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Holistic Learning Center- BE an Empowering Life Coach! – Video
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ANALYSIS-Soccer-Rodgers comes out fighting for big battles ahead
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New manager Brendan Rodgers tried to say all the right things on Friday when he assured Liverpool's fervent fans that he would dedicate his life to fighting for the club and its passing principles.
It was a confident start from a man who is facing a huge challenge in convincing the supporters and English soccer in general that he is the man to revive the fallen giants after one good season in the Premier League with Swansea City.
"Footballers are footballers. They want to learn and be educated and improve. That's something I've done with all types of players," said Rodgers, whose own playing career ended at the age of 20 due to a knee condition.
Having the Anfield crowd on side is a crucial part of the job as current England manager Roy Hodgson discovered in his own short-lived and unhappy time at Liverpool.
Kenny Dalglish, the sacked club great who Rodgers replaces, could never be faulted for his passion for a footballing institution and many fans were upset that he was let go last month despite a lowly eighth place Premier League finish.
Passion only goes so far, however, and Liverpool's American owners are convinced Rodgers has other qualities needed to set the five times champions of Europe back on the road to success.
His appointment and the expected announcement of Norwich City's Paul Lambert at Aston Villa - also American owned - may be seen as a sign that the tide has turned and young British coaching talent is again on the rise in the Premier League.
But what makes the 39-year-old Northern Irishman particularly attractive to his new employers is that he is in so many ways untypical of the British manager of Dalglish's generation.
Liverpool chairman Tom Werner highlighted the new manager's style of "attacking, relentless football" and spoke of him as a coach at the forefront of a new wave.
He talked of Rodgers' talents as motivator and technician and his accomplishments at Swansea, a club with one of the smallest grounds in the Premier League who defied expectations of a swift return to the second division with some delightfully stylish performances last season.
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limitLESS™ Life Coaching Testimonial – Rhonda – Video
Posted: May 31, 2012 at 11:17 pm
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Life in Exile
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I am a daily reader of Clarets Mad, a follower of the Forum and an occasional contributor to the Forum and also with articles.
I remain amazed at the number of exiles who, like myself, closely follow the Clarets. On match-days, as the Eli's forum comments on the game in progress, people sign in from all over the globe.
Many of us have lived in Burnley at an early age and moved away for work reasons which have taken us to far-away places but we have never lost the love for our football club. My story is one probably replicated by hundreds, maybe thousands who suffer and celebrate at long distance. To all of you who live in or near the town and can regularly watch the team our exiled life may seem a strange existence it is!
I left Burnley in the 1960's, firstly to London for higher education then a brief 2 year spell teaching at Hutton, near Preston. After that I moved permanently to Cambridgeshire, which is not, I agree, an exotic far-away destination.
It is, however 200 miles from the Turf and early family life in the 70's and 80's included a large mortgage and two children leaving little money for trips home to regularly watch football. I contented myself coaching schoolboy football up to county level and catching up on any gossip from occasional newspaper articles. - but these were becoming the lean years and our club was not a fashionable topic in the media.
Visits home to my parents at Christmas and Easter and a few family occasions meant 2 or 3 matches a season plus away games, depending on division, at Peterborough (always a graveyard!), Cambridge Utd., Norwich, Leicester, Luton, Colchester and Southend. For some reason, I have never made it to Ipswich. There was no internet site only Clubcall to gather news from.
Then 8 years ago came retirement and perhaps an opportunity to perhaps see more games? No! - after illness struck us both, we decided upon a retirement project to focus our minds and bought a holiday home in South-West France. At first it was only for a few weeks but as we found more work needed to be done we have extended that to between 5 and 6 months a year.
From mid April to late October there is no chance of seeing a game. One major exception of course was Wembley 2009. As it was the wife's birthday I got special dispensation to fly into Gatwick from Bordeaux on the Sunday (accompanied by Roy Hodgson who had been scouting a Bordeaux player the night before). I stayed overnight at my son's house in Horsham and like thousands of others who poured in from all corners of the earth we had one of the great days in a Claret fan's life.
That season too, I had been to the Carling Cup games against Arsenal and Spurs the latter ranking as probably my most disappointing but proudest experiences as a Claret.
I had managed those cup games because of course I was in the UK from November to March. However, a 400 mile trip is an expensive business and weather can make the journey treacherous none more so than that night against Arsenal. I now see approximately 5 or 6 home games a season and managed to go away to Coventry, Nottingham, Brighton and Norwich last season.
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Coaching Q&A: Creating a healthy and open working environment
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Home business Coaching Q&A: Creating a healthy and open working environment
Michael Heah June 1, 2012 1:00 am
--Uneasy Feeling
You read it well. Lack of conflict does not necessarily mean a healthy environment. When it appears smooth at the surface, it can mean many things: apathy, lack of commitment, boredom, fear to offend one another or even low self esteem of people who do not want to "rock the boat", etc. When conflict is not attended to, it can lead to (silent) resentment, lack of cooperation, lack of energy, avoidance of issues, indirect attack (or back biting) and later lead to violence.
The Bottom Line: The situation calls for a "change agent". You can be the champion of this cause. If possible, get a few accomplices who feel that the current situation needs a change. Meet and discuss with your colleagues on how to create an open environment. Look at major areas in the work environment where this can be done; for instance, at meetings, office communication, everyday dialogue and project work, etc. Agree on what every one of you will do in each of them. Continue to look for more areas where the change of culture can be slowly introduced.
