Survive and Thrive-Thoughts from an Executive Life and Career Specialist

Organizational Change That Sticks!

Irene Rivka Becker — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:58:00 -0500

Organizational change demands a thorough assessment of cultural impact, stakeholder management, change resistance and organisational fit. Aligning change strategy ...

July Introductory Special-Executive Career Tool Kit

Irene Rivka Becker — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 23:21:00 -0400

Just Coach it! The Accelerated Plan-Executive Career Management and Marketing Tool Kit

Searching for your next opportunity does not ...

Position Yourself for Success

Irene Rivka Becker — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:24:00 -0500

Executive Career Moves
Position Yourself for Success
by Irene Becker, Chief Success Officer, Just Coach It
Senior Advisor, Waterman ...

Ten Simple and Fun Ways to Exercise Your Powerful Brain!

Irene Rivka Becker — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:16:00 -0400

Ten Simple Ways to Exercise YOUR right brain for greater power, engagement, creativity…yes, that business, personal and inter-personal empowerment and leadership edge!...

Tom Peters 100+ Success Tips

Irene Rivka Becker — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:36:00 -0400

Management guru, Tom Petersis what I call the consumate 3Q leader and thinker. Here are some of Mr. Peters' insightful ...

Why is small the new big?

Irene Rivka Becker — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 05:08:00 -0400

Yes, small is the new big. In a rapidly changing, fiercely competitive world, workplace and marketplace there is a whole ...

Living, Leading and Succeeding Happier and Better-Creating the Architecture of Leadership

Irene Rivka Becker — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:54:00 -0400

Living, Leading and Succeeding Happier and Better- Creating the Architecture of Leadership in a World, Workplace and Marketplace of Change, ...

Are You Ready to Engage the Leader Within?

Irene Rivka Becker — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:45:00 -0400

I believe that leadership is not conspicious in its absence. Are you ready to ignite it in your relationships, your ...

Personal, Interpersonal & Managerial Leadership: Q Strength or Power!

Irene Rivka Becker — Wed, 21 May 2008 11:12:00 -0400

Interpersonal, Personal and Managerial Leadership: The Power of Our Q Strengths
Harvard Business Review calls EQ a “breakthrough competency”. ...

True Leadership: Engaging the Leader Within

Irene Rivka Becker — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:37:00 -0500

In another time, in another period of chaos and conflict, (when the USA was not yet a country, but a ...

The Formula for Leadership, Success and Happiness

Irene Rivka Becker — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:56:00 -0500
The ladder to success has been replaced by a slippery ramp. Successfully negotiating this ramp means developing the power of your Q strengths

The Business Case for EQ by Rutgers University

Irene Rivka Becker — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 01:04:00 -0500
The important business case for EQ/EI or Emotional Intelligence by Rutger's University is a must read

Self Test Your Emotional Intelligence-A Critical Driver of Success and Leadership

Irene Rivka Becker — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 23:31:00 -0500
Self test your EQ, learn what this critical competency really is and why YOU need to build it!

Success When Dealing with Difficult People

Irene Rivka Becker — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 01:04:00 -0500
Six handy, powerful tips for dealing/ communicating with difficult people!

Do YOU, does YOUR organization have the skills to survive and thrive?

Irene Rivka Becker — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:01:00 -0400

Smart and Fast Are Not Enough: The Need for Better EQ

Do you have the EQ skills you need ...

Frustrated At Work: Part Two

Irene Rivka Becker — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:56:00 -0500
Frustration: Overcoming a selectively deaf boss, colleague, direct report or client

Don't Communicate…Communigreat! - Part 3

Irene Rivka Becker — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:00:00 -0400
Making sure the message that you are communicating is understood is not important, it is critical

Don't Communicate…Communigreat! - Part 2

Irene Rivka Becker — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 10:53:00 -0400
Building Your Speaking and Communication Strengths

Don't Communicate…Communigreat! - Part 1

Irene Rivka Becker — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 08:35:00 -0400
Effective Communication Is the Key to Personal, Business and Organizational Success....

