December Blues?

How are you coping these dark days with maybe everyone around you seeming to be jolly and happy and you are just, well, stressed and tired and grumpy?

Maybe you are facing a change and that is a kind of loss. Or maybe you are stuck, and the dream of a positive future seems all but gone. Thant is also a great loss.

People grieve the cancellation fun activities, maybe because of the flu or covid, or…. Or the activity moves online and then it’s just not as “good” as it could have been and there is still loss.

Lots of loss. That loss must be grieved to move forward.

Patricia JehleDecember 15, 2022Jehle CoachingComment

Seven Virtues for modern society

Last time I talked about the seven deadly sins and how they are pernicious in our present culture. Now I want to talk about the opposites and how to cultivate them in our lives and promote them in society. First, here are the deadly sins once more:

Sins: lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, envy, wrath, and pride.

The virtues to cultivate are:

chastity, temperance, charity (or good works/love in action), diligence, kindness, patience, and humility.

Business Coaching, Coaching, Goals, Growth, Plans, Reflection, Success, SupervisionPatricia JehleDecember 13, 2022Jehle Coachingvirtues, vices, sins, EQ, Emotional Intelligence, ethicsComment

Vices: What are the "seven deadly sins" and how do they affect my life and society?

Recently I was at a birthday party and the topic of gluttony came up. Surprise! The food was plenteous and delicious 

Then we went on to discuss the “seven deadly sins”, mostly focusing on the real big one: pride and that got me thinking about the sins and their opposites, the virtues – and Wikipedia* (below) gave me a wonderful table not only with the sins, but their opposites… these opposites, the virtues, look very much like what Daniel Goleman calls EQ, or Emotional Intelligence.

Let’s look at the sins first in this blog, and then the opposites in the next, and finally tie them to EQ in the final blog in this series; EQ has come up in a recent hiring round I am part of, btw., as it is one of the asked for characteristics of most new hires.

Sins: lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, envy, wrath, and pride.

All the best for the holidays – and a surprise REFLECTION exercise at the end

Here’s my annual blog with the traditional addendum of a time of personal reflection for you at the end. I hope your year has been as full and profitable as mine!

Here are some of my recent activities:

· General business coaching and career coaching (including transitions)

· Start-up coaching

· Leadership Supervision

· General Supervision mostly in my “intervision” groups (yes, I attend two, now)

· Burnout and Resilience Coaching and Supervision

· Executive and management coaching, specifically for owners and leaders of SMEs ….

You can do it - self-efficacy is important for resilience

Self-efficacy is a key part of resilience.

So, what’s your S-E Quotient? Your SE-Q?

Here’s some theory for the nosy part of us all:

Do you know what your Self-Efficacy Quotient is?Well, you should care about it and know generally at what level it is.

Moving Forward and Giving Thanks

How are you moving forward this and next week?

This is, most likely, your last push before the holiday crush and then it’s the holiday break.

So, how do you decide what is most important, next important, etc.

Do you know which activities bring you the most clients/customers, or financial turnover? Do those activities.

The rest of your to-dos can fall away till January.

Make sure your WHY is in the decision-making process, too.

Look at your fears and move on to success

Maybe you have all your ducks in a row, but something seems to be stopping you from moving forward? Is there something intangible slowing down your business?

Maybe you have inner conflicts with yourself that need addressing so you can start moving forward again.

A while ago week I read a wonderful book by negotiation expert Professor Dr. William Ury of Harvard Business School called Getting to Yes with Yourself and I found some treasures to help us out of those stuck places in business and in life.

Here’s Ury’s 6-Step Model…

Keeping at your Main Thing

Shiny objects and Rabbit holes – “fun” distractions that keep you from the Main Thing

Sometimes in a workday, especially for those who have the double-sided coin of flexible choices of what to do when, we are easily distracted by things that draw us from our “One Thing” or “Best thing”.

A person wrote me today and said that his answer to the question ofwhat is an Entrepreneur's "Achille's Heel"“I think it's loosing focus and spending too much time on things which are not relevant for customers. “

Success - how to:

Let’s consider success:

What do you want, really?

Will it be the same in five years? In ten? Fifteen? Twenty years?

How do those answers to the first question help you to make your decision about your next steps?

What will you value when you are 45? 50? 55? 60? …?

But back to the question: what do you really want?

Do you need or want to start something new?

There are some steps involved in the process, even before something new becomes “a THING”.

To be successful, here are some points to think about.

· Make mistakes and learn

· Do something new and learn

· Own what you do

· It’s all about your development as a human being

· Keep on being your responsible authentic self

· Remember it’s all about community and adding value to the “world”

Try again - and learn when you make a mistake

Failure- it’s good, not bad – and failure at work is not likely to demotivate

Have you made some (work) mistakes, well, good!

You’re human. So am I! That’s wonderful, btw! We humans make mistakes and fail sometimes.

It is not the mistake or the failure that is the problem.

