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How to make things faster, better, easier
The promise of coaching and facilitation is: Why? What results? Higher revenue and retention of the best-fit performers. Long-term data on coaching in organizations is starting to prove this out. The snag is if you’re doing X to get to Y, the discrepancy will be noticeable. Meaning…seeing, hearing, valuing in order for things to be…
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What are you practicing?
Whether it’s conscious or unconscious, we are always practicing something. I was recently working with a group in a tight spot and found myself feeling pressure to get them through it. As I became aware of this, I chose to surrender the idea of where they needed to be in favour of being with them…
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Respecting those who don’t reach out
Akshay and I recently had a conversation about how we support folks who don’t reach out for coaching or facilitation. How can we support those we’re not currently reaching? What emerged was a shift from “fixing” to “respecting”. From working “on them” to working “on us”. Our conversation went like this: Akshay: Kirsten: Akshay: Kirsten:…
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Swimming with the stream
Sometimes I disagree with leadership’s direction or I’m concerned with where a group is heading. Other times something changes and I’m not on board. And so I resist the current. Because the only alternative to resisting feels like agreeing. Letting the river take me, push me, maybe change me. It feels like failure. But there…
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Grounded, Present, Whole
Let gravity move you Let grace be your guide Let silence be as present as sound I don’t know exactly what these phrases mean, but they feel tangible to me. Real. Instead of holding myself up, I feel held by the ground. Grounded. Instead of thinking myself through the world, I feel moved by the…
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From think tanks to presence fields
I am no SupermanI have no answers for youI am no heroOh, that’s for sureBut I do know one thingAnd that’s where you are, is where I belongI do know where you goIs where I want to be –Dave Matthews Thought-induced warfare is what I sometimes hear when I read “think tanks”. Submarines lurking with…
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Beyond traditional L&D approaches
While individuals typically attend training, what could it look like if teams and systems started learning together? Where training often sees people as needing to know something, incomplete in some way, what if we started from the belief that people are already whole, creative, and resilient? This was such a fun conversation! Through the lens…
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Practicing G.R.A.C.E
I was recently asked to help a group navigate a restructure (there’s been a few of these going around this year). The emotions and stakes were high. While the temptation was to dive in, my work began with an inward connection, gathering my attention so that I could truly hear. It was just a breath,…