Recent Articles From EvanCarmichael.com http://www.evancarmichael.com/ http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2513/You-Cant-Manage-Time.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2513/You-Cant-Manage-Time.html You can’t manage time. You can, however, manage what you choose to do with it and the best way to do that is to manage your priorities. Here are five simple ways to do that! http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2513/Times-a-Wasting-What-are-you-doing-with-it.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2513/Times-a-Wasting-What-are-you-doing-with-it.html You can't "manage" time. So, how can you be more effective with it if you aren't managing it> Have you ever looked at your “to do” list and felt that aching drop in the pit of your stomach? And it’s usually accompanied by thoughts like, “Right, like I’ll ever get to the bottom of the list,” or, “Wow, it’s overwhelming and I have no time for anything that matters to ME.” http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2513/On-Being-Present.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2513/On-Being-Present.html As I sit and reflect about what that means, it occurs to me that I have different levels of “understanding” at any given time. Sometimes I “get it” and other times it seems that I know the concept and have yet to ever apply it. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2513/Five-tips-for-Maximizing-Training-and-Creating-Sustainable-Learning.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2513/Five-tips-for-Maximizing-Training-and-Creating-Sustainable-Learning.html How much time, energy and money have you invested in Cheese, Fish or other “flavor of the month” training initiatives and had little to show for it after a few weeks? Here are five suggestions for you and your company to improve learning and retention in your organization. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2513/Success--what-is-it-and-how-can-you-have-it.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2513/Success--what-is-it-and-how-can-you-have-it.html If you are like most people, success is defined by completing a vast “to do” list day after day after day. Stopping to consider your priorities and values doesn’t even make the list - who has the time? But that chronic busyness take a toll - in diminished health, unsatisfying relationships and just plain unhappiness. So, what can you do? http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2513/Without-Emotional-Intelligence-Sustainable-Change-Cant-Happen.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2513/Without-Emotional-Intelligence-Sustainable-Change-Cant-Happen.html Emotional Intelligence is not fluffy or “touchy-feely.” For anyone who interacts with and influences others, it is the most critical skill set to develop and improve. When you think about any situation in your own life, can you imagine it without an emotional component? Probably not. Emotions and feelings are at the core of everything we do; feeling are always involved. So how does Emotional Intelligence relate to sustainable change? http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2513/Conversations-for-Effective-Action.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2513/Conversations-for-Effective-Action.html In your work, and in your life away from work, you participate in conversations. People speak, and people listen. And more is happening - promises are made, requests are made, invitations are issued, proposals for new projects are presented. Things happen in conversations. In fact, it is in conversations that people make things happen. Only four things can happen in a conversation. We call these Basic Linguistic Commitments. The four linguistic commitments for action are requests, promises, assertions and declarations, and they happen in conversation, and this is all that’s happening. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2513/Excellence-in-Managing-Leading-and-Coaching.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2513/Excellence-in-Managing-Leading-and-Coaching.html Managing, leading and coaching; interesting trio, eh? Many people and organizations collapse these competencies and titles. It often seems that these competencies and titles are both synonymous and interchangeable in our quest for excellence. But they’re not. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2513/Why-leaders-fail-and-how-not-to-be-one-of-them.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2513/Why-leaders-fail-and-how-not-to-be-one-of-them.html Things move fast in business – and not always in a positive direction. A corporation fails every three minutes. A directorship changes every 32 seconds. In today’s business environment, trust may be your best competitive advantage. Companies where trust is high are more likely to succeed because they generally have a faster rate of production and lower operations cost. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2513/Slow-Down-to-the-Speed-of-Caring.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2513/Slow-Down-to-the-Speed-of-Caring.html Mindful Leadership is at the core of an engaged workforce