eve-olution latest newsletter - March 2010
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Contents of newsletter this month
- Introduction, message from Tracey Carr
- The Journey to Authentic Leadership
- Grab Your Future by the Horns
Introduction
What a whirlwind month and an eye opener too! I was honoured to be invited to a charity event hosted by Richard Branson in Verbier, Switzerland to raise money for sustainable development in emerging countries. As some of you know, it is part of our mission going forward to take our work to developing parts of the world through the use of technology, and we have already established some key relationships with this in mind. Our chosen charity is Microloan Foundation - read more about their inspirational work on their website.
However, I want to focus here on the lesson I took away from Verbier. Imagine the scene ... the Ball was on top of the mountain and they opened up the bubble car for us to get up there dressed in our finery. First snag ... high heeled shoes don't work too well in deep snow and ice in the dark! So, we wore our snow boots with our party dresses and changed into shoes when we got there. What a giggle!
I was dumb struck as soon as I walked in ... not only was it a very small, intimate and very beautiful environment but most of the guests were A listers ... including Princess Beatrice! Now then, I am used to mixing with successful people but this was in a different league. One of the auction bids for a holiday on Necker Island reached the £40,000 mark!
As you may know by now I tend to observe and analyse and ask myself questions. My first thoughts were that I felt out of my comfort zone ... I realised that we are more comfortable in our own environment and know what to talk about in our usual social circles but what do you talk about to people who are operating in a different social stratosphere? I decided to calibrate, mingle and walk my talk ... I decided to be an equal and go and find out about the people as individuals and humans with the same human foibles that we all have.
Once I had got over being 'star struck' I had a ball (excuse the pun) and made some very interesting new friends.
Also, in hindsight, I recognize that the whole experience was highly motivating for me. It was good to be reminded that ... no matter how well you think you are doing there is always another level to aim for.
Where in your life could you get out for your comfort zone and take your life to another level?
Back to normality we are buzzing with activity for International Women's Day last week - in honour of which we have offered free places on our Grab Your Future live webinars (see below) - and our Gender IQ platform is really taking off and seems to be ticking the right boxes for Organisations who are asking the question 'where do we go from here if we want to move from talk to action?'
Places are also booking up fast for the June, Authentic Leadership seminar. Isn't it time you really got to know yourself in beautiful surroundings with wonderful supportive women to create a blue-print for the rest of your life? Join us!
And don't forget to 'live with passion'!
The Journey to Authentic Leadership
I have been truly privileged to have so many fascinating and inspirational women go through the Authentic Leadership programme over the past 10 years and this year I have been tweaking that work in many different ways for some new clients. But there is still a place for this special external event where you get to meet inspirational women from all walks of life and from all professions. We have seen entrepreneurs, rocket scientists, high powered corporate women, gentle and supportive leaders and some enlightened and interesting men too. All have contributed to the greater understanding that Authentic Leadership is the only true power. You cannot own your power (charisma) by conforming to an expected stereotype or pretending to be somebody else.
One of the key things that I teach is state control. As you move further up the ladder, it is not what you say but how you put your message across that makes all the difference. Lets face it ... charisma or personal power, whether at a Charity Ball or making a Boardroom presentation, is a 'must have' skill. But how do you stop your body shaking or your throat drying up? This week a senior leader told me that she can't sleep for two weeks before a board presentation!
It is easy to control your physiology if you know how. Sorry, I can't tell you how to do this in a newsletter ... you will have to come on the seminar!
Grab Your Future by the Horns
Behind every great performance there is a leader who had a dream and then produced a step by step process for getting there. You can learn how to take control of your own future now by taking part in these live webinars, run by Tracey Carr, in order to Grab your future by the Horns!
Research shows that when men and women are working full time, the woman still does three to five times more housework and childcare than the men.
Also, many women find that as their career develops their home life becomes more complicated with teenagers or elderly parents to care for. There always seem to be too many plates spinning at once and younger mothers can be overwhelmed with the new responsibility of serious commitments at home as well as work.
And with roles rapidly changing for the 21st Century many men will find themselves spinning and dropping plates as well!
However, there are solutions!
Grab your future by the Horns Live Webinars
How do you manage multiple priorities? How do you keep the plates spinning - career, kids, intimate relationship, health and fitness, family and friends, long term goals, finances, emotional and spiritual development? If you are exhausted just thinking about it then we might just have the answer for you!
Using the right strategies and techniques is vital. If you do this you can also reach your long term goals and dreams. Just half an hour a day to work towards something that your heart truly desires can be the difference between feelings of overwhelm and feelings of accomplishment and contentment. Feeling content will impact all of your relationships and your long term success.
These unique, live, video web-based seminars can be taken at your desk and in just 90 minutes you will learn the strategies that have worked for 1,000's of successful leaders.
"We shall never have the more time. We have, and always had, all the time there is. No object is served in waiting until next week or even until tomorrow. Keep going ... Concentrate on something useful." Arnold Bennett.
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