teams and organizations
reach their potential
through innovative
coaching, team devel-
opment and manage-
ment consulting.
“inflection point” is, what happens when it oc-
curs, and why it is so important to take advan-
tage of it.
uncertainties and fear. Inflection points can
create the conditions for that push.
flection points create a powerful response.
Think of Kennedy’s challenge to “put a man
on the moon by the end of the decade,” in re-
sponse to the Russian announcement of its
successful launch of Sputnik. Think of the
Marshall Plan, created as a response to the
devastation at the end of World War II.
tage of an inflection point.
when a positive or negative experience allows
us to suspend our usual way of doing things,
and to be open to new ways of thinking. It is
also a time when we tend to have a heightened
energy level and sense of will to do things dif-
ferently.
Areas of
Concentration
viduals under such circumstances. A couple of
examples from my own coaching files:
under the best of circumstances, as most of us
know all too well. How many times have we set
a desirable goal for ourselves, one that requires
us to behave somewhat differently, only to
abandon our efforts when we are no longer in-
fused with the power of the moment of our
goal-setting? Does the ultimate disposition of
any of our New Year’s resolutions come to
mind?
being told that he was not likely to
move anywhere else in the company,
put together a new vision of what he
wanted to do with the rest of his busi-
ness career. Within six months, the
same EVP who had told him he was
unlikely to move placed him as the pro-
ject manager for several important new
product candidates.
Consulting
Workshops &
patterns, habits and behaviors. We are creatures
of habit and we tend to gravitate toward the
known and the comfortable. Conversely, we
fear the unknown and the uncertain; we are in-
secure in new territory.
Mergers &
will not become an equity partner in her
firm because of highly abusive behav-
iors toward her fellow managers.
Ethical
