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I have carefully selected and endorsed training and educational assessment tools, available in various media to meet your specific needs.

These quality products are designed to help individuals and organizations improve self-knowledge and awareness so that they can capitalize on their strengths and work together more successfully.

Target Training International Assessment Tools
For organizations and situations leveraging computers and the World Wide Web, TTI offers a full range of assessment tools that provide a solid foundation for your organization’s training and improvement plans.

Inscape Publishing Assessment Tools
Assessment tools provided in the traditional paper medium from Inscape Publishing, formerly The Carlson Learning Company.

Read more here: http://www.adifference.com/assessments.htm

Next time I will talk about Leadership Team Building!

With September just around the corner many of us are starting to think about education. The Creative Communications Center offers a number of training and education courses.

LIFE POWER

Through Life Power you will learn:

• 7 causes of stress and anger and 20 ways to deal with them – in and out of the classroom
• 13 strategies for achieving an increased sense of calm and well being
• 5 of the most common conflicts in life and how to deal with them: Empower yourself and others to become more peaceful and self-confident!

ADVENTURES IN ATTITUDES

In Adventures in Attitudes you will master ways to:

• create positive attitudes for you and your students
• develop mental and emotional strategies of motivation for yourself and your students
• achieve renewed fulfillment and contentment in and out of your classroomRaise your motivation and create a positive atmosphere at school and at home!

PEAK PERFORMANCE IN COMMUNICATIONS

Peak Performance will assist you in:

• understanding different behavioral and communication styles of yourself, students and colleagues -and how they influence all your interactions
• learning valuable techniques to improve communications personally and professionally
• learning how to skillfully deal with difficult students and others while increasing self-esteemImprove communication skills to be more effective personally and professionally!

View more courses here: http://www.adifference.com/education.htm

The definition of a coach is: “a person who teaches and directs another person via encouragement and advice.”

Make sense? Pretty much defines the essence of the profession you’re in, right?

Coaches who don’t know how to run a profitable coaching practice – no matter how good a coach they are – will be looking for a new career themselves. For you to bring value to your client(s) year in and year out, to have a profit generating practice that exceeds your expectations you MUST have a blue print of success to which you can rely on daily. So…

I created this unique manual so you can reach your personal and professional goals with my proven One On One Coaching Programs.

The One On One Coaching Manual is specifically designed for any coach like yourself who wants a full and effective program for their clients, while still providing the freedom to incorporate your own unique style. That way you have an ADDED RESOURCE for you AND your clients to use so you can maximize the benefits of their coaching experience.

My experience in the areas of communications, coaching, leadership, team building, facilitation, and management has enabled me to assist organizations in transforming their environments to become more effective and productive.

Are You Ready To Step Up To The Plate and Deliver Real Value To Your Client? You Will Be Once You Use The “One On One Coaching Manual”… Read more about the One On One Coaching Manual here: http://www.oneononecoachingmanual.com/

Have you ever had the experience of feeling misunderstood? Or misunderstanding?
Of course!

A recent study of 2,000 HRD professionals cited poor communications as one of the top six problems in organizations today. Another study cited the three greatest challenges were lack of communication skills, poor attitudes, and lack of experience.

So what is the common dilemma?

COMMUNICATIONS!

When I do a Needs Assessment for the companies with which I work, inevitably communications emerges as the #1 problem. And that, of course, affects everything else – customer service, team building, attitudes, leadership to say nothing of morale.

Most of us know the components of good communications: listening so that others will talk, and speaking so others will listen, including when we need to confront others, and win/ win conflict resolution. They seem rather trite and familiar but knowing and doing are not necessarily the same. Let’s explore them a little more closely.

Do you know of any grammar or high school that offers listening courses?

I don’t. And yet a study done by Dr. Sperry indicates that the average adult spends 45 percent of their day listening, 30 percent speaking, 16 percent reading and 9 percent writing. Developmentally that is the order that we learn these skills. And yet most schools teach directly the opposite-most time on writing, nothing on listening.

Is it any wonder that there are so few good listeners?

When I ask participants in my seminars how many good listeners they know, most people know one or none. Is it any wonder? Most people wait to take turns talking, not listening in any comprehensive way. And yet, if you can think of one or two people who are good listeners, how do you feel about them? Do you like them? Respect them? Want to spend time with them? Chances are, the answer is yes.

So what is good listening?

It involves several components and every other skill depends on it.

Read more here: http://www.adifference.com/article-listening.htm

We all know that an Olympic athlete flourishes under the keen eye of a coach – they discover the potential of the athlete, build on their strengths, celebrate victories, lift spirits when the athletes are discouraged, they guide, cheerlead, provide mentorship and on the occasion a good morning wake up call. They believe in the athlete – even when the athlete doesn’t believe in themselves.

Every person needs someone in their corner, cheering them on and guiding them to their highest potential. Coaching is for those who have high aspirations and who like an Olympian, know they are more likely to achieve superior results with a coach than with out one – those who want to be a champion in all aspects of their lives.

I invite you to view some of the coaching programs I offer.

* The Olympian Coaching Program: Bringing Vision, Reality and Leadership to Life

* Laser Coaching Program: For busy people who may not have the time but really need a coach!

