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PressMediaWire.com (Press Release Distribution) - Feb 26,2009 - (PressMediaWire) - Executive Coach Cathy Shaughnessy could see her client’s
frustration. The overscheduled, Type-A CFO would often show up for her
coaching sessions completely unprepared and unfocused, having forgotten
everything they had worked on during the previous session.
“I
really felt for him,” says Shaughnessy. “Like so many in leadership
positions, he didn’t have enough thinking time anymore.” Shaughnessy,
owner of Perspective In Action,
an executive coaching service, continues, “We’re all hyper-scheduled.
Some executives I work with would go from our session to another
business meeting and then another, and never take the time to digest
and plan for the next coaching session. In other words, they didn’t put
themselves on their own calendar and have the focus do their homework.”
Shaughnessy’s solution? Her new executive coaching journal, My Perspective In Action. The 236-page journal is a tool for both executive coaches and their clients. Unlike stationery-shop blank journals, My Perspective In Action
includes worksheets, questions and exercises to help executive coaches
get their client focused on the task at hand—and stay focused until
their next coaching session.
The journal, which is available on Amazon.com,
also acts as an accountability tool. On each page of the journal, the
client can tick a box to indicate that the page is for pre-planning,
in-session, or post-session work. And inspirational quotes are printed
on many of the pages to help motivate the client.
“Just having a
tangible journal in their hands encourages busy executives to sit down,
engage the right brain and fill up a piece of paper with their
thoughts,” says Shaughnessy. “It helps break them of their technology
addiction for a few minutes, gets them off the phone, and allows them
to settle into problem-solving, creative mode. The fact that they’re
writing longhand with a pen, and not their thumbs, helps slow them down
so they can write from a more centered place.”
And what’s more, says Shaughnessy, “My Perspective In Action
gives an executive a reference point to see how far she has come as a
result of coaching. So it helps both client and coach recognize the
results of their working relationship.”
My Perspective In Action is available for $24.99 CAD from the publisher at www.AAspirationsPublishing.com and at Amazon.com. Bulk orders are available for executive coaches. Call Cathy Shaughnessy at (519) 579-0070 for details. #### CONTACT:
Cathy Shaughnessy, Certified Executive Coach
Perspective In Action
Phone: 519-579-0070
Cell: 519-240-2063
Email: shaughnessy@perspectiveinaction.com
About Cathy Shaughnessy
Cathy Shaughnessy Certified Executive Coach, speaker and author of Cultivating Initiative in Your Staff
works with senior executives as a thinking partner, performance
strategist and action catalyst in her firm Perspective In Action.
Coaching clients include executives at the Ontario Ministry of the
Environment, Navantis, Research in Motion, Microsoft Canada, Manulife
Financial and the City of Kitchener, Ontario. Cathy has been recognized
by the Canadian Society of Training and Development with three Canadian Awards for Training Excellence. This search engine optimized news release was written and distributed by Imagine That Creative, Inc. For more information or to schedule an interview, please contact Cathy Shaughnessy directly. |
