Forget Finding The Best Coach, Be The Best Client
If you are looking for a coach, great! If you think that ‘perfect’ coach is going to have you being ‘all that’, bad. YOU do the work and YOU will get the results. Change is not about the Coach doing the work or being accountable. It is about YOU being the best client!
Aly’s Patrick Lencioni Ticket Giveaway Contest
I am ecstatic to tell you that Patrick Lencioni, the guru and father of healthy, high-performance teams is coming to Calgary on April 18, 2013! And this means… another amazing contest with opportunity to learn, be inspired and discover how to uncover your awesome this year! As one of the first 70 people globally to […]
Perspective Is Everything!
I am sharing my personal experience of being in The Dip, that place between point A and point B where the results are not yet reflecting a change in mind set and behaviours, in spite of really hard work. This is the place where fatigue almost always shows up and unless you are properly armed, […]
Take Time To Reflect
Action, action, action!! Nothing gets a company going more than action! I am not arguing that. And it is equally important to stop and reflect in order to absorb what is going on around you, and notice and celebrate the accomplishments with all that action. Studies show that time taken to reflect WITHOUT a structured […]
Celebration Is The Key To Inspiration And Motivation
I am always surprised how many coaching clients are at a loss to find accomplishments and milestones to celebrate, yet have all the time in the world to talk about what is not done, still needs to be fixed and things that are stressing them out. In fact, we need to spend more time on […]
Escaping Average – When Is Your Bad, Bad Enough To Pursue Awesome?
There is nothing wrong with average, until there is. When you decide you are tired of average in any area of your life it is time to pursue awesome. Or, when your bad gets bad enough you just won’t take it anymore, it is time to pursue awesome. Do you ever wonder what your life […]
Defining Vision – What Is Your Big Game?
In my last post, I talked about Purpose. The next step is clearly defining you Vision, that is your BIG game in life. Your Vision needs to be big enough to force you to grow and emotionally engaging enough that you really want it. It is not a finite statement like a goal, it is […]
The Point Of Purpose
I wanted to share with you the epiphany I had while watching a movie with out kids. The point of purpose. I work with organization and individuals to help them identity their purpose all the time. It just became so simple to me in watching the movie and watching it unfold in animation. I think […]
Accountable Action In The Workplace
Aly Pain shares her experience of improving companies by having accountable action. Each member of your organization needs to commit to specific and measurable action relative to their roles and skills. When this is done in a transparent way, each team member is clear about what other team members are doing. Every day or weekly, […]
Leverage Your Leadership
Coach Aly Pain talks about how to truly leverage your leadership in life and business. That means doing only what you can do, and not things that everyone else can do. In order to effectively leverage your leadership you must clearly identity your unique skill and talent, then set up a structure where you are […]