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This week has been a busy one. We have been in Calgary doing business development and really understanding what a boomtown is like. The stories of Fort McMurray left me wide-eyed. I managed to get back to Santa Barbara before the snows started.

During our time there, I was asked some questions about our actual approach and what we believed about working with people. Here is our short answer.

The Gaian Group works to develop leaders who create transformation in themselves and their organizations. Our approach does not try to change people, rather to allow them to learn the significant behaviors that have the greatest positive impact on organizations. Most executives are already highly skilled in their technical disciplines, but have not yet learned the emotional intelligence skills that are most highly related to executive success. Early in managerial careers, technical skills account for 95% of peoples' success. However, by the time they become executives, skills related to emotional intelligence now account for 95% of peoples' success. Therefore, we enter an organization assuming technical competence and use our unique approaches to allow leaders to learn and practice these vital skills. Our tools and techniques are directed towards this powerful aspect of leadership success.

Of course, you can see even more about our beliefs by looking in The Ten Tasks of Change (Jossey/Bass- Pfeiffer, 2001).
Cheers,
Jeff Evans, Ph.D.

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I hope your Labor Day weekend was spectacular!
September will be a big month for the Gaian Group with many new clients added and operations beginning in Brazil. These are truly exciting times.

We are continuing the series on Organization, this being the 4th of 6 installments on the organization wheel. You can look for more information on how we have used this in our book the Ten Tasks of Change.

Also, the Fall Gathering is happening in a few weeks, so if you are interested, please sign up now as there are only a few spaces left.
Cheers,
Jeff Evans, Ph.D.

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Looking to the North: A Leader's Role
In an on-going effort to improve both the quality of
information we offer and the quality of delivery, we
are making a few more changes here at the Gaian
Group.
This newsletter is the second in a series of short
articles on leadership of organization. I welcome
your responses and always appreciate forwarding
these to people who might be interested.
To improve email distribution and follow industry best
practices, we will begin posting the full length article
on the web with only a lead-in contained in the
email. This will allow us to give much more
information for those who want it while reducing the
overall volume of email through the internet.
Cheers!
Jeff

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licensed under a Creative Commons License.

Link: http://gaian.com/view_newsletter.php?id=13

In an on-going effort to improve both the quality of information we offer and the quality of delivery, we are making a few more changes here at the Gaian Group.

This newsletter is the first in a series of short articles on leadership of organization. I welcome your responses and always appreciate forwarding these to people who might be interested.

To improve email distribution and follow industry best practices, we will begin posting the full length article on the web with only a lead-in contained in the email. This will allow us to give much more information for those who want it while reducing the overall volume of email through the internet.This newsletter is the first in a series of short articles on leadership of organization. I welcome your responses and always appreciate forwarding these to people who might be interested.
Cheers,
Jeff

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licensed under a Creative Commons License.

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When is Growth Too Fast?
Spring has really been busy for us at the Gaian
Group. Our emphasis on coaching has turned out to
be very effective and we are quickly building some
great success stories.
This newsletter is the first in a series of short articles
on leadership in specific areas. I welcome your
responses and always appreciate forwarding these to
people who might be interested.
Cheers,
Jeff