At work, do you get to do what you do best every day?

How do you manage change and understand your life choices, decisions, and transitions in a societal context? How do you look at what works? Asking good questions that amplify the “positive core” influences individuals, groups, and organizations.

What do you value most about yourself, your work, and your organization?

Success in work and in life is most often a combination of:

• Curiosity to explore learning opportunities
• Persistence in dealing with obstacles
• Flexibility to address a variety of circumstances and events
• Optimism to maximize benefits from unplanned events.

People with these qualities are more likely to capitalize on chance events and turn serendipity into opportunity.

What makes extraordinary displays of trust and cooperation possible between individuals and groups?

The basic building block of good teambuilding is for a leader to promote the feeling that every human being is unique and adds value. The result is a more sustainable and supportive work environment.

“Interdependent people combine their own efforts with the efforts of others to achieve their greatest success.” – Stephen Covey

How can you see the “big picture” using Integrative Life Planning?

Integrative Life Planning using “appreciative inquiry” is a way of seeing the world that takes into account both personal development and the context in which we live. It focuses on valuing diversity and inclusivity, and on relationship goals and achievement goals relative to society, the organization, the family, and the individual.

How do you use your “Emotional Intelligence” in the workplace?

Emotional Intelligence is the capacity for recognizing our own feelings and those of others, for motivating ourselves, and for managing emotions well in us and in our relationships. It helps us to reason with emotions and emotional feelings, and to deal effectively with “toxic employees” while preventing us from becoming toxic ourselves.

How do you stay professionally affirmed, renewed, enthusiastic and inspired?

People have more confidence and comfort to journey into the future (the unknown) when they carry forward parts of the past (the known). If we carry parts of the past forward, they should be what are best about the past. Understanding what you want, what you’re doing to get what you want, and how it’s working is the key to personal and professional success.
“When you don’t know where you’re going, just about any road will get you there.”

If All Else Fails, Laugh

Your sense of HUMOR is one of your most effective weapons in handling the ups and downs of everyday life. It's gives you the ability to laugh at the absurd, acknowledge the incongruous, and appreciate the ridiculous. It's a uniquely human quality that can come to your rescue during difficult times. If you can count on your sense of humor to put things in perspective, you can begin to create new meanings for your life.