This week we conducted an overview of the Power of TED* essential frameworks for an executive leadership team. When we got to the overview of Dynamic Tension as a framework for creating outcomes, we talked about what we call the 3-step dance as a way to create the outcomes we want. The 3-steps are: Focus …
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At the heart of the TED* roles of Creator, Challenger and Coach is love and appreciation for others. Co-Creators are genuinely interested in the views of others while still expressing what is true for them. Fear, however, is the emotion that drives all three roles of Victim, Rescuer and Persecutor that make up the Dreaded …
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Last week I was in India, serving as an executive coach in the School for Inspired Leadership (SOIL) and Mesa Research Group’s Global Leadership Program. During the program, we had the great pleasure of meeting and hearing from Arun Maira, who is a member of the Planning Commission of India and former chairman of the …
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I recently heard a senior executive of a major multinational company say that what we need is a “fear inspired event” to mobilize action. He cited the Soviet Union’s launching of the Sputnik satellite and the United States’ reaction that led to the formation of NASA (the National Aeronautics and Space Administration) and the entry …
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Tomorrow (July 4th), in the United States, we celebrate Independence Day. The American Revolution and establishment of the idea of independence was a watershed movement for humanity. Up until that point in history, most cultures were deeply rooted in the paradigm of dependence in which “the masses” were dependent on kings, queens, dictators (benevolent or …
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A couple weeks ago, I was honored to share The Power of TED* in a breakout session of the Northwest Conference on Behavioral Health and Addictive Disorders in Seattle. While there, I was also able to listen to a number of excellent and well-known speakers in the field. Almost all of them spoke not only …
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The following is a portion of a beautiful presentation given by Dina Dadian at an Autism Awareness night at her son, Andrey’s, school. I have been deeply impressed – and humbled – by how Dina and her husband, David, have applied the frameworks of TED* to their parenting of Andrey, as well as in their …
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I am sometimes amazed at people’s reactions when they realize the measure of perfection I have attained by applying TED* (*The Empowerment Dynamic) ™ in my life. No longer do I react to problems from a Victim Orientation and engage in Karpman’s Drama Triangle – that toxic Dreaded Drama Triangle ™ of a Victim reacting …
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This is the second of a 2-part entry about my relationship with diabetes. This week is American Diabetes Association’s “Diabetes Alert Day” (March 27th). That, plus the pending publication of TED* for Diabetes: A Health Empowerment Story, which I am co-authoring with Scott Conard, M.D., made for a timely “coming out” about my diabetes. Last …
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This month’s “TED* Thoughts” theme is on health and health empowerment. We chose this to coincide with next week’s American Diabetes Association’s “Diabetes Alert Day” (March 27th) and as a time to announce the pending publication of TED* for Diabetes: A Health Empowerment Story, which I am co-authoring with Scott Conard, M.D. The book will …
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