Julio Garreaud The Human Architect

I found this interesting article from Excalibur Executive Coaching and I am sharing it with you.

Times Are Tough and the Horizon doesn’t Look Much Better, But…
Make way for plans… Strategic Life Plans.

Have you ever thought about what you would do if somebody stole your identity and trashed it, or worse in your autumn years you lost your executive position and your entire company and later your entire career you had been cultivating for over 20 years and not mention you have exhausted your 401K plan, all because of some unknown factors or some unforeseen events?

Welcome to the Twilight Zone.

My advice:

Always be Prepared when the lights go OUT! Bumping into the walls and falling down the stairs can be hazardous to your health.

Or

Don’t go sailing alone over 100 feet off shore and don’t forget your Swiss Army knife either… because you never know when you might have to swim back to the shore.

The time is NOW to make your exit plans. Will you stay or will you go? Can your Wealth & Knowledge travel with you?… Or remain safe in a fortress?

These are the dreadful things I have discovered & confirmed for the very near future,

2006-2007 Housing Bubble Crash

2010-2012 Global Economic Collapse

Where would you prefer to be when & if any or all of these events occur?

“I’ll met you in the next life…”, Mr. Bad Example by Warren Zevon.

One specific aspect of effective leadership and management is creating a culture of accountability throughout your organization, or a culture of commitment. Underneath EVERY business process in an organization are commitment processes that take place through a specific conversation - the Conversation for Implementation. Your ability to coordinate action with one another, to work together, to build strong bonds of trust in your organization is directly tied to your effectiveness in having this conversation.

Executive coaching is a popular leadership development strategy.

What are the benefits of executive coaching?
Executives identified five significant benefits of executive coaching as a leadership development strategy. They are:
1. Continuous one-on-one attention.
2. Expanded thinking through dialogue with a curious insider.
3. Self-awareness, including blind spots.
4. Personal accountability for development.
5. Just-in-time learning.

What are the limitations of executive coaching?
Executives were hard pressed to find any limitations of coaching.

What factors are critical to its success?
The coach ability to build relationships, ask challenging questions, listen effectively, create accountability and motivate executives toward their objectives.

It is Tuesday afternoon and I am in Sundance UT visiting with my mentor and friend Ron Zeller. The Zellers live in a wonderful home located across from the water fall. The views from the high window in the kitchen are breath taking.
Ron is one of the most amazing men I know he is 75 years old and the man is full of life, energy, health and desire to do as much as possible specially in the world of helping people to discover what is their passion in life. When Ron was 65 years old he called me one day and asked me to coach him in running because he wanted to run the Wasatch 100 ultra-marathon. We worked for months every week running between 20 to 30 miles at a time. Sometimes in the day sometimes in the middle of the night. The man amazing during the training runs. On the day of the race I run with him the first 75 miles and a friend of us run with him the last 25 miles. He finished the race under 36 hours with about 35 minutes to spare.