The Compass Alliance

11 Jul Had Anything to Eat Yet?

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I speak often in my seminars and executive coaching sessions on the subject of character – that sometimes-overlooked personal dimension that can’t always be discerned in an interview (or even a meeting) – at least not easily. And yet there may be no dimension more important...

09 Jul We Are ALL in Sales

Posted at 17:54h in Career, Communication, Leadership, Learning, People, Personal Accountability, Perspective, Process by Tim Cole 0 Comments

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A Harvard Business Review article a few years back suggested that something less than a quarter of the approximately 500 accredited business schools in the United States offered any type of sales curriculum. A stunning figure. At the same time no more than 15% offered an MBA...

03 Jul What Happens When Things Do Not Work As Planned?

Posted at 16:30h in Career, Communication, Leadership, Learning, People, Personal Accountability, Perspective, Process by Tim Cole 0 Comments

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That business plan you just presented was brilliant. Well designed and carefully crafted – it addresses market, customer, company, and competitor to a finely tuned degree. You’ve identified your resources and have put them into play. Nothing but clear sailing ahead. One question – what happens if...

08 Jun Where Company Cultures are Often REALLY Built

Posted at 17:09h in Career, Communication, Leadership, Learning, People, Personal Accountability, Perspective, Process by Tim Cole 0 Comments

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A recent conversation reminded me that though almost every company lathers its walls with vision statements, missions, philosophies, and goals – a limited few embrace what makes them either: Come to life Or become about as important as that water color painting on the third...

06 Jun The Toughest Word of All

Posted at 17:08h in Career, Communication, Leadership, Learning, People, Personal Accountability, Perspective by Tim Cole 0 Comments

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Chances are good that one of the first things you did today was to check and/or clear out your email. It’s almost habitual isn’t it? Who’s tried to reach me? What do they want? What do I need to respond to now? In fact most people...

02 Apr Sometimes It Can Be Very Complicated To Make Things Simple

Posted at 19:41h in Career, Communication, Leadership, Learning, People, Personal Accountability, Perspective, podcasts, Process, Uncategorized by Tim Cole 0 Comments

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Not long ago I was in a breakfast discussion with a health care sales professional who was contemplating a significant job change. We were discussing some of the nuances of his current assignment – and the frustrations. “Data’s killing me.” He said. “I just want to...

22 Mar The Enduring Message of The Endurance

Posted at 19:13h in Career, Leadership, Learning, People, Personal Accountability, Perspective by Tim Cole 0 Comments

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I invest a great deal of time today in executive coaching and consulting – to include conducting training workshops on two of the most common challenges for many companies – (1) identifying and building transformative leaders and (2) crafting what I call enduring high performance...

08 Mar If You Are Serious About Managing Job Stress Begin To Manage Your Time

Posted at 16:07h in Career, Communication, Leadership, Learning, People, Personal Accountability, Perspective, podcasts, Process by Tim Cole 0 Comments

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As a follow-up to a recent blog and byline article on the challenges of really managing our time and energy – here’s a couple of useful tips that (in most cases) I had to learn the hard way when it comes to truly taking control....

21 Feb If The Quick Sand of Time Demands Are Swallowing You, Read This

Posted at 15:42h in Career, Communication, Leadership, Learning, People, Personal Accountability, Perspective, Process by Tim Cole 0 Comments

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Ever start your day feeling overwhelmed – and go down from there? Find the sheer amount of “stuff” that crosses your radar makes it almost impossible to ever feel like you’re making progress? You’re not alone…the number of workers throughout the world struggling to survive in...

12 Feb The Dirty Dozen. Why Coaching Sometimes Breaks Down in the Heat of Battle

Posted at 19:19h in Career, Communication, Leadership, Learning, People, Personal Accountability, Perspective by Tim Cole 0 Comments

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An insidious vacuum seems to be sucking the air from many otherwise great companies these days – and the tug is doing a lot more than compromise worker effectiveness – it’s literally creating a potential death spiral for a great many careers. The blood running in...