All in the timing: How To Understand & Connect With the Precontemplative Person(mostly) TRUE THINGS
To change habits - e.g. smoking or eating the wrong foods in personal life, or introduce new processes in a workplace - we need a combination of desire and competence. Health care providers and educators can unintentionally sabotage change efforts when information and interventions designed for people ready for action are applied to people who are precontemplaitve - which research shows may be as many as 85% of those who present for help with a problem. This presentation explores how to understand and connect with a precontemplative person.
Creative experiences - writing, making and listening to music, art, improvisation - are the most direct pathway to developing the mind and skill set associated with emotional intelligence. This power point was part of a presentation at The Examined Life Conference at the Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, April 11-13, 2013.
Creativity is the energy of change, and anyone can enlarge and enhance their capacity to tap into this energy through learning about how it works and engaging in creative experiences. This is essential information for all of us now, living at this time when the speed of life is accelerating and the pace of change a source of significant psychological stress. Uncertainty and instability are part of the price we pay for revolutionary new technologies that continue to transform the landscape of our lives, through redesigning the way we do business, connect and communicate. In light of the stresses we face it is more important than ever to understand the process of burn-out so that we can prevent it. The good news is that the creative process is a way of engaging with the tensions of the unknown and shaping our attitudes and habits of mind in ways that make us more effective, empowered and energized.
All in the timing: How To Understand & Connect With the Precontemplative Person(mostly) TRUE THINGS
To change habits - e.g. smoking or eating the wrong foods in personal life, or introduce new processes in a workplace - we need a combination of desire and competence. Health care providers and educators can unintentionally sabotage change efforts when information and interventions designed for people ready for action are applied to people who are precontemplaitve - which research shows may be as many as 85% of those who present for help with a problem. This presentation explores how to understand and connect with a precontemplative person.
Creative experiences - writing, making and listening to music, art, improvisation - are the most direct pathway to developing the mind and skill set associated with emotional intelligence. This power point was part of a presentation at The Examined Life Conference at the Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, April 11-13, 2013.
Creativity is the energy of change, and anyone can enlarge and enhance their capacity to tap into this energy through learning about how it works and engaging in creative experiences. This is essential information for all of us now, living at this time when the speed of life is accelerating and the pace of change a source of significant psychological stress. Uncertainty and instability are part of the price we pay for revolutionary new technologies that continue to transform the landscape of our lives, through redesigning the way we do business, connect and communicate. In light of the stresses we face it is more important than ever to understand the process of burn-out so that we can prevent it. The good news is that the creative process is a way of engaging with the tensions of the unknown and shaping our attitudes and habits of mind in ways that make us more effective, empowered and energized.
A survey of 2600 human resources professionals found that 71% valued Emotional Intelligence (EI) more than IQ when hiring. EI is a necessary mind and skill set for 21st century life and a method for strengthening our resilience to stress.
Smoking cessation: Why Change Is Hard and What Helps To Make It Possible(mostly) TRUE THINGS
The power point is part of a workplace smoking cessation program designed by Lifestage, Inc., which educates participants about the process of change, the neuroscience of addiction, and ways to ease the difficulties involved with change.
The art of storytelling and how it can help make a better world(mostly) TRUE THINGS
"Storytelling the most powerful way to put ideas into the world today," according to master storyteller Robert McKee. This power point is about why story matters in a world of constant change and so much information to absorb at ever-increasing speed, and the importance of learning the art of story for maximum impact on the listener. Presented at the Applied Improvisation Network annual conference in Montreal on Sept. 28, 015.
"Everybody has accepted by now that change is unavoidable. But that still implies that change is like death and taxes — it should be postponed as long as possible and no change would be vastly preferable. But in a period of upheaval, such as the one we are living in, change is the norm." Peter Drucker. Management Challenges for the 21st Century (1999). This power point was created for a Lifestage training used to help employees in organizations understand and manage the emotional and psychological impact of workplace change.
A survey of 2600 human resources professionals found that 71% valued Emotional Intelligence (EI) more than IQ when hiring. EI is a necessary mind and skill set for 21st century life and a method for strengthening our resilience to stress.
Smoking cessation: Why Change Is Hard and What Helps To Make It Possible(mostly) TRUE THINGS
The power point is part of a workplace smoking cessation program designed by Lifestage, Inc., which educates participants about the process of change, the neuroscience of addiction, and ways to ease the difficulties involved with change.
The art of storytelling and how it can help make a better world(mostly) TRUE THINGS
"Storytelling the most powerful way to put ideas into the world today," according to master storyteller Robert McKee. This power point is about why story matters in a world of constant change and so much information to absorb at ever-increasing speed, and the importance of learning the art of story for maximum impact on the listener. Presented at the Applied Improvisation Network annual conference in Montreal on Sept. 28, 015.
"Everybody has accepted by now that change is unavoidable. But that still implies that change is like death and taxes — it should be postponed as long as possible and no change would be vastly preferable. But in a period of upheaval, such as the one we are living in, change is the norm." Peter Drucker. Management Challenges for the 21st Century (1999). This power point was created for a Lifestage training used to help employees in organizations understand and manage the emotional and psychological impact of workplace change.