by arnoudse | Nov 18, 2014 | Connect, Discover, Obstacles, Vitality
“What are you yearning for in life?” That is the question Julio Olalla posed in a recent Newfield Network webinar. For me, the answer came quickly. Simplicity. We yearn for less complication, less clutter, fewer features. Less frenzy, more calm. Less...
by arnoudse | Nov 4, 2014 | Discover, Lead, Obstacles
“We, the business leaders, need to invest in the growth of our businesses without waiting for more certainty. It’s on us.” I have paraphrased a bit, but those words from Jeffrey Immelt, CEO of GE inspired me last week. It’s an important moment when an influential...
by arnoudse | Oct 28, 2014 | Connect, Discover, Lead, Obstacles, Vitality
Our culture honors beginnings. First loves. Grand openings. New product launches. Fresh starts. Clean slates. New beginnings. We are often not very good at endings. Bad business break-ups; messy divorces. We fear a lay-off even when we hate the job we have or losing a...
by arnoudse | Oct 21, 2014 | Connect, Discover, Lead, Obstacles
I love reading Seth Godin’s daily blog. In a recent post, No One to Say No, he said “people are not afraid of failure, they are afraid of blame”. I couldn’t agree more. And yet, these days it seems that most people are playing The Blame Game. When something goes...
by arnoudse | Oct 14, 2014 | Connect, Discover, Obstacles
A lot of my coaching clients are dealing with a great deal of uncertainty lately; in their businesses and in their own lives. Can you relate? I sure can. One global business leader, George (not his real name), was telling me how he really couldn’t move ahead without a...
by arnoudse | Sep 23, 2014 | Discover, Obstacles
As a society, we have become unbalanced between consuming and creating. A key economic metric is “consumer confidence”. We honor “conspicuous consumption” as a sign of “having made it”. The external costs of overconsumption are evident — environmental devastation,...
