Every entrepreneur reaches a point of business complexity where the scope and scale of the operation is beyond their capacity to fulfill on their own. This point in the lifecycle of a business presents great risks to the entrepreneur. It can be a time of great stress and compromised decision-making ability or, if caught and acted upon in good time, … [Read more...]
Lights, Camera, Action
July 15, 2014 by
I invite you take a moment and check in with yourself. What’s it feel like to be you, right now…out of 10…how do you feel?Now, take a deep breath and let yourself experience the sensation of breathing in and then breathing out. Simply breathing, nothing else. What’s that feel like?How often to you pause to smell the roses, appreciate the small … [Read more...]
Your Inner Sanctuary – A Place of Sacred Connection
July 10, 2014 by
Inner space is the quiet space at the centre of your life. A space that only you can access and shape into a safe and sacred Inner Sanctuary that offers you a retreat from the busy-ness of the world where you can connect with what matters to you and renew yourself on a regular basis. At Kaizen Leadership Institute, we help you restore your … [Read more...]
Past, Present and Future – It’s all ONE
June 27, 2014 by
It’s all ONE – when you own your past. For when you own your past it doesn't own you. You've accepted it and accepting it you know it and yourself, Realizing what motivated you to make the choices you made You let go of the need to find someone to blame, feel guilt or shame. It just is what it is! Accepting your past, you accept … [Read more...]
Emotions – Our Inner Guidance System!
May 28, 2014 by
Emotions and feelings are perhaps the most intimate and important aspect of our personal communications vocabulary. They are key to self awareness, self- knowledge and our unique personal language. Emotions give rise to what we feel. They help us recognize what we appreciate and learn to understand, know and accept ourselves. Not only is emotional … [Read more...]
Cultivating Leadership Presence
May 21, 2014 by
Cultivating presence is a practice of being your authentic best moment to moment, aware and free of the pressures of conflicting, limiting or contradictory beliefs. This practice requires a commitment to compassionate mindfulness which, in turn, aligns vision, values and actions in service to a higher calling. The best effect of fine persons is … [Read more...]
Manage Your Energy for Sustainable Success
May 14, 2014 by
The topic of Work – Life Balance has received a lot of attention in the last 3 decades. Its emergence as a concern may be attributed, in part perhaps, to the increased use of technology in the workplace, and the unmet expectations for more leisure in our lives that the emerging technologies were promised to deliver. Could it be that collectively … [Read more...]
11 Strategies for Superior Performance and Satisfaction
April 28, 2014 by
Dentists tend to work in small clinics, isolated from their peers. Their work requires a high degree of precision, focus and attention. As a professional class, women and men dentists are recognized for their high standards of performance, compulsive, perfectionist nature, need for social recognition and approval. Their personal discipline and high … [Read more...]
Organizational Development Starts at the Top
April 25, 2014 by
When it comes to team building and organizational development, culture trumps strategy every time! Culture is palpable. It’s made up of the attitudes of the people, their feelings, thoughts and quality of relationships. Culture can be felt, perceived and experienced through our senses and intuitive or inner knowing and is expressed through body … [Read more...]
An Artist Reflects on her Coaching Journey
April 18, 2014 by
Before I started coaching with Julia, I knew where I was at, but I felt overwhelmed by difficulties in my busy life with lots of change and diverse projects to juggle. Julia helped me put everything in its place. A Process of Discovery The process we followed helped me make many discoveries. It gave me the opportunity … [Read more...]
