Soft Skills In the IT Environment – Part 2 of 2

Written by Carole Nicolaides


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Does coaching really work? Evenrepparttar most skeptical of people have been impressed. One Associated Press article reports this occurrence: “When his boss first offered him a coach, Ken Saji, a director for MTV Networks, hedged a bit. "I didn't want anything touchy-feely," he says.

”The 30-year-old, who considers himself a bit of an introvert, wanted to show more leadership in meetings. His coach suggested he build on his analytical nature to become an "active listener," who distills what's been said and offers new suggestions.

"I feel I perform 100 percent better inrepparttar 106251 areas we worked on," Saji says. "I'm now much more confident and more self-aware."”

Coaching can be conducted via telephone, email, or in person, so regardless ofrepparttar 106252 pace of your schedule, there is always time to improve. Consideringrepparttar 106253 results coaching brings torepparttar 106254 table,repparttar 106255 investment of time and money are both well worth it.

Carole Nicolaides is president and founder of Progressive Leadership, Inc., an executive coaching firm. She assists companies in creating high-performance teams and leaders that produce outstanding results. Discover her free ezine, teleclass training and consulting in Knowledge Management, Coaching and Leadership Development when you visit http://www.progressiveleadership.com.


CHRISTMAS COMMANDOS MAKE YOUR YEAR-END EVENT A “TOTAL VICTORY”

Written by Boyd Hooper


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Their claim to have a world of experience between them, may just berepparttar undersell ofrepparttar 106250 year asrepparttar 106251 Christmas Commandos have a track record of success that has taken them intorepparttar 106252 culture battles of corporate America, joining forces with such clients asrepparttar 106253 CIA, Sisters of St. Josephs, Abbot Laboratories, PeopleSoft, Panasonic, Intel, Microsoft, Texaco, Nike, Ford Motor Company, Purdue University,repparttar 106254 Environmental Protection agency, Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines to help them achieve victories in their everyday corporate battles to motivate employees and improve productivity. When asked about why they teamed up to createrepparttar 106255 Christmas Commandos, Kirk and Don responded with one voice, “We were catching up at a monthly breakfast meeting telling each other war stories about our road warrior lifestyles whenrepparttar 106256 familiar topic of doing something together came up again. This time though, we decided to do something about it, so we identified what we thought was a significant need: Year-end entertainment that wasn't lame.” “We reviewed every corporate Christmas event that we had ever subject to and foundrepparttar 106257 majority lacking anything that could said to have any real lasting impact. We decided then and there to do something about it. Whatever we did should be high energy, high impact, or whatrepparttar 106258 Rangers term, ‘Hooah!’ But it should have substance; rich meaty motivational content that people could reflect on and digest long afterrepparttar 106259 event was over. Since this is what we both has been doing professionally for several years anyway, we felt confident we could deliver it in a year ending theme, Christmas, New Years, or whatever.” What exactly can you expect inrepparttar 106260 Commandos unwrap their explosive package? It is a creative and charismatic blend of humor, parody, improv, and motivational content that involves and engagesrepparttar 106261 audience from start to finish. Byrepparttar 106262 end of this engagement you will have laughed, cried, sang army cadence, and maybe even kissed a Grinch, and re-committed yourself to a higher standard of personal and professional excellence and achievement. These are two well-read Commandos and you can expect to hear integrated into their message war doctrine from business battle books such as, Good to Great, Shackelton's Way, Raving Fans, Execution, and many other business best sellers. Tom Peters is a personal hero of Commando Kirk Weisler who says that, "Anyone who has read Tom Peters’ series of books about making work matter will recognize right away our attempt to makerepparttar 106263 Christmas Commandos a ‘WOW’ event." When asked about howrepparttar 106264 name “Christmas Commandos” came to be, Kirk said, It was literallyrepparttar 106265 first thing that came to our minds…and we likedrepparttar 106266 ring it had. “Perhaps we should have given more consideration torepparttar 106267 political-correctness ofrepparttar 106268 Christmas Commandos, but we likedrepparttar 106269 ring of it better thanrepparttar 106270 Holiday Commandos, Year-End Commandos, or anything else. We have already had some calls fromrepparttar 106271 ‘PC Police’ at some organizations that wantrepparttar 106272 presentation, but want to make sure we don't mentionrepparttar 106273 manger scene or any religious symbolism.” I am hopeful that after all our nation has been through in this past year we can avoid getting hung up onrepparttar 106274 “Christmas” part of our tag line, and look atrepparttar 106275 intent of our mission.” Q: So this was a military operation fromrepparttar 106276 beginning? A: Heck no, “Our original intent in choosingrepparttar 106277 Commando theme was to convey a sense of high energy, fun, involvement, and motivation. We didn't even intend to dorepparttar 106278 presentation in military fatigues, but that isrepparttar 106279 impression that most people are getting fromrepparttar 106280 website. Heck, if they payrepparttar 106281 fee, we'll dress in “almost” anything! Our mission is to make a difference, have maximum impact and lasting value, and achieve long-term results. This is about so much more than a corporation’s year-end event. Our intention is to help their units celebrate their achievements and victories of this past year. To recognize and pay respects to fallen comrades, and then to focus onrepparttar 106282 year and missions ahead… rallyrepparttar 106283 troops and help these corporate commandos Takerepparttar 106284 next hill!” We will laugh with them, cry with them, sing with them, push them to push themselves, rally their fighting spirit with powerful content, focus them onrepparttar 106285 future, and kiss them goodbye withrepparttar 106286 Grinch. We think they’ll never have experienced anything like what we’re bringing.” Without questionrepparttar 106287 Commandos are two spirited men on a mission. As for bringing “Total Victory” to your year-end event, these guys could make taking Baghdad look easier than hanging stockings byrepparttar 106288 chimney with care.

To learn more aboutrepparttar 106289 Commandos visit theirrepparttar 106290 web site they specifically designed for this mission at www.teamdynamics.com/cc

Boyd Hooper is a web development and marketing expert who runs Fortius Group an idea studio dedicated to providing creative marketsolutions for web based advertising and promotion.


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