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| Coaching Series: Impactful Communication |
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Google Tech Talks
January, 30 2008
ABSTRACT
Greg Gillis and Lesly Higgins, experienced
corporate coaches, will discuss and demonstrate
various methods to effectively communicate;
whether it is delivering a yearly review to a
fellow Googler, developing your group's strategic
vision, or influencing others towards an idea. By
learning about Advocacy and Inquiry, Appreciate
Inquiry, and Effective Feedback/Feedforward, you
will come away from this workshop with concrete
examples and experiences to help you get your
message across with impact.
Speaker: Lesly Higgins
I've been coaching since 1999. After my first
career in software development, with roles that
included VP Software Engineering at Commerce One
and VP Information Technology at Charles Schwab, I
returned to school to complete an MS in
Organizational Behavior and Development and also a
comprehensive coaching program. I've coached at
all levels in organizations, most functions, and
with both early stage and Fortune 500 companies.
Most of my clients are in the tech space, and they
include: Agile Software, America Online, Apple
Computer, Autodesk, Charles Schwab, Coremetrics,
CNET, Google, Hewlett-Packard, Peoplesoft, Pixar,
SAP, Shutterfly, Taleo, TiVo, and Wilson Sonsini
Goodrich & Rosati.
I believe everyone wants to be more effective and
more fulfilled in life. Usually we don't know HOW
to achieve that. And often we don't know what
skills are important to develop to increase our
overall effectiveness and satisfaction in work,
and to position ourselves for greater
responsibility. I help clients to understand WHAT
they need to work on, and then HOW to achieve
their developmental goals. I partner with clients
as a guide, a mirror, a challenger, a support
system, a sounding board—to name a few roles. I
help them to develop new awarenesses, master new
skills, assimilate new ways of seeing the world
and shift their way of being in a way that not
only meets their developmental goals but also
creates the ability to continue growing—as a
person and as a leader. I've been coaching at
Google since 2003.
Speaker: Greg Gillis
I combine real-world wisdom, gathered through
years of high technology corporate experience,
with solid coaching expertise and training -- to
help successful people become even more
successful. I help my client's transition from
manager to leader, enhance their leadership
skills, better work within political
infrastructures, delegate effectively, and
collaborate wisely. I often increase their
awareness of power in the organization, how it is
acquired, manifested, held and diminished. I
enhance their influence skills--critical to a
leader's growth in managing cross-functionally. I
increase their awareness about emotional
intelligence and interpersonal effectiveness while
helping them shift to a more encompassing outlook
resulting in more successful performance.
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Affichage : 19378
Durée : 3340 s |
| Coaching Series: Leading from Strength: Making a Difference |
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Google Tech Talks
January, 29 2008
ABSTRACT
By identifying and further developing our unique
talents and character strengths, we contribute
more effectively and enjoy the process. This talk
will draw on findings from positive psychology,
brain science, and resilience research to describe
practical strategies for articulating passions and
reaching goals.
Participants will hear about two reputable online
strengths surveys and learn how to call on the
five key strengths that have been correlated with
fulfillment and success.
I will focus on applying these findings to
Googlers' experience and offering suggestions for
ongoing development. I look forward to creating a
dialogue using questions from the audience.
Speaker: Carolyn Foster
Strengths-based leadership is at the heart of my
coaching philosophy. The latest research confirms
that leading from strength rather than focusing on
deficits creates lasting personal satisfaction and
high performance. By identifying and further
developing their unique talents and character
strengths, Googlers can contribute more
effectively in all areas of their job
responsibilities. Offering support and
accountability, I guide clients to meet their
goals as part of an overall strategic plan for
professional success and enjoyment.
I have created a strengths-based curriculum keyed
to two online research instruments that I use with
individuals and leadership teams in my business,
Creative Choices. I teach at Stanford Continuing
Studies and UC Extension. Offering retreats and
workshops for professional and personal
development allows me to work with a wide range of
organizations in California and around the
country. Previously, I taught adults for ten years
in a graduate psychology program and spent ten
years in the counseling field.
