"Managers manage things;
Leaders manage Ideas." 
 

Coaching for the Science and Technology Community

Untangling Messy Ideas

All good ideas begin with what I call "messy ideas," ideas with ambiguous edges that are so entangled with other ideas you aren't even sure what you are looking at. In fact, the most important role of project managers and professional technologists as well as most executives is to tease out the clear ideas from the messy ones. 

Through the coaching process, I will help you untangle the "messy ideas" related to your career goals, current job challenges, work-life balance and even professional image. 
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The Executive's Dilemma 

Executives and Senior Managers are paid to think but often don't have the time to do so--especially about their own job/career goals and challenges.  

People in leadership positions use me to ask them questions that make them think--questions they can't discuss with peers or bosses but persist as nagging issues. The benefits to both client and organization lie in clear-headed decision making about often ambiguous ideas.

Teams: Greatest Leverage, Greatest Risk

The efficiency (effort/result) of project and management teams can make the difference between profit and loss.

The most easily fixed energy drains relate to interpersonal communications within and outside of the team. Indicators of wasted energy include overly long meetings, ongoing personality conflicts, and postponed decisions.

I increase team efficiency and reduce business risk by helping teams define and address difficult issues.

Technologists
Think
Differently

Fortunately! But non-technologists are often taken aback by the focus and precision of technical discussions. Healthy skepticism is often mistaken for negativity, and the need to inquire for foot-dragging.

If this is true of the non-technical individuals and teams with whom you interact, I can help you learn to bridge these barriers through the use of language and styles non-technologists find most conducive to their understanding.

 

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