A Tricky Supervision Challenge
Many managers believe that treating their team members as responsible adults will assure excellent results. The truth is that while this usually is effective, some people need much firmer limits than others to perform their jobs.Ellen, the manager of a rehabilitation hospital unit, was discussing her frustration in supervising one of her social workers. Ellen would much rather he

Are Funeral Escorts Real Cops?
Did you ever think funeral escorts for civilian funerals were real cops? They wear uniforms that make them look like cops and drive simulated police motorcycles. Well, here are some possibilities:they might be police officers, if the city can spare their time;they might be peace officers picking up a little extra money on their day off; or Commitment, focus and an action plan are essential components for getting to your goals. Why is that? In my job as a coach I work a lot with small business owners whose success is entirely dependent upon getting to their goals. And so many times their goals are delayed or deferred or reduced or even forgotten. What makes this happen? Often goals are chosen because they are need to or have to. This makes sense in business and in life but there is often a missing ingredient - commitment! What is commitment? It is that part of our brain that takes the need to and want to and converts them to planned reality. To a place where you accept the work and the effort and have the desire to achieve the goal and you are able to see it, feel it, taste it.

If you choose to reframe your attitude to goal setting then it is no longer a burden or a pressure it is a step towards the future you are building. It has effort in it but also fun and satisfaction. So the commitment is positive. You know you will start it and you know you will achieve it. So the commitment is not to your goal but to yourself. It is a product of your belief that you are worthy of success, your confidence and your zeal.

Sometimes the goal just clicks into place and it happens, this is when you celebrate and acknowledge what you have done. Other times it is less easy and the 'gremlins' we have tucked away tell us things like "that will never happen", "it didn't work last time", "you've never run a business before","it feels a bit risky", "only successful people do that" and on and on. We all have gremlins somewhere in some aspect of our lives.

How do we deal with the gremlin? Two main choices: One, Get a Coach or two, Self Coach. To self coach:

• Focus on goals that fit your experience and skill set
• Select goals that are a manageable size. If your goal is big - break it down into bite sized chunks e.g. increase sales/income by 50% can sensibly be broken down to 5 phases of 10%.
• Success builds on earlier success so recall the things you have succeeded in - no matter how small. Our brains are not dumb they work on positive evidence
• Have a goals buddy - someone you can share the goal with, check the logic and is witness to your intention to do it.
• Write down your goal and the steps you will take towards it then check your progress regularly
• If doubts creep in revisit the goal, check your commitment and remember how you will feel when you have achieved it.
• Structure your days and build in your goal actions, check your progress every day.

Gremlins can be tricky - sometimes they go quickly, sometimes they linger and sometimes they just choose to hang around. But even if they do we can manage them and succeed regardless. If you find yours - give it a name, acknowledge it and tell it your plans. Your commitment can be en that takes the need to and want to and converts them to planned reality. To a place where you accept the work and the effort and have the desire to achieve the goal and you are able to see it, feel it, taste it.

If you choose to reframe your attitude to goal setting then it is no longer a burden or a pressure it is a step towards the future you are building. It has effort in it but also fun and satisfaction. So the commitment is positive. You know you will start it and you know you will achieve it. So the commitment is not to your goal but to yourself. It is a product of your belief that you are worthy of success, your confidence and your zeal.

Sometimes the goal just clicks into place and it happens, this is when you celebrate and acknowledge what you have done. Other times it is less easy and the 'gremlins' we have tucked away tell us things like "that will never happen", "it didn't work last time", "you've never run a business before","it feels a bit risky", "only successful people do that" and on and on. We all have gremlins somewhere in some aspect of our lives.

How do we deal with the gremlin? Two main choices: One, Get a Coach or two, Self Coach. To self coach:

• Focus on goals that fit your experience and skill set
• Select goals that are a manageable size. If your goal is big - break it down into bite sized chunks e.g. increase sales/income by 50% can sensibly be broken down to 5 phases of 10%.
• Success builds on earlier success so recall the things you have succeeded in - no matter how small. Our brains are not dumb they work on positive evidence
• Have a goals buddy - someone you can share the goal with, check the logic and is witness to your intention to do it.
• Write down your goal and the steps you will take towards it then check your progress regularly
• If doubts creep in revisit the goal, check your commitment and remember how you will feel when you have achieved it.
• Structure your days and build in your goal actions, check your progress every day.

Gremlins can be tricky - sometimes they go quickly, sometimes they linger and sometimes they just choose to hang around. But even if they do we can manage them and succeed regardless. If you find yours - give it a name, acknowledge it and tell it your plans. Your commitment can be our belief that you are worthy of success, your confidence and your zeal.

Sometimes the goal just clicks into place and it happens, this is when you celebrate and acknowledge what you have done. Other times it is less easy and the 'gremlins' we have tucked away tell us things like "that will never happen", "it didn't work last time", "you've never run a business before","it feels a bit risky", "only successful people do that" and on and on. We all have gremlins somewhere in some aspect of our lives.

How do we deal with the gremlin? Two main choices: One, Get a Coach or two, Self Coach. To self coach:

• Focus on goals that fit your experience and skill set
• Select goals that are a manageable size. If your goal is big - break it down into bite sized chunks e.g. increase sales/income by 50% can sensibly be broken down to 5 phases of 10%.
• Success builds on earlier success so recall the things you have succeeded in - no matter how small. Our brains are not dumb they work on positive evidence
• Have a goals buddy - someone you can share the goal with, check the logic and is witness to your intention to do it.
• Write down your goal and the steps you will take towards it then check your progress regularly
• If doubts creep in revisit the goal, check your commitment and remember how you will feel when you have achieved it.
• Structure your days and build in your goal actions, check your progress every day.

Gremlins can be tricky - sometimes they go quickly, sometimes they linger and sometimes they just choose to hang around. But even if they do we can manage them and succeed regardless. If you find yours - give it a name, acknowledge it and tell it your plans. Your commitment can be To self coach:

• Focus on goals that fit your experience and skill set
• Select goals that are a manageable size. If your goal is big - break it down into bite sized chunks e.g. increase sales/income by 50% can sensibly be broken down to 5 phases of 10%.
• Success builds on earlier success so recall the things you have succeeded in - no matter how small. Our brains are not dumb they work on positive evidence
• Have a goals buddy - someone you can share the goal with, check the logic and is witness to your intention to do it.
• Write down your goal and the steps you will take towards it then check your progress regularly
• If doubts creep in revisit the goal, check your commitment and remember how you will feel when you have achieved it.
• Structure your days and build in your goal actions, check your progress every day.

Gremlins can be tricky - sometimes they go quickly, sometimes they linger and sometimes they just choose to hang around. But even if they do we can manage them and succeed regardless. If you find yours - give it a name, acknowledge it and tell it your plans. Your commitment can be wn your goal and the steps you will take towards it then check your progress regularly

If doubts creep in revisit the goal, check your commitment and remember how you will feel when you have achieved it.

Structure your days and build in your goal actions, check your progress every day.

Gremlins can be tricky - sometimes they go quickly, sometimes they linger and sometimes they just choose to hang around. But even if they do we can manage them and succeed regardless. If you find yours - give it a name, acknowledge it and tell it your plans. Your commitment can be enough to show it the door. (I know this is true I have my own - I'll tell you its name in part 3)