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Commit to Change

Guest post by: Eric Douglas

Article Overview: “A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.� - John Maxwell

Commit to Change

"A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them."

- John Maxwell Once you become aware of your behaviors, the next step is committing to change. Your coach can help make sure this commitment is heartfelt and genuine. he or she will want to probe your motivation for change. Ultimately, your coach will want you to train your sights on one or two things that will help you become a more effective leader. It should be one of the competencies in this book, such as how you lead through others (Chapter 3) or how you manage decisions (Chapter 4).

A coach can ask you to do things you wouldn't do yourself. He or she can focus your attention on a particular patternof communicating or a style of managing people that stands in the way between you and great leadership. One coaching trick is to ask you to teach a specific skill or competency to others. That speeds up the progress considerably!

An effective coach will help you change in ways that will provide you the most benefit. Through a series of exercises and reflective learning experiences, you'll experience what it's like to manage and lead in a new way. The goal is to help you cut a new course for yourself - to draw a new internal mental map of what it is to be an effective leader. Where am I trying to go? How do I need to grow? What is my plan? This is the dialogue waiting to happen. With humility and conversation as your leverage points, you can take responsibility for your mistakes and begin reflecting on who you want to become.

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Article Tags: business, change, change management, coach, commit, consulting, john maxwell



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Re: e-Commerce and e-Payment providers - Hi GT It is only fairly recently that people in South Africa have been able to get full use of Paypal as we were only able at one time to make payments but not receive them. Fortunately this has now changed. I have received money through Global X Change for one of the affiliate programs that I promote and have found them pretty good as the money is normally transferred directly into my bank account within 2-3 days and I have not had any problems with them. MichelleJ
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