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Over the past six years, Michael K. Simpson’s Unlocking Potential has helped leaders motivate, inspire, and fully engage their teams. This revised edition, written with Maria Sullivan and Kari Saddler, builds on that powerful foundation for a new generation of leaders. The key is not just managing but coaching - developing the talents of your organization’s most important asset: the employees. In any successful organization, that begins with the basic skills developed by Simpson: building trust, recognizing potential, challenging paradigms, and more.

Michael K. Simpson, a senior consultant to FranklinCovey, has spent more than twenty-five years training executives to become effective coaches, mentoring and guiding leaders and managers to encourage and develop the talent of their people - the most important asset in any organization. In this guide, you will acquire the skills to coach your personnel from the ground up, maximizing their potential on a personal level, as members of the team, and as contributors to the organization as a whole.

"The vast majority of the workforce in any organization possesses far more talent, intelligence, capability, and creativity than their present jobs require or even allow." - Dr. Stephen R. Covey. That's what Talent Unleashed is about - unleashing that unlimited store of potential in people. That's a leader's job.

It Stops Here is the profound story of the spiritual, cultural, and political resurgence of a nation taking action to reclaim their lands, waters, law, and food systems in the face of colonization. In deeply moving testimony, it recounts the intergenerational struggle of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation to overcome colonial harms and the powerful stance they have taken alongside allies and other Indigenous nations across Turtle Island against the development of the Trans Mountain Pipeline—a fossil fuel megaproject on their unceded territories.

All great coaches know how to ask good open-ended questions and how to give effective feedback. They keep a balanced and honest perspective that separates the person from the problem or issue; coaching to leverage their unique strengths and helping them improve weaknesses with a mindset focused on continuous improvement.

At the end of your life, will you be able to say you squeezed out all the gusto and good you were created for? Deep inside all of us is the relentless knowledge that we were created for greatness, yet years can pass, and all our efforts don't add up to what we envisioned life would bring. Author, pastor, and evangelist Craig Walker challenges you to forget the mediocre and dream again. It's time to answer the high calling within you! It's time to unlock your potential as never before! Craig witnessed nearly 800,000 decisions for Christ in 22 months by utilizing today's internet technology. ...

In this discussion learn about what "whack-a-mole" leaders are, how they act, and how to avoid being one.

In this discussion, Simpson details the importance of accountability and what can be done to make sure all team members meet their goals.

In this discussion, establish solid credibility through your trust of others and fill voids with a short list of questions.

In this discussion, Simpson breaks down the steps to implementing the Organizational Effectiveness Cycle by using definitions of mission, vision, and values.

With this program you will acquire the skills necessary to coach your employees from the ground up, maximizing their potential on a personal level, as members of the team, and as contributors to the organization as a whole.

In this discussion you will learn about trust and its importance in a corporate setting.

In this discussion go in depth into building trust, the first of seven coaching skills.

In this discussion, Simpson advises that when giving feedback, it is important to balance weaknesses and drawbacks with strengths and accomplishments.

In this discussion refine your listening skills and learn to better recognize potential by adopting the vantage point of the individual.

In this discussion, Simpson explains the four steps a leader can use to help his team close the "execution gap".

In this discussion, Simpson recommends ways to merge mission, vision, and values, as outlined in previous chapters, into an actual plan.

In this discussion learn to inspire your team by creating a high degree of inspiration, trust, and support.

In this discussion create a continuous effort to reach team and individual goals by creating a powerful and purposeful flow with full engagement and optimal energy.

The soul of artistry lies behind the scenes in the creative process and the heartbeat of greatness lies within the most inspired individuals. Listen to in-depth interviews with directors, writers, producers, authors, entrepreneurs, comedians, musicians and figures from all walks of life. Produced by writer and journalist Michael Lee Simpson and hosted by Warner Bros. Records executive-turned therapist in training Jeff Watson, “Inspired Minds” is filled with tales of life, joy, pain and imagination. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.