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Affichage : 6385
Durée : 2377 s |
| The Art of Coaching in Business |
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This is a sample of The Art of Coaching in
Business video. Learn how to coach successfully
from seven extraordinary individuals who
understand the coaching process inside and out:
Herb Kelleher, Chairman & CEO of Southwest
Airlines
Jack Nicklaus, One of the greatest golfers of all
time
Mercedes Ellington, acclaimed choreographer
Keith Lockhart, Conductor of the Boston Pops
Orchestra
Lenny Wilkens, "Winningest" coach in the history
of the NBA
Jim Flick, Coach to Jack Nicklaus
Sarah Nash, Managing Director of J.P. Morgan
More information about the video is available at:
www.cdlconsulting.com
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Affichage : 19749
Durée : 204 s |
| Coaching Series: Accomplishing More By Doing Less |
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Google Tech Talks
January, 31 2008
ABSTRACT
Being creative and successful in business and your
personal lives requires that you be responsive and
flexible as you move beyond your comfort zones.
Though it may seem paradoxical, all real change
and creativity begins by facing and understanding
the reality of your current situation.
Learning to see and respond with greater clarity
is where the path toward change and growth begins.
What is that you are really doing? What are you
doing that is extraneous? How can you bring more
ease to and at the same time enliven your work and
personal activities?
Learn how slowing down and looking deeply can lead
to greater business success and personal
satisfaction. Learn key practices that can help
you:
Be flexible and responsive in the midst of change
Act with calm in the midst of intense activity
Relax in the midst of exertion
Gain clarity and insight in the midst of
difficulty and competing demands
Increase creativity and problem-solving skills
Improve listening and communication skills
Improve focus and concentration
Increase work satisfaction
Lead and build teams
Speaker: Marc Lesser
I integrate best practices from business strategy
and leadership development with mindfulness
practices to help individuals and teams develop
greater flexibility and responsiveness in their
work and lives, leading to more creativity,
productivity, and financial security. My focus is
on deep and lasting authenticity and leadership.
I am the founder and former CEO of a publishing
company and a long-term Zen teacher. I am the
author of Z.B.A. Zen of Business Administration,
published by New World Library.
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Affichage : 7710
Durée : 3038 s |
| Coaching Series: Create the Career You Want: A Non-Hyped App |
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Google Tech Talks
January, 31 2008
ABSTRACT
Professional satisfaction is a question of
creating what you want, not just waiting for it to
appear. This tech talk, by one of the country's
leading career coaches, shows how the process
works.
From my recent book:
"The process of creating a life that works for you
does not unfold logically. It proceeds in fits and
starts, involves unlearning as much as learning,
and requires you to push forward amidst ambiguity.
You have to act before you're ready to act,
consider that your true interests and preferences
might surprise you, and defer evaluation until you
have collected a lot of evidence. You have to get
out into the world, seek out new experiences and
connect with new people. I try to stick to these
principles not because they¹re always easy, but
because I¹ve learned they work."
This tech talk will be an (entertaining and
dynamic) introduction to the basic career- and
life-planning principles that underlie this
perspective.
Speaker: Michael Melcher
Michael Melcher is one of the country's leading
career coaches, and is a partner at Next Step
Partners, a leadership development and executive
coaching firm. With a blend of humor, sensitivity
and professional acumen, he has helped hundreds of
individuals develop their careers into personal
platforms that are professionally fulfilling and
personally meaningful.
He is a graduate of Harvard College, Stanford Law
School, and the Stanford Graduate School of
Business. He worked for several years as an
associate at Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York,
was previously a Foreign Service Officer in India
and Taiwan, and founded an internet company
focused on online immigration services. He has
speaks Spanish and Mandarin Chinese.
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Affichage : 3670
Durée : 2592 s |
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