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JUNE, 2016

NEWSLETTER GREATNESS LEADERSHIP COACHING

ENJOY YOUR JOURNEY!“Sometimes it’s the journey that teaches you a lot about your destination.” - Drake

I hope this newsletter finds you happy and mindfully unleashing more of your Greatness*.

May the next pages enhance your momentum in your Adventure, with sparkles of inspiration and actionable ideas!

On the wide-ranging menu this time - a few ‘serious’ topics such as ‘How to grow Global Leaders from Asia’, ‘Coaching demystified’ or ‘Agile Collaboration’, and lighter ones too, such as ‘Team-work for Happiness’, quotes, ‘extras’ and a snapshot of the board-game inviting you to become a ‘game changer at your circus’…

As Lao Tzu said, “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step”. Which step will this newsletter trigger for you? 

Here’s to the Greatness in You ! Jean-Francois Cousin

* you may enjoy assessing your progress with the guided reflection ‘Toward your Greatness’ on page 4

Jean-Francois Cousin

Speaker, Author and Global Executive

Coach, MCC

Game Changers at the Circus

How Leaders can Unleash Greatness in their Organizations

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Singapore Book Awards !

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How to get 150 Chinese HR Leaders to coach each other effectively and generate deep insights, within 3 hours?

First by harnessing the power of silence, your best friend as a coach - it does a lot of the hard work required for breakthroughs…

Second, by understanding that the posture of an effective coach is exactly the opposite of that of a teacher - in fact, the coachee has to be the teacher in coaching!

Third, by employing different levels of thinking along the conversation, because ‘we cannot solve our problems with the same level of thinking we used when we created them’, as Albert Einstein wisely said…

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JUNE, 2016

SPEAKING EVENTS

How to get 200 business leaders, university professors, coaches and educators to clap in perfect unison?

Then (discreetly) cry? And finally tell their neighbors ‘what beauty they see in them’ in candle light? Just by talking about ‘how coaching helps to grow Global Leaders from Asia’ it seems!

I had the chance of conducting such an experience, and was mesmerized by the audience’s passion for the topic as we tackled the questions:

International Coaching Forum Bangkok, Thailand

Coaching Demystified Chengdu, China

• Asia weighs 40% of the world’s GDP… Why is it that so few Asian leaders operate at high levels in multinational companies?

• What value would they bring? What is holding them back?

• Which steps should corporations take to facilitate their rise?

• What can CEOs and HR executives practically do to help Asian leaders become Global Leaders?

Watch a few ‘moments’ of the experience (video)

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JUNE, 2016

POPULAR ARTICLES

Winning in a VUCA World with a Culture of Agile Collaboration

Goldman Sachs mentions in their 2016 Outlook that there are countless factors that increase volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity (VUCA) in businesses. China’s bumpy growth deceleration, its large debt overhang and overcapacity in many industries, the normalization of monetary policies in the United States (US), tepid economies in Europe, the oil price roller-coaster, and quicker evolutions in customer spending patterns are some examples.

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Jean-Francois’ bi-weekly articles!

Such an environment compels companies to relentlessly evolve their value propositions more relevantly and quickly than their competitors. Pulling out the best from their resources is not enough. Breakthrough collective thinking across divisions as well as swift decision-making processes and execution are necessary. Therefore enterprises must radically enhance collaboration and agility.

How can leaders grow to overcome such challenges?

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Team-Work for

Happiness

We are staying in a beautiful hotel by the beach on Sentosa Island in Singapore, for a team-building workshop with an international group of executives. And we all feel so good! It’s not just the delightful surroundings…

That ‘good feeling’ actually started from the moment I got off the car into the hotel-lobby and was greeted by a genuinely smiling, impeccably dressed man, who promptly relieved me of my suitcase ( I would later realize he is actually a department manager! )…

Read more

“Tell your loved ones they are

important to you, today.”

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“What is the ONE change you can make today, to unleash more of your success?”

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“Great mess & distress precede

success & Greatness. Press ahead anyway!”

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“Givers gain a legacy, takers get

antipathy.”

AAAAAAAAAA“There is no leader in team-work.

The task is the master. Every team-member serves the others.”

- Peter Drucker

“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago…

The next best time is now.” - Confucius

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JUNE, 2016

IN THE SPOTLIGHTThere are autocratic lions in a workplace.

And there are peace-loving elephants, nonchalant chimps, eager beavers, single-tracked eagles, and self-centric snakes too.

RESOURCES

WILL YOU BE A GAME CHANGER AT YOUR CIRCUS ?

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Toward your Greatness

Grow and flow toward your greatness, through a guided reflection…

TOOLS & EXERCISES

PRESS PUBLICATIONS

5 Ways to be a Better Leader

The Peak Magazine (Singapore)

Reinventing Leadership at Work

HRM Asia Magazine (Singapore)

EXTRAS

How new CEOs can boost their odds of success

Adopting an outsider’s perspective McKinsey & Company

The power of introverts

Susan Cain TED Talks

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All protect a crippling status quo until a Game Changer joins and unleashes greater possibilities..

GAME CHANGERS AT THE CIRCUS BOARD GAME

The “Game Changers at the Circus” Board Game

brings your team together to;

- Identify the behaviors that are poisoning their relationships

- Decide which behaviors the team wants to adopt

- Define the rules by which they want to play their team-game

- Become fully collaborative and agile, and

- Embed a culture of high-performance and Greatness in their organization

Contact us to get your own game and become a Game Changer today !

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