"I'm in seventh heaven. I did it and it feels just great!" - One of my coachees gave a huge presentation last night and I'm proud to say that she did it brilliantly: Full of confidence and passion for her topic she fascinated her audience with what she had to say and, in particular, how she said it. Great body language, great smiles, great props! The audience simply loved her!
Gone was her nervousness that had always hindered her from taking up a spot on the stage before. She had decided to take up coaching sessions with Raab & Raab Performance Consulting to finally overcome her fear of public speaking and last night, there was now doubt she had even turned her fear into an enjoyment of public speaking. When she was offered to talk at another event shortly after she had finished her speech she accepted it without hesitation. "I'm in seventh heaven", she said.
It's very rewarding for us at Raab & Raab Performance Consulting to see how just a couple of intensive coaching sessions can make such a huge difference in your life. It's wonderful to see how our coachees mentally and physically grow and shine. How all of a sudden you easily and full of grace jump over obsticales that held you back for so many years in your career and your private life. And even more: To see how much you enjoy your jump and it sets you free!
If you're in for a similar experience, we're here to help you. Simply call us on 0425 785 143 or email info@raabconsulting.com today! You're worth it and we're waiting to hear from you!
Happy New Year and welcome back to Raab & Raab Performance Consulting in 2009! Have you made up your resolutions for the New Year? Are you ready for change? Great! We're here to help and support you!
Change is good. However, as we all know, changing is not easy. With 2009 being just 12 days old you might already notice that your New Year's Resolution and best-laid plans for change have slightly started to fall through. Why? Prof. Robert Keagan and Dr. Lisa Lahey of the elite Harvard Graduate School of Education reveal an answer in their new book "Immunity to change".
The American psychologists and experts in adult learning, who received a significant research grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, have studied the phenomena of why people can't change although they're desperate to do so over decades. In a recent interview Prof. Keagan spoke about their findings when working with educational leaders of schools that needed change to achieve better results:
"Despite the best intentions of all parties, we have learned that organizations and individuals have powerful means of "protecting" themselves from the very changes to which they aspire. These "immunities" to change help to hold in place the status quo despite how hard leaders work to improve schools and districts."
What is relevant in the education sector is relevant for any business, government, the public sector or individuals: To address the phenomena of the "Immunities to change". Prof. Keagan's solution: “Instead of regarding these behaviors as obstacles in need of elimination, we take them as unrecognized signals of other, usually unspoken, often unacknowledged, goals or motivations.”
Here's an example: If you're goal is to delegate more and you find yourself not doingit, the reason could be that you have an "unspoken, unacknowledged goal or motiviation" hindering you: A belief that if you don't get things done, no one else will and the project will end up in a catastrophy. To protect yourself from a bad outcome you subconsciously overthrow your decision to delegate.
Discovering underlying goals that subconsciously are more important to you than your conscious goals and consciously assessing their "real" importance helps you stay on track. Give it a go and remember: We are here to help. We'll help you to achieve your goals and make your New Year's Resolution work. Simply call 0425 785 143 now!
According to a recent salary survey conducted by the Australian Institute of Management (AIM) the top reason for staff resignations, cited by 60.9 per cent of large company employees, was to pursue career progression or promotion opportunities. The survey was based on the responses of 779 companies.
Consequently, in times of a sustained national skills shortage employers who seek to attract and retain top employees should therefore rather think about ways to provide top notch training instead of offering to improve pay or financial benefits.
How about getting in touch with us on 0425 785 143 or via email info@raabconsulting.com and finding out how we can keep your employees and your company happy and save you money with excellent training both of you benefit from? Great results and new skills for new success guaranteed!
