Category: leadership

Hiring and Retaining the Best and the Brightest

Hiring and Retaining the Best and the Brightest Colle Davis, a Senior Executive Coach The common refrain from leaders today is, “I only want the best candidate for the job.” True, but that premise has an interesting flaw built into it. How does a company find qualified candidates to transition and assimilate into their new …

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MyCoach’s Notes: Do You Have Human Skills?

Do You Have Human Skills? By Colle Davis In today’s rough-and-tumble world, the high-value outcome is to get the deal, win the argument, get your way, or prove a point. The aim is to show others that you or your company are number one in some narrow and specific arena. Human skills work best when …

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Instant Trauma Relief or ‘Lizard Brain Training’

Instant Trauma Relief or ‘Lizard Brain Training’ – by Colle Davis Everybody loves technology. Today, I’m offering you a trick to short-circuit being ambushed by negative feelings. Think of it as a quick psychological reboot. This ‘Lizard Brain Training’ offers instant trauma relief and it’s fast, easy, and has no downside. I developed this technique …

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The Jester and the Advisor

The Jester and the Advisorby Colle Davis Using rules, laws, coercion, brute force, and other means of controlling people or systems requires too much energy to sustain. When the energy cost is high enough, the system breaks down and resets itself to allow more flexibility. The reset process is seldom easy, quiet, or smooth. The …

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Machiavelli Was Right, Become a Kingmaker

Machiavelli Was Right, Become a Kingmaker by Colle Davis History Machiavelli wrote The Prince in an era of monarchs and cruel despots (15th and 16th Century). He was advising those seeking a higher station in the realm and who wanted to stay alive. Those serving the King/lord were sycophants, schemers, and hangers-on who had learned …

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Hypnosis, Upgrading Your Success Software

Hypnosis, Upgrading Your Success Software  – By Colle Davis  I am a Senior Level Master Coach and Certified Hypnotist with nearly 40 years of experience helping corporate clients. I am offering you a FREE  twenty-minute Zoom call with me; your life will never be the same. 804-467-1536 EDT  cdavis@mycoach.com The most challenging job I have …

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Are You Ready to Be a Kingmaker?

Are You Ready to be a Kingmaker?  By Coach Colle Davis History Machiavelli’s The Prince was written in the 15th and 16th Centuries during the era of monarchs and cruel despots. The author offered advice to those seeking a higher station, the sycophants, schemers, and hangers-on in the realm, who wanted to stay alive by …

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Your Only Job

Your Only Job By Coach Colle Davis If you are in sales and good at selling, you bypass or override other people’s objections to get the deal. It is your job, you love it, and in most cases, it pays well. If a prospect allows you to give them a presentation, they are already looking for …

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Cheating = Privilege = Wealth (ouch)

Cheating = Privilege = Wealth (ouch) – by Coach Colle Davis The attraction and rewards for cheating are built into society. Modern society encourages cheating because it works. Lying and cheating are powerful, and anyone can do it. Inequity breeds the need and desire to cheat, lie, steal, and push others down to get ahead. …

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Enhancing Your Luck

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Enhancing Your Luck – by Coach Colle Davis Luck has smiled on you today if you are reading this information. Somehow you made it this far. Let’s explore the steps toward enhancing your luck. The odds are stacked against you for making it as far as you have made it in this life. Congratulations. In …

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