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INSPIRATION

Articles

Shifting Up In A Downturn
When Should You Hire a Coach?
How Can You Love?
Holidays or Holi-Daze?
Four Ways to Regain Your Focus
Racing Past Your Life?
Valentine's Day 2000

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Speaking

Embrace Change
Move into the flow of change that serves your highest calling and enables you to contribute to the well-being of your organization and larger community.

Insurance Accounting and Systems Association
September 23, 2001

University of California Human Resource Managers Conference
May 3, 2001

The 3 Spheres of Responsible Inspired Leadership
Tap into the 3 spheres of responsible inspired leadership, become more inspiring and extend responsible leadership locally and globally

Burn Bright Without Burning Out
Stressed leaders don't make good leaders. Today's executives must be resilient, resourceful, creative, intuitive and emotionally intelligent while guiding a strategic course.

National Association of Professional Organizers
October 10, 2001

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Interviews
Inspiration can come from anywhere–from Nature, events, experiences, books or people. In this new century year of 2001 we are showcasing people who are making a difference in their organizations and in their communities for people, planet and profit.

Orrel Lanter
CEO of Uncommon Grounds
Greening our business

Marchelle Fox
President of West Valley College
Attending to human capital

Ask Inspired

Do you have a question for the Inspired Action coaches?
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Dear Inspired,

I joined a new company with about 80 employees three months ago. How can I get acknowledgement for my contributions? I'm always trying to improve systems, reduce work, help us be more creative or save the company money. Last week the CEO sent out an e-mail praising all the guys in my group, but not a word about my contributions. Do you think it's because I'm a woman?

Signed,
Trying hard

Dear Trying Hard,

It's terrific you want to make a contribution to your company. Without doing a management and behavioral assessment with your CEO, it's hard to know what underlying factors motivate his behavior. Before jumping to a conclusion that he is sexist, be an observer/learner. Learn how to manage UP as well as down and across your organization. For a few weeks, observe your CEO's behavior with men and women; notice what gets his positive attention or recognition. Examine your own communication style and see how you can adapt it to meet his. Try to schedule a one-on-one meeting with him to start building an alliance. Do a check-in with his vision for the company and your vision about contributing. Tell him what significant projects you are working on and ask him how he'd like to hear about them (i.e., e-mail, voicemail, face-to-face one-on-one or in staff meetings?). Above all, remember that he must be good enough because he hired you!

Light and laughter, be well,
Inspired

Inspiration into Action
Barbara Chan Consulting Group
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