Powerful Questions: What is the current situation like? What and where would you like to see changes? How can you be the champion to set up the right kind of office culture? Who can you rope into this Office Cultural Change Team?
--TAKING CHARGE TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN
For almost 10 years now, our group human resource department has played the central role in the recruitment and training of our people in all our subsidiaries. Despite this, we feel that they are not doing a good job at it. We face long delays in getting vacancies filled up. Even when they are filled, the new recruits are short of the "quality" we are looking for. The consequence of this is falling workplace effectiveness and productivity, thus affecting the results we are looking for. How can we gear up the human resource department to do a better job in what they are supposed to do?
--Frustrated
Like everything in life, total dependence on something or somebody is not healthy. More so when everyone is depending on a single soul, which can be even more dismal. So the same is with your organisation for relying on the HR department to serve your needs!
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Life Coach Helene – Video
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How to find a life coach – Video
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International Coach Federation to Honor DFW Corporate Coaching Programs at Annual Prism Event
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DALLAS, May 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --The North Texas Chapter of the International Coach Federation (ICF) will recognize DFW organizations that embrace coaching as an integral part of their leadership and business strategy at its 6th annual Prism Award event on Thursday, June 21 at the Hilton DFW Lakes Conference Center.
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The event begins at 3 p.m. with an interactive panel of Human Resource executives from the nominated Organizations: Lisa Reynolds, System Director Organizational Effectiveness at CHRISTUS Health, Doug Henderson, Vice President, Learning and Organization Effectiveness at ACS, a Xerox Company, and Bill Behrendt, Ph.D, Vice President for Human Resources at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas. A cocktail reception, dinner and awards will follow. Colleen Barrett, President Emeritus, Southwest Airlines is the keynote speaker for the awards dinner. Colleen will discuss how Herb Kelleher, her Servant Leader boss of 40+ years, mentored and coached her, which enabled her to lead and develop Southwest's 35,000 Employees.
"The transformative power of coaching in organizations is measured by the initiative's effectiveness, strategic application to key business issues, and its return on investment to the organization," says Jim Cooper, Prism Event Chair. "During the afternoon panel discussion, the nominees will present their results in areas such as: leadership development, change management, team effectiveness, culture, performance and organizational alignment, all which support their reputations as employers of choice."
Sponsors are: UT Dallas School of Management, iPEC Excellence in Coach Training, and Multi Health Systems. Previous Prism award winners include: McKesson Corporation, Lewisville Independent School District, Raytheon, EDS, IBM Americas, University of Texas at Dallas Jindal School of Management, and Oracle.
To learn more and to register for the event, go to http://www.icf-nt-prism.com.
About North Texas ICF Coaches
North Texas ICF Coaches, the first chartered chapter of ICF, was formed by individual member- professionals who practice leadership, business, career, and life coaching. With over 21,000 members dedicated to advancing the coaching profession by setting high professional standards, providing independent certification, and building a network of credentialed coaches, ICF is the leading global coaching organization, and defines coaching as partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential.
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Bonner's Oropeza coaching one last game: Hero Bowl
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TOM OROPEZA thought his coaching career was over after his Monsignor Bonner team fell to Archbishop Wood in the Catholic League AAA football final in November. Little did he know he would get the opportunity to coach one more game.
Oropeza will lead the East All-Stars, composed of seniors from Del-Val League schools as well as Bonner, Archbishop Carroll and Cardinal O'Hara, in the 36th annual Delaware County Hero Bowl, 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Widener University. The game will benefit the Hero Scholarship Fund of Delaware County, which provides college scholarships for the children of first responders who have died in the line of duty.
"It's a tremendous opportunity and a great privilege," Oropeza said. "I grew up in Delaware County and played football at Monsignor Bonner, and to be able to be a part of this game as a head coach is humbling and exciting. I certainly am grateful for the opportunity."
Oropeza, a member of Bonner's 1994 Catholic League championship team, joined the Friars coaching staff in 2000 following a playing career at Lehigh University. He inherited a winless team when he was named head coach in 2007, and Bonner went 21-35 in five seasons before he decided this spring to step away.
"It was time for me to enter another stage of my life," said Oropeza, who has a young son and has cited the need for more family time than a football coach gets to spend. "I'm glad I got the opportunity to coach one final game and will certainly take in the experience."
The East All-Stars will face a West All-Star team that features players from Central League schools along with Episcopal Academy and the Haverford School of the Inter-Ac. The participants were selected from 21 schools by the Delaware County Coaches Association, and many will take their talents to college programs in the fall.
"One of the neat things about this game is being able to meet some of these kids and be a small part of their life," Oropeza said. "They're at a point in their life where they're going to be moving on to different things. I'll be able to follow them whether it be football or other ventures in their life and say that I was a part of their life. That's a neat experience and I'm enjoying being able to give back to these kids."
The Hero Scholarship Fund, established in 1977, has provided 34 scholarships to children of police, firefighters and emergency medical personnel who have lost their lives. The fund has already identified its next two scholarship recipients: the sons of Lt. Nicholas Picozzi Jr., a member of the Lower Chichester Fire Department who was killed in a March 2008 house fire. He was 35.
Said Delaware County public relations director Bill Lovejoy: "It's a way for a community to show its support for the price that these men and women are willing to pay to protect and serve their community."
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How to live a life of PEACE and SERENITY-Book your Life Coaching Sessions Today – Video
Posted: May 30, 2012 at 6:15 pm
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