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Leadership
- Leading without Title
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- Waking the Sleepwalkers
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- The Goose and the Golden Egg
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- What is really Important?
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- When Important becomes Urgent
Posted by Claude Warner on Tuesday 27th April 2010 at 10:42:20
- It Starts at the Top!
Posted by Claude Warner on Wednesday 11th November 2009 at 14:30:10
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Communication
- Listening is not Understanding
Posted by Claude Warner on Wednesday 17th February 2010 at 21:10:49
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- How to Connect with Customers and Clients
Posted by Claude Warner on Wednesday 10th February 2010 at 11:25:06
- Communication - the lifeblood of a (business) community
Posted by Claude on Thursday 29th October 2009 at 14:51:18
Emotional Intelligence
- All is not as it appears (to you)
Posted by Claude Warner on Saturday 3rd April 2010 at 10:11:52
- The Truth about Your Stress
Posted by Claude Warner on Friday 22nd January 2010 at 16:19:46
- Overcoming the Limiting Power of Assumption
Posted by Claude on Monday 27th July 2009 at 16:33:48
Successful Living
- Being Aware of Being Aware
Posted by Claude on Tuesday 13th April 2010 at 13:50:47
- Don't just work yourself, work on yourself
Posted by Claude Warner on Tuesday 9th March 2010 at 16:26:11
- Does the world know the real you?
Posted by Claude Warner on Tuesday 5th January 2010 at 14:43:47
A Man is never Powerless
Posted by Claude Warner on Monday 25th January 2010 at 15:32:29
In 2008 the Sunday Times, a South African Sunday paper, published a letter which I wrote in response to a distressing article they had published about the increase in male suicides.
This complements the article I wrote more recently called “The truth about your stress”.
This is the letter as I submitted it.
Response to newspaper article "White male suicides on the rise"
This article greatly distressed me. As a former medical aid broker two of my clients committed suicide, and I have experienced firsthand the devastation that this can cause.
The ending of the emotional pain and any financial gain from death payouts for the family is far exceeded by the lifelong emotional pain of a wife losing her husband, children their father, and the effects on other family and friends.
There is no doubt that the present times have brought financial difficulty, career uncertainty and business setbacks for many men.
For men used to being in control, to making decisions and acting on them, and to providing for their families, circumstances like these can make many men feel powerless. This can cause real emotional pain that in time can result in men becoming so desperate that they consider drastic options such as suicide.
There is no doubt that the present times have brought financial difficulty, career uncertainty and business setbacks for many men.
For men used to being in control, to making decisions and acting on them, and to providing for their families, circumstances like these can make many men feel powerless. This can cause real emotional pain that in time can result in men becoming so desperate that they consider drastic options such as suicide.
I fit into the same pale male 40 to 50 demographic and am not immune to the same challenges, but what really stopped me in my tracks recently was a quote I read that said “a man is never powerless, no matter how powerless he is”. That seems like a contradiction, but what it speaks to is your attitude and perspective.
As a life coach I am at best one step ahead of those that I coach, so I myself had to apply the wisdom from this quote and re-examine my own attitude and perspective to one of these challenges that I am currently facing. I decided that, even though I may not currently have the power to change the outcome, I can take control of the process, which is what I have done.
As a life coach I am at best one step ahead of those that I coach, so I myself had to apply the wisdom from this quote and re-examine my own attitude and perspective to one of these challenges that I am currently facing. I decided that, even though I may not currently have the power to change the outcome, I can take control of the process, which is what I have done.
My encouragement to all men experiencing emotional pain is to examine your attitude and perspective around it.
Our situations may cause us to feel powerless, but we can still be powerful in our response to them, and often, when we change our perspective, we start to see options that we were previously not aware of.
Our situations may cause us to feel powerless, but we can still be powerful in our response to them, and often, when we change our perspective, we start to see options that we were previously not aware of.
Claude Warner is an Executive Coach helping leaders improve their ability to provide motivating and inspiring leadership.
The focus is on developing the skills of emotional and social intelligence.
The personal power (power beyond the title) that leaders gain from developing these skills increase trust and engagement, leading to higher performance and reduced employee turnover.
Claude’s coaching style is dynamic and shifts between a structured and systemic approach, and a relational and intuitive approach, informed by whichever approach best serves the clients' style and agenda.
Claude coaches Executives and business leaders via in-person and telephonic coaching. He can be contacted +27 83 227 5153 or info@claudewarner.com.
Further information is available on www.claudewarner.com
Claude coaches Executives and business leaders via in-person and telephonic coaching. He can be contacted +27 83 227 5153 or info@claudewarner.com.
Further information is available on www.claudewarner.com
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