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T H E Q U E S T - a monthly e-newsletter
By Siobhan Murphy and Quest Coaching International

Welcome to my monthly e-newsletter "The Quest." My name is Siobhan (Sha-vaun) Murphy and my company provides coaching, training and speaking services to entrepreneurs, professionals and executives.

Soleria Green will be the guest speaker for the Quest Connection today. See Announcements below for more information.

In a few hundred years, when the history of our time is written from a long-term perspective, it is likely that the most important event those historians will see is not technology, not the Internet, not e-commerce. It is an unprecedented change in the human condition. For the first time – literally – substantial and rapidly growing numbers of people have choices. For the first time, they will have to manage themselves. And society is totally unprepared for it.
~ Peter Drucker

Choices

This past month, I had the privilege of introducing the Great Question! Action Learning Game to groups of CEO’s on Long Island. We had amazing conversations about the workplace of today and the role of coaching skills in bringing about the Knowledge worker age.

One of the many reasons that Coaching has emerged as a profession, and as a skill set for Leaders and Experts, is because of the tremendous amount of choice that we each face every day. The roles we are to play in life are not set as they once were. People have choices about who they marry, if they marry, and if they stay married. In the workplace, people rarely work in the same company from college to retirement. Our choices in terms of leisure activities have exploded as well. And this says nothing of the vast array of goods and services we can buy from anywhere, anytime via the Internet or the closest big box retailer.

In the workplace, coaching can serve to develop people to be stronger contributors. In fact, a Gallup survey of over 2500 people indicated that two of the things that matter most to employees are the answers to these questions:

Does my supervisor or someone at work seem to care about me as a person?
Is there someone at work who encourages my development?

What does that have to do with choice?

Now, more than ever, your employees have a choice whether they work with you or with someone else. Coaching can be the powerful edge to attract and retain today’s top talent.

Coaching Questions:

In what ways do you care about your employees? Do they know that?

Who encourages your development?

Coaching in the News

Siobhan was quoted in Sales & Marketing Management’s magazine in an article entitled Ultimate Motivation Guide: Happy Sales Force, Happy Return. Here is the link to see the article: http://tinyurl.com/mbb5j

* Join the Quest Connection community - a unique opportunity to join a community of like-minded individuals who want to understand and live in the New Paradigm; where individually and collectively, we hold the power to create positive outcomes in our lives through our thoughts. The New Paradigm describes a vibrant, dynamic life – both personally and professionally, where you are operating on all cylinders and harnessing Natural Laws of the Universe including the Law of Attraction. The New Paradigm explores how to use the natural laws of attraction and allowing to bridge the gap, and finally make the connection between your desires and your current situation in all areas of your life.
Visit www.questconnection.com to join in the conversation! You can listen in to previous recordings. Today we are having a great interview with guest visionary Soleira Green.

About Soleira Green:

I'm a passionate visionary and evolutionist for a new future for us all. In addition to being a visionary, I'm also very skilled in the alchemy of conscious creation and the real life implementation of these visions. Currently I'm powerfully working with three visions and every moment of my life is spent in the delightful expression of them into our world:

(1) the creation of humanity as wondrously evolving beings of magnificence, generosity, trueness, wisdom and courage;

(2) the quantum evolution of our race, our world and Life; and

(3) a business world which thrives on passion and vision, finding its measure of true success through contribution AND profit.

* Girls Going Places is an opportunity for teen-aged girls to meet with Women Business Owners to explore Entrepreneurship as a career option. Quest Coaching International is supporting the event held here on Long Island March 24th. For more information, visit www.girlsgoingplaces.com.

* Siobhan will be the keynote speaker at the Market Research Association Regional Conference in Philadelphia on April 7th. The topic is "Taking Care of You in a Hectic World".

HOT Links to some of my colleague’s programs:

Open Heart Coach

My colleague, Maggie Lichtenberg, is proud to announce the publication of her first book, The Open-Heart Companion: Preparation and Guidance for Open-Heart Surgery Recovery. Visit www.openheartcoach.com for more details.

Light-hearted Living

Another wonderful colleague, Jayne Garrett, published Light-Hearted Living - A Baby Boomer’s Reflection On Getting Older. Visit http://www.thelightersideoflife.com for more details. It gave me many a chuckle!

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