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At Ignite CSP, we talk and think a lot about what our values are, and about what it takes to show up powerfully for our clients. We want to be clear about what characteristics we bring to the forefront when we are working, when we are in relationship with others. Of course in order ... Continue Reading
When you need to learn a skill, what do you do? Let’s say you need to build a raised garden bed, or bake a loaf of bread. You might consult a book, or watch a YouTube video, or you might ask a friend who already has this skill. It’s unlikely that as an unskilled ... Continue Reading
As you know, I have been writing this week about how Ignite CSP is moving forward with our commitment to antiracism and Black Lives Matter. I’m linking some past posts here that have been good reminders for me about intention and listening. Parenting with Intention The most important thing about talking Manipulation. I would ... Continue Reading
Intention. Alignment. Practice. This week I am applying Ignite CSP’s coaching framework to our commitment to antiracism and the Black Lives Matter movement. On Monday I wrote about intention, the driver of communication, and yesterday about alignment, the behavior generated by intention. Today I’m looking at practice, the third element of the process. ... Continue Reading
Intention. Alignment. Practice. This week I am applying Ignite CSP’s coaching framework to our commitment to antiracism and the Black Lives Matter movement. Yesterday I wrote about intention, the driver of action. Intention is the instigator; intention tells us what to do. We have to cultivate self-awareness of our reactive, default intentions before ... Continue Reading
Intention. Alignment. Practice. This is the three-part process that Ignite CSP uses in every coaching engagement, every workshop. It’s the foundation of our work, and as coaches we apply it in our lives daily. Over the last week I have been thinking hard about how this framework can instruct Ignite CSP in taking our ... Continue Reading
Like many of us, I’m spending a lot of time with people who are in other places. One of the best things about this is that so many people are reaching out, looking for connection, making time to sit down and talk together. Being present when you’re not physically present is hard. I have a ... Continue Reading
As we all know by now, Zoom fatigue is real. Every person I know who is conducting their work over a video platform day and day out testifies to the strange exhaustion it leaves in its wake. As best as I can tell from the research that’s out there now, moving our lives to video is tiring for ... Continue Reading
More on masks…. When I’m out in public, I may feel rushed to get my errand finished so that I make room for other shoppers or limit my time inside. But as I have written before, there are always two things happening in these situations—1) getting the task done, and 2) connecting with ... Continue Reading
This is a uniquely fascinating time to be a person who thinks a lot about how we communicate. The most basic unit of communication, one person speaking to another face to face, has been disrupted—now we speak over video and text and email and phone, but almost never face to face. And of course all ... Continue Reading
Angie Flynn-McIver
Leadership & Communication
(Previously Ignite CSP)
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