* The Discovery Program: From Reality to Vision

* The Mastery Program: From Vision to Reality

* The Executive Program: From Leader to Visionary

I am sure you have heard of the Starfish Story, but if you haven’t do take a few minutes and read it here http://www.adifference.com/starfish-story.htm

The Starfish Gift Shop is based on the lovely story – how to let people know when they are making a difference in your life!

Creative Communications Center offers these products, inspired by the Starfish Story, to help you keep the inspiring starfish story in your daily life.

I invite you to visit my Starfish Gift Shop here http://www.starfishgiftshop.com

I conduct courses, workshops and seminars on a variety of topics such as:

* Leadership
* Communications
* Attitudes
* Coaching
* Team Building
* Customer Service
* and Facilitation

I am certified to conduct training programs in several disciplines. I also conducts seminars for the American Management Association and is on their Faculty Advisory Committee.

Read more here: http://www.adifference.com/services.htm

Are you too busy but know you really need a coach?

Announcing My New Laser Coach Program!

This dynamic coaching program is ideal for the self-directed individual who wants to see the results of intensive personal and professional work but who doesn’t have the time to commit to multiple exchanges over the course of a year. You will get aligned faster, feel a sense of relief faster, get unblocked faster, and we will quickly get to the heart of the matter. Laser Coaching is also well suited to the “Olympian” who wants to insure they regularly maintain and sustain their life goals.

This program entails two 15 minute calls each month, along with additional time for email exchanges and phone check-in as needed.

Laser Coaching is a time saving, efficient, extremely effective way to put you on the right track or to help sustain your hard-earned life goals. Please contact me at 800-733-9349 or by email using the link below with any questions.

SHastings@CreativeCommunicationsCenter.com

I created the One On One Coaching manual so you can reach your personal and professional goals with my proven One On One Coaching Programs. The One On One Coaching Manual is specifically designed for any coach like yourself who wants a full and effective program for their clients, while still providing the freedom to incorporate your own unique style. That way you have an ADDED RESOURCE for you AND your clients to use so you can maximize the benefits of their coaching experience.

My experience in the areas of communications, coaching, leadership, team building, facilitation, and management has enabled me to assist organizations in transforming their environments to become more effective and productive.

I’ve also talked to a lot of coaches over the years about their hopes and dreams for their practice and their clients. It’s because of these years of experience I would like to pass on that knowledge to you in the form of this unique manual so you can reach your personal and professional goals.

Read more here: http://www.oneononecoachingmanual.com/

That was a message I heard from Robert Fritz, the creator of Technology of Creativity and DMA, many years ago. It resonated with my soul.

When I look at the times I have compromised with my life spirit over my lifetime, they have been the times of greatest stress for me. It has felt like I’m trying to fit a square peg in a round hole or to make something right that I know deep down is not. Or to stay longer in a situation when I know the time has come to move on, whether it is personally or professionally. I have experienced both.

I was a part time Home School Liaison at the Richmond School in Hanover, New Hampshire for ten years. I loved it! I started out as being a part time counselor but when the school hired a full time counselor, I could see the hand writing on the wall: they were not going to need both a full time and a part time counselor. I looked at where I saw the need to be and it was in involving parents more in the process when their kids were having problems.

I then went to the superintendent and presented my idea of Home School Liaison, which he accepted. As such, I met each week with the teams of teachers, met with students individually and occasionally as groups, and now, met with parents when their intervention would be an asset.

I thoroughly enjoyed my job: the kids were a delight (although there were times I was glad they went home to someone else’s Mother!) and I felt very loved by them. even worked on my birthday, which I usually don’t, but I wanted to be with them – and they rewarded me with a party. I enjoyed the teachers with whom I worked, the administrators. I felt I was doing a good job, and it was during this time that I started teaching Parent Effectiveness Training where I know I made a difference in ways I never had the opportunity to do before.

However, as time went on, I was aware that I had moved into a rather complacent phase; I didn’t feel as creative or as energized, it was just comfortable to be there twice a week. Ironically, it was at that time that I spoke to my principal whom I really felt connected with, and told her that maybe the time had come for me to move on. That felt like a risky move to me because I sure didn’t want to get fired but that turned out to be one of the most life changing and significant conversations I ever had because the next day, in my “cubby” was an ad that asked such questions as “are you energetic?” “a self starter”, etc? If so, become a Performax consultant, using behavioral assessments for better communications. I still do that today and it is the backbone of all of my work.

But I jump ahead … the superintendent also told me, as did my principal, Velma Saire, that he thought I was meant for “bigger things”. And then the “bigger things” was looming in front of me when my job was cut from school. Practically all part time positions were let go during a severe budget cut – and mine was one of them.

Here’s the interesting point, to me…when they announced the final vote that my job had been cut by six votes, my first reaction was one of relief before I went into my feelings of disappointment and rejection …(if only four of my friends had gone to vote rather than being sure my job wouldn’t be cut; if only the administrator who said he was going to speak up in defense of my job had done so rather than to be afraid to go against the superintendent’s recommendation….if only, if only….)

Read more of the article here: http://www.adifference.com/articles-main.htm