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The Universal Coaching A-ha By Elle Allison, PhD 2011 copyright I am in a large presentation room in a hotel in Zambia Africa, speaking carefully to a group of leaders in the Ministry of Education and at high levels in the Zambian University and College system. I am aware that my accent and vocabula

By Elle Allison, PhD. President and Founder of Renewal Coaching: Leaders of Sustainable Change. (C)Renewal Coaching 2011 www.renewalcoaching.com All rights reserved. As lifelong learners, most people strive to better themselves. But every now and then, leaders work with employees who are in need of

Happy people doing meaningful work will change the world. Stress is a dreadful robber of happiness. We may not want to create a stress free life, but we sure can create a stress-less life. And, we can "stare back" at the destructive emotions of fear, anxiety, anger, and attachment.

October 8, 2010 Reality with Optimism: A Key to Renewal and Sustainable Change. Copyright 2010 Elle Allison, Renewal Coaching LLC The way we interpret and “spin” what we experience in the world around us sets the tone for how we respond. Leaders who look for trouble are sure to find it. When the tro

The 100-Day Renewal Project is the primary tool that coaches and leaders use in every coaching conversation. Ever since American President Franklin Roosevelt used his first 100-days in office to take deliberate action to fight the Great Depression and bring hope back to America – people all over the

When organizations seek to change, their first impulse is to change people, rather than patterns.  A leader will clean house, claiming to get rid of the organization’s “dead wood,” ridding it of the people who just “don’t get it.”  In our work, we have seen a disturbingly familiar scenario when, a y

There’s a view that has been growing in recent years, that we will be happier if we focus on the “big issues” in our life then the “small stuff” will somehow take care of itself or fade into insignificance. As seductive as such a notion is, a recognition and understanding of how small issues impact

Do you know someone who is great to be around?  Someone who consistently changes exudes a positive vibe? Someone who ignites emotion of hope, happiness, and optimism in others? Someone who treats others as if they matter? This is someone who, as we say in Renewal Coaching, is resonant. According to

Emotions permeate the lives of individuals and organizations. For good or ill, emotions create patterns of thought and behavior that are the essence of an organization’s culture. When Coaches and leaders who operate from the Renewal Coaching perspective help others identify patterns of destructive e

“Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it.” – The Buddha One of the first questions asked for Renewal Coaches is “What is Renewal?” We define renewal as energy that generates passionate action in the coachee.  This energy often comes from the transformatio