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Why Walking Helps Us Think Since at least the time of Greek philosophers, many writers have discovered a deep, intuitive connection between walking, thinking, and writing.

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What Kind of Coach Are You? Coaching and LOTR? – Make that comparison for me. When you view your role as a coach, how do you see it? I classify coaches like they were wizards in the Lord of the Rings (LOTR). Those Wizards were known as the Istari.

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Transforming Troublesome Leaders - Avoiding the Cost of Replacement with Developmental Retention The Problem A leader working for you has many fine qualities but also has one or more deficiencies that are unacceptable. You’re at a crossroads.

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Leveraging the Benefits of Evenness - Part 1 Listen to this episode from The TPL Show on Spotify. Whatis Evenness?Evenness is a constancy of flow or condition that results in a beneficial outcome.In Business, Evenness is a state in which those involved in a process, or invested in an outcome, can count on regular, consistent, and predictable i...

For some, reading is difficult. Ok, so read more slowly, or listen to audio books. Reading books written by great minds revs up your intelligence and knowledge. It makes you a better leader, planner, problem solver, parent, neighbor, citizen, and friend. If you read one book, written by a great mind, a month, you will triple your income over time. If you read two, you’ll achieve success like you never imagined. I promise you this from the bottom of my heart. Want a list of great books to read? Write us at [email protected] for the list we require our Senseis aspirants to read.

I was terse with stranger tonight while dealing with a misunderstanding. It seemed to me the person was taking something of mine, but that was not he case. I immediately and earnestly apologized, but the damage was done. That person felt horrible. I felt horrible. It was not handled well by either of us, but I put the ball in motion.

So what to do next time? I commit to slow down, use a non-judgmental question, and not a declaratory statement.

For my part, I regret it and am sorry.

This is Hansei. Self-reflection of your mistakes, an open admission of them, and a public commitment to improve, linked to a specific behavior or action.

I wish I could tell you this was just a learning example, but I actually did this just now, and am actually performing real Hansei right now.

It’s embarrassing, and it stings, but is a key way leaders grow.

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One NO can equal many YESes – Huh?

Marcus Aurelius, a Roman Emperor & famous Stoic Philosopher, noted this in his writings, which survive today as the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius. What did he mean?

He meant that when you say YES to something, you also say NO to something, and perhaps to many things. When you say YES to a night out partying, you say NO to rising early, NO to your exercise routine in the morning, NO to your health, and NO to the commitment you made to read a book to your children before they went to sleep.

He also meant that when you say NO to something, you also say YES to something, and perhaps to many things. When you say NO to verifying key information for an order, you say YES to an error in product or delivery, you say YES to rework, you say YES to required weekend overtime for your people, and you say YES to customer dissatisfaction.

In his writings about Yes and No, Marcus Aurelius was performing a Lean Leadership technique long before Lean was ever developed. He was performing Hansei (Self-Reflection). He wrote notes about how to live a good life to himself as self-reflection, rebuke, and challenge. He was reminding himself as Emperor, Husband, Father, Teacher, and Friend that he could not do all the things that were to be done, and that saying YES and NO to the right things was an essential part of being a good leader and a good person.

Have you read the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius? If you are a leader seeking to improve, it may be something you wish to say YES to.

Kotsu-Kotsu, Like Hansei, Nemawashi, and Yokoten, are essential practices for successful leaders. What is Kotsu-Kotsu? It is the art of being present in the here an now, focusing on the task at hand, taking joy in the moment. We at Avanulo, highly recommend the practice of Kotsu-Kostsu. Start with listening. When someone you lead, someone you support, or someone that leads you is speaking, put your phone facedown, or in a pocket or drawer, empty your mind, and listen intently. Watch the facial expressions and hand gestures, tune out everything else, avoid formulating your response while the person to whom you are listening is talking. Just listen. Listen like you would if you were in bed upstairs and you thought you heard noises in what should be an empty kitchen downstairs. Listen without interruption and without a face that says "hurry up". Then, if one is required, formulate a response and focus intently on that. Kotsu-Kotsu is the belief that multi-tasking is to be avoided because it leads to error, misunderstandings, and waste. It is the practice of concentrating on the moment and doing one thing at a time, doing it very well, and going to the next thing. Learn about it. Embrace it for a month, and then conduct Hansei to see if it is valuable to you. If it is, develop your method of teaching it using Nemawashi. Then, using Yokoten, share it with others. That's leadership. .org

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Stop Multitasking and Practice Kotsu-Kotsu | List Producer Do you ever find yourself answering texts or emails during Zoom meetings? If you do, you’re not the only one. Multitasking seems like a great way to get more done in less time. But it’s actually undermining your productivity and causing more stress if you do it all the time. Why? Because humans ...