by Artie Isaac | Mar 11, 2019 | Coaching Topics, Living an engaged life, New Competence
I am enjoying a third go-around with Dr. Srikumar Rao’s course on Creativity & Personal Mastery. A couple years ago, I took the online course. Last year, Alisa and I — and several friends — took the in-person course. Now, I am in a year-long...
by Artie Isaac | Oct 6, 2018 | Coaching Topics, Leading Peer Groups, Living an engaged life, New Competence, On Creativity
Here’s an annual message in a bottle: it’s time to set goals for next year! I’m not the goal-setting type. I prefer to wing it. That’s my strength. When it comes to setting goals, I’m a wingnut. Goals seem too limiting. Or too ambitious....
by Artie Isaac | Aug 24, 2018 | Coaching Topics, Living an engaged life, New Competence
Early in marriage, Alisa asked me, “How do you determine what you say? Is everything that comes to mind uttered? Is every thought spoken? What is withheld?” To be sure, throughout our marriage, Alisa speaks more substantively. I speak more plentifully. For...
by Artie Isaac | Aug 17, 2018 | Coaching Topics, New Competence
Early this morning, a few Chairs (of Vistage groups) gathered for cross-training. We call it “Chairs On Zoom Getting Coffee.” During today’s Zoom videoconference, this sudden awareness. Four Sounds There are four sounds during a peer group meeting: The voice of one of...
by Artie Isaac | Aug 6, 2018 | Coaching Topics, It happened, New Competence
About 15 years ago, Bill Oesterle called me. Founder of Angie’s List, Bill is a role model. At the time of that telephone call, Bill was a silent partner in my advertising agency, the late Young Isaac. Bill had long watched me fail to grow the value of the...
by Artie Isaac | Jul 1, 2018 | Coaching Topics, New Competence
Several months ago, John Broons joined me for breakfast. We were at ChairWorld — the happiest place on Earth, the annual gathering of Vistage Chairs. I saw John sitting nearby for breakfast and, in the spirit of an international conference, we glanced at the other...