One of the questions coaches ask when working with clients is, “What do you value?” If I asked you that, could you list your top ten values? Often I find that when people list things out, they’ll say, “This is what I value—this is it!” and it makes complete sense at the time. But it’s only a piece of paper. Oftentimes they’re not living in direct correlation to that. “Well, why is that?” you might ask. Wyatt Woodsmall says that if you ask someone specifically what they value, they’re going to tell you what they think their heart should feel. So values really come from the heart. But when I ask a question, it intellectually comes from the mind. So …
VIDEO: Chris Yonker asks, “What’s Your Vice?”
What’s Your Vice? Are you addicted to being busy? Now wait. Before I go any further, I want you to pay attention. I mean you may actually already have something else up on your screen or you might be in another conversation. The fact of the matter is we’re trying to multitask so much today it’s profoundly ridiculous. If I followed you around with a notepad and recorded how much focused time you spent on a specific thing, what would it be? I mean 100 percent being present. Think about that. As a celebrity or as an entrepreneur or as an executive. How much focused time do you spend on any given task? We’ll take notes. That’s an external track. …
VIDEO: Chris Yonker Speaks on Elite Teams – Aligning Core Values
We live in a time when many people are not staying with the same company for the duration of their work lives and as CEOs we must embrace the fact that many roles are simply catapults to the next position, whether it is within or outside of the company. In this video, the third in a series on building Elite teams, Chris Yonker speaks on the importance of aligning the core values of the individuals on your team with those of the company. How can your team use their its gifts and talents to enrich someone else? Each member of a team needs to feel significant and see that what he or she is doing makes a difference. Consequently, each …
Where Executive Coaching Often Fails in the C-Suite
CEOs like you often find themselves in a quandary when they need someone to confide in or share ideas with. No one else in the company faces equivalent problems and decisions, and your peers can often be competitors—hardly the people you want to entrust with that kind of information. This divide can be hard to navigate. I look at my role as to help bridge that primary disconnect through individual coaching and by becoming a trusted confidante and sounding board. Beyond that, I often see another disconnect that individual coaching may not mend: between the CEO and the executive team. While individual coaching has tremendous benefits to you personally, your executive team may still feel a need to hide their …
VIDEO: Chris Yonker, Performance Alchemist, on Mastering Your Emotions
In this video, Chris Yonker gives insight into the first steps to take in mastering your own emotions. When asked, most people would say they are in control over their emotions but the truth is that it doesn’t happen all the time. We often give up the control we have over our emotions based on the people around us, our environment, and our programming. We can reprogram ourselves to know how to turn the switch of our emotions on and off, to be connected or disconnected. Both are useful and even necessary at times. Awareness of how we feel and accepting responsibility for those feelings are two of the first steps to regaining control of your own emotions.