“What is here now, when there is no problem to solve?” Recently I’ve begun my morning meditation by asking myself this question, offered by Loch Kelly in a three-minute practice. It’s had a dramatic impact on my ability to “drop in”—to let go of the noise and chatter in my head. Simply asking the question… Continue reading The Problem with Problem-Solving
The day I met my mentor, Dr. Fernando Flores, he said to me: “Leadership is too narrow and too much about individual commitment and willpower.” As I contemplated this blow to my up-until-then identity of a somewhat-leadership-expert, a new world opened up to me… the world of contingencies, emergences, and accidents. I learned that to… Continue reading Leadership is Insufficient: a Case for Co-Inventing 2020
Voyage Denver Magazine Feature on Kari Granger Founder of TGN Consulting, Kari Granger, was recently featured in Voyage Denver Magazine. as a part of their Trailblazer Series. The interview covered a broad range of topics but highlighted how Kari got to where she is today and what has been most important to her along that… Continue reading Life and Work with Kari Granger: Magazine Feature
Maintaining Peace of Mind in the Midst of Living Ambitiously Interview with Sue Lundquist & Sheila Wright Life moves fast. And for those of us who have a big vision for ourselves and the world, managing all the “stuff” that comes at us every day can make it hard to stay grounded and focused on… Continue reading Maintaining Peace of Mind in the Midst of Living Ambitiously
Kari Granger: The Art of Enrollment and Creating Compelling Proposals Podcast Interview with Coaches Rising How does one build a 7-figure coaching business in four years? Executive coach Kari Granger did just that and in this episode of Coaches Rising, she shares with us how she did it. In this conversation we explore the two… Continue reading The Art of Enrollment and Creating Compelling Proposals
Where Does Your Future Live? Doug Fisher The future has an impact on us. It affects how we feel and the actions we take. It’s not what we have had in the past, but how the future looks to us that has the greater impact. For example, imagine a person who earns $50,000 per… Continue reading Where Does Your Future Live?
I’d like to speak about creating 2019. Many people I have spoken with have given up making New Year’s resolutions; it seems we humans are largely ineffective in changing habits (you can read more about how to do this in previous blogs). That said, many people create goals for the coming year. Some people create… Continue reading Resolve to Make No More New Year’s Resolutions
As a leadership coach, by and large my clients hire me because they want to achieve something that they’re unable to do on their own. Through coaching, we relax the constraints and limitations, as well as introduce new ways of being and acting, as well an accountability structure. The work is generally sufficient to achieve… Continue reading Get a “Panda” + 9 More Ways to Replace Bad Habits With Good Ones
As an executive coach, most of my day is about creating something new a the future that does not exist today. This can be in any domain of life from career ambitions or organizational strategy to personal relationships. Rarely am I supporting a desire for “a little improvement” – my clients are looking to make… Continue reading The Five-A Plan for Success
Written by: Kari Granger, Doug Hanover Originally published on Ivey Business Journal. Issues: January / February 2012, A leader’s job is to create contexts that will allow followers to adopt new perspectives on the challenges they face, and therefore, new actions that lead to higher levels of performance. The observations offered by this author will be… Continue reading Transformational Performance-Based Leadership: Addressing Non-Routine Adaptive Challenges
