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Phil Cole
Oct 18, 20222 min read
One Question to Spark Your Learning
As a coach, there is one question I use to spark a client's growth. Learn how to ask this question and overcome your discomfort.
Phil Cole
Aug 15, 20222 min read
Why Do We Pick Behaviors That Don't Work?
We often pick behaviors that produce results we don’t like, or behaviors that use methods we aren’t comfortable with. Why?
Phil Cole
Nov 22, 20214 min read
Building Learning into a Developing Organization (Part 4, Leadership for Entrepreneurs)
The function of learning allows the group to explore new, better ways to do the work.
Phil Cole
Nov 13, 20212 min read
Finding New Behaviors (SEEING EXERCISE)
This seeing exercise for learning is designed to facilitate the places to find new behaviors. Many times, we observe or read about a good...
Phil Cole
Jul 31, 20211 min read
Reflecting on Time
This SEEING EXERCISE transforms the discomfort of time into awareness of our growth.
Phil Cole
Jul 31, 20212 min read
Examining Leadership Ideas
This SEEING EXERCISE turns a learning opportunity into a learning success.
Phil Cole
Jul 31, 20211 min read
Direction and Mistakes
This SEEING EXERCISE explores our reaction to the markers of direction and mistakes.
Phil Cole
Jul 31, 20211 min read
Failure to Reach Behavioral Change
This SEEING EXERCISE transforms a behavior we liked but failed to learn into a successful moment of growth.
Phil Cole
Jul 31, 20211 min read
Incorporating New Ideas
This SEEING EXERCISE brings an external idea, theory, concept, or tactic into our leadership practice.
Phil Cole
Jul 31, 20212 min read
A Structure for Trial and Error
This SEEING EXERCISE decreases the challenges of trial and error and thereby increases the number of learning opportunities.
Phil Cole
Jul 31, 20211 min read
The Hidden Outcomes of Preferences
This SEEING EXERCISE forces us to consider the consequences of behaviors we perform without consideration.
Phil Cole
Feb 19, 20213 min read
REVIEWED: Peak (Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool)
Peak, Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool. First Mariner Books, 2017. If there is only one book you read about the learning process, it...
Phil Cole
Jul 21, 20202 min read
How to Fix the "Say Something Nice" Icebreaker
Here's how to fix the standard icebreaker question, "Say something nice about another person."
Phil Cole
Oct 10, 20192 min read
This is how your boss got to be a leader. And it sucks. Do better.
This sounds crazy, but we aren’t born knowing anything about leadership. Go ahead and argue with me about nature vs. nurture and all of...
Phil Cole
Sep 5, 20195 min read
Learning as an Adult - the Adult Experiential Learning Cycle
Learning occurs only when a person changes his or her behavior. That's the end goal, the only measurement that matters. So what does that...
Phil Cole
Nov 27, 20184 min read
START HERE
New to Re:Define and our unique approach to leadership? This is the place to start. First, let me tell you a few things that leadership...
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