Ask Questions for Which You Don’t Have Answers
To grow the creativity and curiosity muscle it is useful to ask questions and then listen fully. Sarah practices this regularly. When she meets someone new she is really interested in learning more about them and their background. She asks many questions. “Where did...
What is Your Word?
I find it useful to identify a characteristic that I want to embody. Each year I create an intention of what I want to experience. Our intentions and words matter. Selecting one word helps us to focus with clarity. It helps us to set priorities and actions to...
Multiple Realities
Our upbringing and experiences influence how we see the world, our mindset and how we behave. We each interpret things in a different way. When someone challenges our perspective we easily become defensive and argue for why our view is correct. These days we are...
What is Your Aspiration?
Be the change you wish to see in the world. — Gandhi Our language influences how we interpret and experience things. I purposely first ask people their aspirations rather than their goals or expectations. A different part of the brain is activated when we are...About the Author
Ann Van Eron, Ph.D., MCC is founder and principal of Potentials, a global coaching and organization development consulting firm with experience coaching leaders and teams all over the world for over twenty-five years. She is certified as a Master Coach and has a doctorate in Organization Psychology from Columbia University.
Her new book, OASIS Conversations: Leading with and Open Mindset to Maximize Potential is available at AMAZON >>