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Creating a Safe Environment for Critical Thinking to Flourish - Clear and Open

Creating a Safe Environment for Critical Thinking to Flourish

Leadership, ManagementBy Josef ShapiroMarch 3, 2017Leave a comment

Critical Thinking Creates Results “I can’t trust my people to make big decisions.” “My employees aren’t engaged.” “No one cares as much as I do.” Coaches and consultants hear these frustrations often. These are symptoms of a complex problem that has a simple solution. Here’s a true story. Evan, an executive in professional services was…

Responsibility Means Being Serious About Growth - Clear and Open

Five Ways To Recognize Serious Inner Work

Management, Mentoring, Self-OrganizationBy Josef ShapiroFebruary 21, 2017Leave a comment

“That’s an issue I’m working on.” “I’m a work in progress.” “I do a lot of work on myself.” Sometimes these are statements of responsibility. Sometimes they’re excuses. How do you tell the difference? Popularity of any anything tends to dilute. I’m reminded of the Devil Wears Prada Scene where we’re taught how trends from…

Dealing With Excuses Doesn't Have To Be Difficult: Here's How - Clear and Open

When Dogs Eat Homework

Leadership, Management, Self-OrganizationBy Josef ShapiroFebruary 15, 2017Leave a comment

This article is about dealing with excuses. Don’t have time to read it? Yeah, that’s probably an excuse. C’mon, you’ve got five minutes, especially because: If you spend time dealing with excuses, this article will save you hundreds of hours a year. Also, in this article is a free tool with six simple principles that,…

Leadership Means Embracing Discomfort No One Else Will - Clear and Open

Turn Toward Discomfort, Turn Toward Leadership

Leadership, Management, Self-OrganizationBy Josef ShapiroFebruary 9, 2017Leave a comment

Imagine you’re a personal trainer: you help people get in shape. A new client calls you and tells you their problems: they’re tired a lot, their clothes don’t fit, and they don’t feel comfortable going to the beach because of how they look. You tell them you can help, and schedule the first session. The…

Family Business Problems Have Real Solutions: Get Clear - Clear and Open

From Inundation To Transformation

Leadership, Management, Self-OrganizationBy Josef ShapiroJanuary 31, 2017Leave a comment

2016 was a huge year for my client, Brian, and I want to honor his transformation. Brian and his wife, Kim, own a landscaping and snow removal company. They came to me in July of 2014 with a list of serious problems in their family business. They were both working about eighty hours a week.…

Systems Are Not The Solution: A Clear-Headed You Is! - Clear and Open

Systems Ain’t The Secret

Management, Self-OrganizationBy Josef ShapiroJanuary 25, 2017Leave a comment

The following isn’t a secret, but might as well be because it’s rarely understood. I was very fortunate to begin my coaching career at EMyth in 2002. The E-Myth Revisited remains to be one of the top best-selling business books of all time (over ten million copies last I heard). I’ve spoken to hundreds, perhaps…

Effective Coaching Means Talking About How To Receive It - Clear and Open

How To Be Helpable

Leadership, Self-OrganizationBy Josef ShapiroJanuary 18, 2017Leave a comment

Have you ever given brilliant advice to someone who couldn’t receive it? Of course you have. I want to tell you about one of my biggest mistakes. I’ll also share with you one of the secrets of getting good help. We all need help, but don’t often realize we can make ourselves more helpable. As…

Management Without Supervision Solves People Problems - Clear and Open

Don’t Supervise – Meta-Supervise!

Management, MentoringBy Josef ShapiroJanuary 11, 2017Leave a comment

Here’s one crazy idea that has the power to change an entire company: no adult should need supervision. I’ll explain. Let’s define supervision this way: Ensuring somebody who already knows what to do, actually does it right. Management on the other hand, we can define as supporting people to grow and learn in ways they…

Goal Setting Doesn't Usually Work - Here's The Fix - Clear and Open

Why New Year’s Resolutions Fail And What To Do About It

Leadership, MentoringBy Josef ShapiroJanuary 2, 2017Leave a comment

I know. You’re tired of hearing about New Year’s Resolutions. But I promise you something new here. We’re going to turn the whole thing on its head, and that’s always fun. What if everything you’ve been taught about goal setting left out the key ingredient? And that’s why your eyes glaze over when you hear…

Change Management Isn't About Workarounds - Clear and Open

X Easy Ways To Blah Blah Blah

Management, MentoringBy Josef ShapiroDecember 29, 2016Leave a comment

We love quick-fixes. Unfortunately, for the things that really matter, they rarely work. Think about your expertise. Think about your greatest achievements. Think about a change you’ve made in yourself. Did any of those things happen from implementing “X Easy Ways to Blah Blah Blah” that showed up in your inbox one day? Probably not.…

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