Following In the Footsteps of Giants by Irene Becker

Irene Rivka Becker — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 07:14:00 -0400

This week, a beloved figure in Toronto, a business mogul, philanthropist, and a forward thinker who changed the landscape of retail business, the urban core, and the entertainment and culture in Canada’s largest city, died at the age of 92.

Ed Mirvish leaves a legacy that is the footstep of a giant. A legacy we can all be proud of because Mr. Mirvish not only achieved great success and prosperity, innovated positive change, infused Toronto with economic, social and cultural vitality; he also retained that powerful spark of humility, humanity, and a love for his fellow man that is clearly the footstep of a giant.

Maybe it is time for those of us who have achieved the prosperity that creates financial freedom, and those who have not, to ask ourselves what kind of foot print we want to leave behind.

The footprint of a giant is not measured by the size of his bank account, nor by the trophies, awards or material accoutrements of success. The footprint of a giant is measured by his or her ability to leave a legacy that continues to touch the hearts and minds of others.

A legacy that speaks of servant leadership, a legacy that reflects the ability to make a positive difference in the world in which we live, and in the lives of the people we lead, love and serve. Building the footprint of a giant is the work of a life time, it cannot be built solely upon our unprecedented access to knowledge, information, technology, or the skills and competencies we have developed. The footprint of a giant is born of the faith, hope, courage, humility and relentless moral strength and timeless values that create the passionate purpose, desire and ability to make a positive different in the lives of others.

Faith gives one the spiritual power that guides our best thoughts and actions. Hope allows us to embrace gratitude and to build resiliency. Courage gives us the ability to live in alignment with our highest values. Humility allows us to realize that life is a gift, and that minimizing the human dignity or potential of another human being does not give us power, rather it makes us powerless to realize the true purpose of our creed.

In a world of increasing chaos, discord, violence and upheaval it is the men and women from the C suite to the warehouse, from the most revered professions to the humblest of occupations who can decide that they want to make their foot print, the foot print of a giant, or to support the giants among us. Both are equally important, both are critical.

We cannot all become the change we seek, but we can be inspired and motivated by the footprints of giants like Ed Mirvish. We can be inspired to help build and sustain the footprints of the visible and less visible giants whose faith, courage, hope, humility, leadership can help us embrace an evolution of self that will take us past what is, so that we can create what can be in our lives, our communities, our workplaces, our society and our world.

Survive and Thrive-Thoughts from an Executive Life and Career Specialist

Organizational Change That Sticks!

July Introductory Special-Executive Career Tool Kit

Position Yourself for Success

Executive Career MovesPosition Yourself for Successby Irene Becker, Chief Success Officer, Just Coach ItSenior Advisor, Waterman ...

Ten Simple and Fun Ways to Exercise Your Powerful Brain!

Tom Peters 100+ Success Tips

Why is small the new big?

Living, Leading and Succeeding Happier and Better-Creating the Architecture of Leadership

Are You Ready to Engage the Leader Within?

Personal, Interpersonal & Managerial Leadership: Q Strength or Power!

True Leadership: Engaging the Leader Within

The Formula for Leadership, Success and Happiness

The Business Case for EQ by Rutgers University

Self Test Your Emotional Intelligence-A Critical Driver of Success and Leadership

Success When Dealing with Difficult People

Do YOU, does YOUR organization have the skills to survive and thrive?

Frustrated At Work: Part Two

Don't Communicate…Communigreat! - Part 3

Don't Communicate…Communigreat! - Part 2

Don't Communicate…Communigreat! - Part 1

Following In the Footsteps of Giants by Irene Becker

Executive Career Moves
Position Yourself for Success
by Irene Becker, Chief Success Officer, Just Coach It
Senior Advisor, Waterman ...