Don Thoren
CPAE, CMC
AZ, USMy value to others, after 40 years of speaking, consulting, training and implementation coaching is based on the knowledge that..... Yes, ideas are the life blood of organizational success and personal satisfaction, but . . .
34% of the time*, old ideas get "locked in," or new ideas get "locked out," because:
1. people don't trust others enough to reveal their best ideas to them, or
2. people don't trust their own skills to effectively explain their best ideas, or
3. people are not confident enough in their own skills to challenge others' ideas
My pledge is to help you "Unlock" those ideas for areas such as:
- • New product development
- • Sales growth
- • Cycle time reduction
- • Team effectiveness
- • Cross functional coordination
- • Culture change
To improve bottom line results, the content of my help involves:
- • Increasing trust in self first and then in others
- • Accelerating innovation & creative problem solving
- • Speedier adapting to people and situations
- • Reducing stress including new laughter module
- • Transforming organization cultures
I bring the persona of an experienced mentor whose wisdom is directed to helping people maximize their opportunities and minimize their frustrations.
My value to others, after 40 years of speaking, consulting, training and implementation coaching is based on the knowledge that..... Yes, ideas are the life blood of organizational success and personal satisfaction, but . . .
34% of the time*, old ideas get "locked in," or new ideas get "locked out," because:
1. people don't trust others enough to reveal their best ideas to them, or
2. people don't trust their own skills to effectively explain their best ideas, or
3. people are not confident enough in their own skills to challenge others' ideas
My pledge is to help you "Unlock" those ideas for areas such as:
- • New product development
- • Sales growth
- • Cycle time reduction
- • Team effectiveness
- • Cross functional coordination
- • Culture change
To improve bottom line results, the content of my help involves:
- • Increasing trust in self first and then in others
- • Accelerating innovation & creative problem solving
- • Speedier adapting to people and situations
- • Reducing stress including new laughter module
- • Transforming organization cultures
I bring the persona of an experienced mentor whose wisdom is directed to helping people maximize their opportunities and minimize their frustrations.
Converting Conflict to Creative New "3rd Ideas"
- Implements a method for "Letting Ideas Compete-Not people"
- Encourages the skillful expression of our conflicting opinions
- Downplays the value of compromise during conflict-often the enemy of creativity
- Uses naturally occurring stress to energize our search for innovative "3rd Ideas"
- Facilitates change through "insight," Vs. long and unpredictable training...
Leadership Through Coaching
is revealed when above average results
are produced by average people!"
"Leadership through coaching is having a vision of what could be and developing others to their fullest potential in pursuit of that vision."
Excellence in leadership through coaching is revealed when you are able to get above average results out of average people! The following three steps will assist you in getting started.
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