Coaching a Surgeon: What Makes Top Performers Better? : The New Yorker - Atal Gawande

No matter how well trained people are, few can sustain their best performance on their own. That’s where coaching comes in. I’ve been a surgeon for eight years. For the past couple of them, my performance in the operating room has reached a plateau. I’d like to think it’s a good thing—I’ve arrived at my professional peak. But mainly it seems as if I’ve just stopped getting better.

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13 Tips on Finding a Mentor - Karen Burns

Perhaps as you were reading my post last week, you reached No. 4 on the list of 10 career resolutions for 2010, read “Find a mentor,” and thought, “Ha, easier said than done.” How do people find mentors anyway? Is it as simple as just asking? Well, pretty much. You choose someone you think would be a good mentor and then ask, "Would you consider a mentoring relationship with me?" But wait! Before you do that, optimize your chances and check out these tips: 1. Be clear on why you want a mentor. Are you looking for someone to offer specific advice? Do you want a conduit to your industry’s movers and shakers? Or do you just need a sounding board?

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Contract Sales Professionals Required - The Creative Leadership Forum

Positions Vacant: Contracted Sales Professionals Background: The Creative Leadership Forum is Australia and Asia Pacific’s pre-eminent network promoting and training Creative Leadership Our network of over 15,000 members – includes predominantly senior executives; CXOs, Managing Directors, Directors of HR and Marketing across business, education, enterprise and government.

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Negotiation for Music, Art and Sciences

Tuning the voice of an acoustic grand piano is the process of ensuring that the pitch of each key on the piano creates the intended sound of a musical note, such as A, B flat or C sharp. Tuning the voice of an effective leader or negotiator is the process of developing and maintaining the five keys or components of emotional intelligence which are self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation and empathy and relationship management. Toning the voice of an acoustic grand piano is the process of adjusting, through softening or hardening, the striking action of the hammers against the strings in order to fully utilize the dynamic range of the entire piano keyboard. Toning the voice of an effective leader or negotiator is developing the ability to recognize the personal and cultural differences among people, and recalibrating our tune or voice as a leader or negotiator, to effectively create a meaningful connection with each distinct person or audience.

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Serious Games for Business, and more...

Gaming is entering the commercial field - seriously

Just check out this link from the ABC for more information

http://www.abc.net.au/tv/goodgame/video/default.htm?pres=20090323_2030&story=9