August 2019
.......Mindfulness
coming in September- Are you ready for 2020?
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The Power of Thought: Why We Should all be Masters of Mindfulness
by Josh Turknett, M.D., TLG Principal Consultant
- A bride faints while reciting her wedding vows.
- A comedian vomits in the bathroom minutes before taking the stage in front of 10,000 fans.
- A hard-driving car salesman is stricken with a heart attack at the age of 51.
What was the cause behind all of these events?
Their Thoughts...
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"(Our thoughts) are just as capable of influencing our physiology as a nail through our foot, a drug we ingest, or a virus in our respiratory epithelium."
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A Convincing Illusion
From the moment we awake in the morning to the moment we descend into sleep at night, we’re bombarded with a chatter inside our head that permeates our waking life. It’s the voice inside, the internal narrator that, if you pay attention, never really stops talking.
Yet, it’s hard for us to believe that the thoughts in our head can affect the workings of the body.
READ MORE...
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Thank you to everyone who sent in questions. Here is the question selected from all of your responses...
How do you Balance Assertiveness with Combativeness?
Answered by Dr. Michael Sessions, Sr. Consultant TLG
This is a great question and a distinction that confuses a lot of people. The confusion has its roots in the way that conflict is generally understood. Conflict can best be understood as the consequence that arises when the means of addressing one’s concerns are blocked by the efforts of another to address their concerns. With respect to balancing assertiveness and combativeness, the short answer is that these are not approaches one typically wants to balance. Combativeness is simply an extreme form of assertiveness.
Assertiveness refers to the advocacy for the means to address an issue or circumstance about which one is concerned. Combativeness is essentially assertiveness on steroids
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READ MORE...
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Got a question for one of our coaches?
Do you have a baby boomer manager who comes off as dismissive & disrespectful to their younger direct reports?
Do you hear a lot about "employee experience" and wonder
if that's the same as "employee engagement?"
Submit a question below
and yours may be selected for next month’s newsletter.
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Mindfulness….
“only one spec of sand can go through the sand dial at one time”.
By Tino Mantella
I am far from a mindful expert. Since my arrival at Turknett, a bit less than a year ago, I have had the chance to learn something about the values of pursuing a mindfulness orientation. There are plenty of definitions around the theories. I particularly like this one that was provided by “Mindful Staff”.
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"Mindfulness is the basic human ability to be fully present, aware of where we are and what we’re doing, and not be overly reactive or overwhelmed by what’s going on around us".
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Mindfulness for People Who Are Too Busy to Meditate
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"When you just don't have the time."
For instance, researchers have found that mindfulness can reprogram the brain to be more rational and less emotional. When faced with a decision, meditators showed increased activity in the posterior insula of the brain, which has been linked to rational decision making. This allowed them to make decisions based more on fact than emotion. This is good news since...
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Try this
FREE
10 Minute Guided Meditation
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Meditation Guided by Meryl Arnett
Meryl has been teaching in Atlanta since 2010. Her passion is introducing mindfulness in ways that are accessible to all of us. She has taught meditation to hundreds of students, small businesses, and Fortune 500 companies, and she co-created the first yoga + meditation studio in Atlanta to offer regular, independent meditation classes. Meryl is known for helping those that “can’t meditate” to discover that indeed YOU CAN!
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Use this at the office, after a fight with your partner, after losing your patience with your child… When we are in the throes of deep anxiety or high stress, sometimes we need something a little more specific to help us through the moment.
This mini practice is 10-minutes for the moments of high stress. Tough meeting at the office, after a fight with your partner, rude driver on your commute…
As we practice in the midst of intense emotion, our only work is to remain in the present moment as much as possible, and to offer some kindness towards our experience.
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What Do We Use to Stay Mindful at TLG?
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Mindfulness Explained
The TLG Podcast Series begins our new monthly theme: Mindfulness with an interview with TLG Sr. Consultant Dr. Patricia Thompson. Dr. Patricia Thompson provides insight on just why mindfulness is such an influential and hot topic in business lately.
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W
omen in Leadership - Friday, August 23
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Friday, August 23:
"An American Roboticist: A Dream Fulfilled"
featuring Dr. Ayanna Howard, Chair of the School of Interactive Computing, Endowed Chair in Bioengineering and Director of the Human-Automation Systems at Georgia Tech
Inspired at an early age by the TV show The Bionic Woman, Ayanna received her B.S. in Engineering from Brown University and her M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California.
She began her career at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory receiving worldwide attention for her SnoMote robots designed to study the impact of global warming on the Antarctic ice shelves.
In 2013, she founded Zyrobotics focusing on therapy and educational products for children with special needs. Her research interests include human-robot interaction, Artificial Intelligence and much more...
