Newsletter
September 2007 Edge Associated Newsletter
Edge Associated
Dedicated to
Accelerating Our Progress Together
through coaching,
training, consulting and speaking.
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Contents:
1. Announcements & Quick Tip
2. A Coach's Pondering & Tips
3. Reviews - Books & Other Media
4. Privacy Policy
5. Contact Info
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1.
Announcements & Quick Tip
Announcements:
Welcome back from our summer hiatus. We hope yours was enjoyable.
Quick Tip: The Change Process – Bruce Tuckman coined the terms ‘forming, storming, norming & performing’ as states of team
development yet I associate them with any type of change. I am compelled then
to remind readers of this notion given it is the beginning of a new school year
when families are undergoing major changes due not just to school schedules but
also after-school activities, bedtimes, commuting patterns and seasonal
changes. Also, at work, everyone’s back from vacation and pending decisions
are now urgent, sales people are knocking again and budgets are likely due.
There is a lot of change and with it potential stress. Reminding ourselves of
the storming that comes with this change can assist us to ride that wave more
effectively.
Thanks:
To Interchange, Empire Painting, Wellpoint and CREW
Inc. for their continued support and referrals.
Check out our partners:
CREWInc http://www.crewinc.ca
– ‘growing companies 90 days at a time’,
marketing, sales, mergers and acquisitions, financing, and more
Interchange http://www.interchangeknowledge.com
– President peer mentoring and business growth
Wellpoint Health
Services http://www.wellpointhealthservices.com
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2. A
Coach's Pondering & Tips
Expectations
In our motivating factors model, 3 factors – values,
assets and cravings – are within us. The fourth – expectations
– is more outside of us. We could call them goals, milestones or vision.
They are what we are attempting to create and I subscribe to the belief that in
life, something can be effective at times and ineffective at other times.
So it is safe to say that expectations can guide us to
create great things or they can lead us to ineffective behaviour.
Consider our family trip to the Toronto Zoo last week which
was the first time for most of us. As a coach and a goal oriented person, I
usually have clear expectations of something before going into it. My
expectations are also usually focused on doing rather than being. That’s
to say I tend to set out to accomplish a list of things rather than just
enjoying the process. Kathryn, my wife, is more inclined the other way.
We both had clear expectations of this family trip and this
time it was flipped around. Kathryn had expectations of the children having a
“zoo” experience. In her mind she had a list of things we should
see at the zoo. I, on the other hand, was focused on spending quality time with
the family regardless of what we did or did not do.
We invited another family along, bringing our head count to
6 children and 4 adults. As you can imagine, it took far longer to get to the
zoo and once there everyone had different agendas. For once, I was the one less
concerned with what we did and could sense the frustration when half the kids
wanted to spend the day at the water park. It was clear that some of us adults
were thinking we did not come all this way just to go to a water park. What
about the animals?
My wife had expectations of the day and as a result
experienced some frustration and even disappointment. This can often happen
with our expectations when they don’t come to fruition. When faced with
frustration, one might want to ask if the expectations are exactly what we want
to create. In this case, was it important how the children had fun (i.e. the
zoo experience) or just that they had fun?
I enjoyed having my expectations more focused on
‘being’. It was an effective choice for me this time. It would not
necessarily be the best choice when trying to drive some of my business
strategies.
How can you improve your handling of expectations in ways
that will grow you and your business success?
Remember, Progress is Always Possible!
Jody, whose ethos is
‘Determined, Compassionate and Influential Explorer’, can be
reached at jeagen@edgeassociated.com
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3.
Reviews - Books & Other Media
Next review is in October
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4. Privacy
Policy
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5. Contact
Info
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Kathryn Kavanagh, Editor…...................
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