She’s a millennial whip-smart tech CEO of a small woman-owned business and her organization contracts with the federal government on cyber security and national defense. For the last two years it’s just been the two of us. However, now we call it our “coaching triangle” that includes an AI Coach. It’s new and definitely different. [...]
Leveraging Technically Unsolvable Interdependencies to Accelerate Client Goal Achievement “I believe the central leadership attribute is the ability to manage polarity.” Peter Koestenbaum, Leadership, New and Revised: The Inner Side of Greatness, A Philosophy for Leaders “If your organization strategy does not account for polarity, then it is not strategic.” Bob DeWitt and Ron Meyer, Strategy Synthesis In [...]
On July 31st, I’m presenting at the Chesapeake Bay Organization Development Network Learning Series on the topic of “Technically Unsolvable Interdependencies.” A big focus of that presentation will be on most important and challenging interdependencies of our time – including the interdependency between technology and humanity. (This was also a topic I spoke on in [...]
AI Coaches? Unpacking Human/AI Coaching for Coaches and the Coaching Profession 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Salon 1 How will the rise of AI-driven coaches revolutionize and disrupt the coaching profession? As a human coach, how can you survive and thrive in a world where AI offers 24/7 availability, personalized feedback, and real-time, data-driven resources? In this [...]
AI Coaches? Unpacking Human/AI Coaching for Coaches and the Coaching Profession 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Salon 1 How will the rise of AI-driven coaches revolutionize and disrupt the coaching profession? As a human coach, how can you survive and thrive in a world where AI offers 24/7 availability, personalized feedback, and real-time, data-driven resources? In this [...]
After my friend, Joe Shymanski’s memorial service this past September, I found a bit of comfort one morning writing about one of his favorite poems, Desiderata. A handful of weeks later, I’m seeking comfort in the same way after my Father's passing on November 20th, 2023. It's been a rough fall grieving both of these [...]
“Desiderata” means “things wanted or needed.” Max Ehrmann, the poem’s author was a lawyer and poet from Terre Haute, Indiana, which happens to be my father’s home town. (NOTE: See component to this post -- a Cliff'sNOTE on The True Gentleman.) The first time I heard Desiderata (pronounced, [DI] + [ZID] + [UH] + [RAA] + [...]
Man’s (Our) Search for Meaning, by Victor Frankl (Summary neutralized for gender.) Summary Frankl survived the Holocaust and recounts his experiences, describing how it shaped his understanding and meaning for life, beginning with his own. Meaning can be found in work, in love for others, and in the courage required to endure suffering. Frankl didn’t [...]
Ethos, Logos, and Pathos and work in Aristotle’s rhetorical triangle -- an interdependency of three – in a powerful way to support political savvy and gain support for your ideas/initiatives. Each of the three dimensions represent important aspects of the Self And Other relationship in leveraging the “GP” (Greater Purpose) for the 3-poles: Political Savvy/Persuasive Messaging. Here [...]
Kierkegaard succeed in “turning a somersault” over his “melancholy” (what they called “depression” in his day). The “cure” was purpose, in his case -- writing -- that made the day-to-day grind of life more tolerable and livable for others. Paradoxically, that made his own life more tolerable and livable. The bottom line: Help for others [...]