The problem is not learning from them, or even sometimes, not being willing to make any mistakes, to be outside of your comfort zone. Then you don’t move- and certainly don’t change.

Learning how to avoid failures from previous ones is one way to get ahead. Below you will find a list of 10 causes of failure focusing on leaders, which is taken from Napoleon Hill and some ideas for 2022-23 – it’s a bit edited for a more modern way of thinking.

Are you too busy? How do you take care of yourself then?

Is it a busy fall for you? Maybe you are a wee bit too busy? What are you doing that keeps you busy? What are you doing to fend off burnout and to take care of yourself?

Many of us turn to self-care when we are busy, but sometimes that is difficult, because it takes time and we are short on time. The attached photo from Positive Psychology can give you ideas to care for yourself when you are short on time.

Patricia JehleOctober 18, 2022Jehle CoachingComment

What do I do, actually?

As some of you know, I blog BUT actually, I am a lecturer and trainer, a business coach, supervisor and a spiritual director. The next two blogs will be about supervision vs. coaching, starting with supervision.

What is Supervision, after all?

Supervision is a relational process of personal development where the client(s)become aware of and reflect on and then develop their personal resources for positive change both regarding themselves and their work environment.

Grateful to such ned in October with the PPF Model®

I am Looking Forward and Dealing with Today – being grateful in everything.

I hope you remember the PPFs model. Past-Present-Future.

Remember and be grateful for the past, even the hard times.

Savor the present – the good and the hard parts.

Look forward to the future with hope and anticipation.

Know your why, your reasons to keep on - and when to change

The Art of knowing when to keep on going and when to quit.

OR maybe you pivot (more next time).

Business is a lot like gambling, and oh-so-long-ago a famous country western singer, Kenny Rogers, wrote a song called “The Gambler”- I have known it since my childhood. One of the phrases is “You’ve got to know when to hold them (cards)… know when to fold them.” When to keep playing the hand you’ve been dealt and when to quit.

When do you continue on your chosen path and when do you change and do something new? That’s the question.

What do your customers (or clients) need? You need to do or produce something of use to someone if you want to succeed. In other words, you need to solve their problem. Last week I gave you a formula: When you put what you want + what

Last week e looked at a formula: when you put what you want + what you need + what you can do (or learn to do) + what your future clients/customers need + what is right and good = a winning idea!

This week we are looking at customer (clients) needs. (you need to solve their problems).

Business Coaching, Coaching, Goals, Plans, Starting a business, SuccessPatricia JehleSeptember 20, 2022Jehle Coachingsolutions, needs, clients, customersComment

Your Next New Thing - it must be part of WHO you are!

What you do and say is important – for life, for your company, and work

It’s amazing how important it is to be what you (and your company, your company’s product, and its ramifications in life) present yourself as.

As a client of mine says, “It you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember what you have said. It makes life much easier.” She is so spot-on! I’ve been quoting her ever since she said this in a group supervision I was leading. I used the quote this past weekend with a friend who wants to encourage her son to be transparent at work.

I thought about it when a friend shared some of the struggles, she had been having with her (not truthful) spouse and how most everything comes down to being who you say you are. The inside and the outside match- no hiding.

I thought about it when sharing my own struggles with a few friends regarding the upcoming months and what is “on my plate” for work and life, and other things that cause me to pause and take note.

Be honest, I told myself, and I did. It’s about our integrity, one of the points on Goleman’s EQ list.

Integrity

If you are a person of integrity you are like this…

Focus on all three for a balance: Past, Present, and Future - Happy September!

Are you too focused on the past?

Do you focus on the future too much?

Where is your energy spent?

Are you able to savor and be grateful for the present situation?

When the future can overshadow the present, positive or negative, you are missing out.

When the past does the same you are missing out.

Savor the present, too! Be grateful.

Change, Coaching, Goals, Growth, Plans, Positive Attitude, Reflection, Success, SupervisionPatricia JehleSeptember 6, 2022Jehle CoachingPPFs, Past, Present, Future, Success, ChangeComment

Change Step 2 - your can-do's

The past few blogs have been all about change. This week is the “can do” week. Next week is “off” because I am again, on holiday. Then it’s back in the saddle for me.

What can you do? (Step 2)

Add that to what you want and what you need - and you have a great start!

What do you (REALLY) want?

What do you want, really?

Last weekend I wrote about new endeavors.

Do you need or want to start something new? There are some steps involved in the process, even before it becomes “a THING”. To be successful, I suggested some ideas.

The first and most difficult part is to ask yourself this: What do you want?

The second question is what do you need?

These are two different questions and, depending on the circumstances, what you need will help determine what you want.

The next New THING that you want to do

Do you need or want to start something new? There are some steps involved in the process, even before it becomes “a THING”. To be successful, I suggest the following steps and ideas.

Jehle Coaching Blog - What I’m thinking and doing (what’s new)…

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