Commerce Club
7:30am - 10am
Breakfast & Complimentary P
arking
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Best Moments from Women in Leadership July 26, 2019 Meeting
with Cheryl McAfee of McAfee3 Architects, Inc.
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"Service, Integrity and Legacy: What Leadership Means to Me"
Cheryl McAfee shares her "One Big Thing" form the July WIL meeting...
For a summary of her presentation (which was AMAZING) click
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Lyn Turknett & Susan Hitchcock were
Keynote Speakers for BCN-Business Community Network Luncheon last week on the topic of
Preventing Derailment- Try Leading with Character.
They were both honored to address this group of local business owners and community leaders.
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Want to know more about the ins and outs of 360 feedback? Sign up for a great upcoming webinar on August 21-
My Peer Said What??!! Do’s and Don’ts of 360-Degree Feedback for Positive Results
Using her experience as an executive coach, and data gained from Turknett Leadership Group providing 360 feedback to thousands of leaders across hundreds of organizations for the past 31 years, Dr. Thompson will address how to implement successful 360 feedback programs that result in positive, strategy-driven behavior change. Thanks to our partner
Talent Connections/Career Spa
for providing this opportunity!
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Goodbye to our summer interns!
If you have noticed that we are producing podcasts, and posting more on social media, and making cool videos...you are right. Our super interns have done a great job taking our social media presence to a new level and helping us to automate processes. Thank you Eve Barrett (Agnes Scott), Brandon Beck (Georgia Tech), & Wade Snow (University of GA)! We will miss you. Now hit the books and make good grades!
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Pictured-L to R:front-Lyn Turknett , Tino Mantella,back- Kathy Igou Wade Snow, Brandon Beck, Eve Barrett
Picture 2-L to R-Kathy Igou, Wade Snow, Eve Barrett, Barbara Jacobson, Nancy Crawford, Brandon Beck
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Lyn Turknett will be speaking on this very interesting topic -
Managing Imposter Syndrome-. with a strong panel of speakers at OnBoard 8-22-19.
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Internalizing Your Own Success
Managing
Imposter Syndrome
Thursday, August 22, 2019
12:00 to 1:30 p.m.
Buckhead Club | 3344 Peachtree Rd NE | Suite 2600 | Atlanta, GA 30326
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Special August Offering- 25% Discount on
Executive Mindfulness Course
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MINDFULNESS IN THE WORKPLACE
- Do you want to become an outstanding performer in your job?
- Do you want to become a leader that inspires?
- Do you need to be more focused and productive at work?
- Have you heard the term “mindfulness” but aren’t really sure what it means or where to start?
Discover The New Research-Based Program that Will Bring You Greater Focus, Increased Success, and More Fulfillment in Your Work.
For course details, go to ExecutiveMindfulness.org
For 25% discount, use coupon code TURKNETT
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Or click the button to enroll NOW
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Great Opportunity for Three Lucky Non-Profits
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If you are working for a not-for-profit organization or have a favorite charity, the TLG not-for-profit practice leader, Len Romano, is offering
three organizations
up to 20 hours of
FREE
consulting in any
ONE
of the below four disciplines:
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1.
Board Development Mode
l training for you and your Board Development Chair
2.
CEO & Board Chair advisory/coaching sessions
(i.e. performance planning, organization strategic focus, etc.)
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Facilitated staff/board retreat
4.
A customized project
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This introductory offer is to call attention to TLG’s growing practice, while providing support to three lucky not for profits. To be
considered, please respond to the information in the
attached grant application, and return by 10/1.
On
October 6
th
three non-profits will be selected from the submitted grant proposals and winners will be notified.
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Other Mindfulness Resources
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Josh Turknett, M.D., TLG Principal Consultant
by Michael Singer
So where to start to learn more about mind-body connection? There are lots resources available these days, from books and recordings to group meditations and mindfulness based psychotherapy. For a great introduction to the subject, I recommend Michael Singer’s “
The Untethered Soul
“.
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Kathryn Igou, VP Operations TLG
by Marc & Angel Chernoff
From 8-15-19 Blog post-
One Sign It’s Finally Time to Let Go TODAY
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"Remind yourself, there's always a fierce battle between two hungry forces going on inside you. One is negative—anger, jealousy, greed, resentment, regret, etc. The other is positive—love, joy, peace, hope, compassion, kindness, etc. The force that wins is the one you feed the most.
I learned that lesson the hard way...
Eighteen years ago, after a stressful day at work, I remember snapping at Marc and locking myself in our home office to work on a web app I had been coding on the side."
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Barbara & Kathy will gladly set you up with a call or meeting
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