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Here is some of what you will find in the November 2016 issue of The Coaching and Leadership Journal: Leadership lessons from the Boss (Bruce Springsteen) Leadership advice from SNL’s creator Lorne Michaels Training the Navy SEALS  Focus on being productive Leadership Profile—Barbara Stevens, Bentley University Women's Basketball  Signs of great leadership Defining Self-Talk 13 ways to build culture Leadership and the 4e’s Team USA’s fight song Tough minded research Turn your shoulds into musts And Much More The Coaching & Leadership Journal is written specifically for busy leaders. Our journal gives you the latest strategies in a concise, quick-read format. Published Monthly! We have a terrific team of subscribers and are always looking to add to our roster! Subscribe Now Learn More 

Who Moved My Cheese? was published on September 8, 1998, and is a motivational business fable. The text describes change in one's work and life, and four typical reactions to those changes by two mice and two little people, during their hunt for cheese. A New York Times business bestseller upon release, Who Moved My Cheese? remained on the list for almost five years and spent over 200 weeks on Publishers Weekly's hardcover nonfiction list. It has sold more than 26 million copies worldwide in 37 languages and remains one of the best-selling business books. Here are some lessons leaders can learn from the mice: Old beliefs do not lead you to new cheese.  Being complacent leads to extinction.  Embracing change and being flexible leads to survival. Don’t over-analyze or over-complicate things. Embrace the thrill of the hunt, be curious, and push the envelope. This is your job as a leader. Let go of old behavior instead of letting go of the situation: A different view

Pearl Sinn-Bonanni, a three-time All-American at Arizona State and a member of the Ladies Professional Golf Association since 1990, wrapped her seventh season as the head coach of the women’s golf program at Cal State Fullerton in 2015-16. There’s technique. There’s focus. There’s athleticism. But for Pearl Sinn-Bonanni, succeeding in an individual sport like golf comes down to one ingredient. “You literally have to just outwork somebody,” she said. “That’s the bottom line. No excuses. And if you don’t work at it, then it shows in your scores. You can’t hide it.” “My parents were immigrants, and they had to work very hard to put food on the table. They sacrificed a lot. So it wasn’t so much that they were telling me to work hard, but it was how they worked that really inspired me.” She applied those principles to golf, spending hours developing her swing with her sister. She was one of the few Asian athletes competing as a junior golfer. Once she told her dad that a rules of

According to Walt Disney, there are 3 types of people: The Well Poisoner. The Well Poisoner discourages you, stomps on your creativity and tells you what you can't do.  The Second type is the Lawn Mower. The Lawn mower is well intended but self absorbed. They are more concerned with their own needs, their own lawns and never leave their yard to help someone else.  Finally, there is the Life Enhancer . They reach out to others and lift them up. They encourage others and inspire greatness.  Leadership guru John Maxwell suggests we ask ourselves: "Am I different things to different people?" In other words are you a life enhancer to a recruit but a lawn mower to your staff? Perhaps you are life enhancers to those you agree with but well poisoners to those who think differently. Worth thinking about! Thought for the week: When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do. --Walt Disney A Season In Words by Dan Spainhour $19.95

James Allen's book As A Man Thinketh is  one of the top 10 motivational books of all time.  The book's intention is to motivate the reader to believe that, "They themselves are makers of themselves." Most people labor under the misconception that their life is the result of fate, luck, or circumstances. This book explains that your life is what you make of it, and the only way you'll be successful in life is if you're first successful in your mind. Here are some terrific thoughts taken from the book: A man's mind may be likened to a garden, which may be intelligently cultivated or allowed to run wild; but whether cultivated or neglected, it must, and will, bring forth. If no useful seeds are put into it, then an abundance of useless weed seeds will fall therein, and will continue to produce their kind. Self-control is strength. Right thought is mastery. Calmness is power. The outer conditions of a person's life will always be found to be harmon

Garry Kasparov  is a chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion, writer, and political activist, whom many consider to be the greatest chess player of all time. From 1986 until his retirement in 2005, Kasparov was ranked world No. 1 for 225 out of 228 months. His makes some terrific points about coaching and competition that all leaders should keep in mind:   “There’s this conventional wisdom that it’s possible to give universal advice — a tip. But we’re all different. Your decision-making process is as unique as your fingerprints or your DNA. Something that works for you may be counterproductive for me. Some of us are more aggressive; some more defensive. You have to understand who you are, know what you’re capable of and what you’re not, and then try to construct a game — or a deal or a campaign — in which your superior qualities will be factors and your disadvantages will not be displayed.” Thought for the week: If you want to achieve greatness stop asking for permissi