it’s well-worth a look-see if I do say so myself!
- Assessing Your Leadership Capacity • Topic: Leadership Development • Subject: Foundational concepts for expanding your Leadership reach and impact
- A “Tweet” to Start Your Day • Topic: Personal Development • Subject: Some Morning Thoughts courtesy of my Twitter-stream
- Tylenol for Social Pains?! • Topic: Fear and Courageousness • Subject: Acetaminophen — it’s not just for headaches anymore!
- GGCI News from Last Quarter • Topic: News of Note • Some GottaGettaCoach! highlights from 2010q1
- Name it; Frame it; then, Claim it • Topic: Job Search Improvements • Subject: An interviewees guide to the Inner-Game of powerful interviewing
As always, questions, comments – and suggestions – are welcomed.
Enjoy~ – bz
P.S. If you’re interested in learning how coaching might help you or your staff, phone (847-291-9735) or email (info@ggci.com) to schedule an exploratory phone conversation.
P. P.S. The GGCI Newseltter Archives are located at : www.ggci.com/newsletter. And please feel free to “share this” this newsletter with those in your network who might appreciate it. Just click on the link below.
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Building Resilience Between Jobs
In its March 31, 2010 newsletter, TheLadders published my latest article, titled, Building Resilience Between Jobs.
Indeed, as the days turn into weeks … and months, it’s not unusual for the inherent stress and strain of a job search to start wearing you down – mentally, physically and emotionally. And, for many, that emotional component is the most debilitating, according to a December New York Times/CBS News poll of the unemployed:
“Nearly half of the adults surveyed admitted to feeling embarrassed or ashamed most of the time or sometimes as a result of being out of work. Perhaps unsurprisingly, given the traditional image of men as breadwinners, men were significantly more likely than women to report feeling ashamed most of the time.”
There’s no shame in this. It simply is what it is. But what CAN a executive-level job seeker do to increase the odds of NOT feeling embarrassed or ashamed while out of work? What steps can you take to re-energize your job search, confidence and dignity?
Read the full article, via the link above or at: http://ggci.com/Articles/TheLadders-2010-03-26.htm, to find out!
And for other articles I’ve written for TheLadders:http://theladders.com/career-search?contentSearchKeyword=zweibel&fromSearch=true.
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Human Achievement Coaching
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GottaGettaBLOG!'s on WordPress!
The migration is complete!
Because of a change in Blogger policy (they’ll soon stop supporting FTP publishing — the way I uploaded my blog with them) they left me no choice but to migrate away.
And with the move to WordPress now (pretty much, anyway) complete, I’m reminded of an old James Taylor lyric:
Isn’t it nice to be home again? Well I said isn’t it nice to be home a-gain?
Indeed it is!
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An executive coach, leadership development, and life coach blog … with a bit of this and that thrown in every now and then – from ICF-Certified Master Coach Barry Zweibel and GottaGettaCoach!, Inc.
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13 Fatal Management Errors
Again, courtesy of Bernie Ritchie and her ManagementSushi blog, my third guest post, which she’s titled: Lethal Cocktails : Fatal Management Errors to be avoided!, is now on-line.
The piece takes a look, so many years later, at what was an “able compass” for me – and many of those who reported to me – as I climbed the management ranks, back in the day. Here’s an excerpt: Briefly, here are the 13 Fatal Errors:
- Refuse to Accept Personal Accountability
- Fail to Develop People
- Try to Control Results Instead of Influencing Thinking
- Join the Wrong Crowd
- Manage Everyone the Same Way
- Forget the Importance of Profit
- Concentrate on Problems Rather than Objectives
- Be a Buddy, Not a Boss
- Fail to Set Standards
- Fail to Train Your People
- Condone Incompetence
- Recognize Only Top Performers
- Try to Manipulate People
So what do YOU think? Are you seeing any of these Fatal Errors occurring here in 2010? I know I am. But let’s see what else Brown had to say that might still be relevant today … (… continued at http://managementsushi.com/.)
Thanks, Bernie!
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Leadership Development Carnival – Feb2010
The February 2010 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival has been published by Talented Apps. Included is a link to The Heart of Effective Personal Management, a blog post by Barry Zweibel. Enjoy!
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LeadershipHaiku
Come follow my latest project, LeadershipHaiku, on Twitter, at @LeadershipHaiku and at http://www.leadershiphaiku.com/.
// LeadershipHaiku / offering leadership tweets / in five, seven, five. //
Okay, here’s the rationale: There are soooo many books about leadership development these days that it’s virtually impossible to read them all. And even if you have the inclination to try, who has the time for that?!
In contrast, LeadershipHaiku is specifically designed for today’s attention-challenged professionals – it’s written in Twitter-format, meaning that every lesson is less than 140 characters … including spaces!!
Each Leadership Lesson is also written in Haiku format – that is, // 5 / 7 / 5 // – making it a unique and clever way to learn, unlike anything you’ve ever tried before.
What qualifies me, Barry Zweibel, to write about Leadership like this? As a noted executive coach and leadership consultant, and president of GottaGettaCoach!, Inc. (GGCI), I engage smart, capable, people in meaningful conversations about their personal growth and professional development. And as someone who works daily to help people face the issues that challenge them most, I KNOW that setting the right tone for learning is essential.
So it’s not by sheer happenstance that each LeadershipHaiku is designed to be fun to read, too!
So follow along below, on Twitter (www.twitter.com/LeadershipHaiku) or at http://www.leadershiphaiku.com/, and see if you don’t learn a thing or two about Leadership, Life … and counting syllables!! And remember:
// Sharing these Haiku / will help others learn and grow / which is the whole point. //
Some Samples:
// Be there for your team / in victory AND defeat / they’ll respect you more. //
// “A” players are great / but your “B” and “C” players / will drive your success. //
// You know what to do / but that’s really not the point / let THEM run with it. //
// Your reputation / as a leader of others / will outlast your stay. //
More on Twitter, at @LeadershipHaiku and http://www.leadershiphaiku.com/.
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2010q1 GGCI Newsletter
Hi All ~ Barry Zweibel, here. Happy New Year! The 2010q1 edition of the GottaGettaCoach! newsletter is now available at: www.ggci.com/newsletter/GGCI-2010q1.pdf.
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Best Wishes for a Terrific ‘10! • Topic: Editor’s Note • Subject: It IS, after all, a New Year!
- The TV Marathon Workweek • Topic: Time Management • An excerpt from one of my guest blog posts at ManagementSushi.com.
- A “Tweet” to Start Your Day • Topic: Personal Development • I like to tag my first tweet of the day as a “#MorningThought.” Here are several of them for your consideration.
- Who’s Pushing Your Hot Buttons? • Topic: Conflict Management • What triggers YOU into conflict? And, more importantly, what can you do about it?
- GGCI News from Last Quarter • Topic: News of Note • Some GottaGettaCoach! highlights from 2009q4.
- Don’t Squat with Yer Spurs On! • Topic: Book Review • “A Cowboy’s Guide to Life,” volumes I and II, by Texas Bix Bender.
- Leadership Development. Simplified. • Topic: Leadership Development • So your boss wants you to work on your leadership skills.
The GGCI Newseltter Archives are located at : www.ggci.com/newsletter.
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Interested in how coaching might help you or your staff? Contact GottaGettaCoach! to schedule an exploratory phone conversation. Phone: 847-291-9735; Contact Form: www.ggci.com/MailingList/contact.htm.
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As always, questions, comments – and suggestions – are welcomed. Enjoy~ – bz
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