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Negativity: Being negative and what you can do about it

November 10, 2020

We have all know folk who seem to be negative all the time, but what about you? How do you know if you are being negative or not? Like you, most folk most likely are not aware of how negative they are and the impact this is having on those around them. Again. For me, it’s all about self-awareness. This week I give you a process on how you can find this out and what you might be able to do about it…

John K Whitehead & Associates coaches individuals and organizations in becoming more effective by helping them improve their interpersonal communications, emotional intelligence, and resiliency.

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Executive Coaching, Leadership, Leadership Coaching, Leadership Development, personal development

What Is the Impact of Speaking When Angry?

John Whitehead

November 3, 2020

Speaking when angry is Marshall Goldsmith’s 7^th habit that can keep you from the top. It is using emotion as a management tool. We all get angry at times; we are human after all. But what we often forget is the impact that emotional outbursts have on those around us and specifically in the workplace, on our staff. Getting a handle on emotions is first and foremost about self-awareness and being able to recognize when we are starting to “lose it”. As one of my clients imagines it, a chemical reaction. This week’s vlog post explores some ideas on how to recognize and manage these emotional outbursts.

John K Whitehead & Associates coaches individuals and organizations in becoming more effective by helping them improve their interpersonal communications, emotional intelligence, and resiliency.

You can read my blog at https://johnkwhitehead.ca

If you have enjoyed reading these posts, please Follow Me – and if you sign up for my Blog I will send you a copy of my eBook, “What Are These Things Called Soft Skills?”

Executive Coaching, Leadership, Leadership Coaching, Leadership Development, personal development

Danger – Showing People We’re Smarter Than We Are

John Whitehead

October 27, 2020

Have You ever been in one of those conversations where the other person keeps playing “one-upmanship”, you know, they keep adding to the conversation additional information just to prove they know what they are talking about – trying to show how smart that are? Marshall Goldsmith lists this as the sixth Habit That keep You From The Top in his book, “What Got You Here Won’t Get You There”, which is the need to show people we’re smarter than they think we are. This may even be you! How can you tell? What can you do about it? In this weeks Vlog post I explore how you might identify and manage this particular habit.

John K Whitehead & Associates coaches individuals and organizations in becoming more effective by helping them improve their interpersonal communications, emotional intelligence, and resiliency.

You can read my blog at https://johnkwhitehead.ca

If you have enjoyed reading these posts, please Follow Me – and if you sign up for my Blog I will send you a copy of my eBook, “What Are These Things Called Soft Skills?”

Executive Coaching, Leadership, Leadership Coaching, Leadership Development, personal development, Self-Awareness, Soft Skills

Marshall’s 4th Habit That Keeps You from The Top

John Whitehead

October 20, 2020

Making destructive comments is Marshall Goldsmith’s 4^th habit that keeps you from the top. These are the needless sarcasms and cutting remarks that we think make us sound sharp and witty. In this week’s Vlog I take a different take on what this means to me and how I have seen this manifest in leaders. As a participant stated in one of my workshops, “I kinda get pissy”, this nailed it for me and demonstrated how our emotions can get away from us, we say things in the moment with out thinking about it. So how do we shift this…. Watch to find out more

John K Whitehead & Associates coaches individuals and organizations in becoming more effective by helping them improve their interpersonal communications, emotional intelligence, and resiliency.

You can read my blog at https://johnkwhitehead.ca

If you have enjoyed reading these posts, please Follow Me – and if you sign up for my Blog I will send you a copy of my eBook, “What Are These Things Called Soft Skills?”

Executive Coaching, Leadership, Leadership Coaching, Leadership Development, personal development

Passing Judgement: When making assumptions gets you in trouble.

John Whitehead

October 13, 2020

In his book “What Got You Here Won’t get You There”, Marshall Goldsmith lists the 3^rd of his Twenty habits that keep you from the top as Passing Judgement, which he defines as “the need to rate others and impose our standards on them”. In my mind it is about making assumptions. We often make judgments because we have assumed something which may be correct or may be incorrect. We jump to conclusions and when we do what is the message, we, as leaders are sending our direct reports? In this week’s Vlog I explore what this means to me… what about you?

John K Whitehead & Associates coaches individuals and organizations in becoming more effective by helping them improve their interpersonal communications, emotional intelligence, and resiliency.

You can read my blog at https://johnkwhitehead.ca

If you have enjoyed reading these posts, please Follow Me – and if you sign up for my Blog I will send you a copy of my eBook, “What Are These Things Called Soft Skills?”