Permission to Coach You, Hard – Character is Coachable
As the CEO of a worldwide organization once said to his team of over 5,000 people, “Character isn’t part of the g...Read More »
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The Value of Goal Setting for Students
Goal setting interventions in education have been shown to be an effective method of enhancing student performance. T...Read More »
Understanding Emotions and How the Mind Works
Emotion is a critical part of the learning process, but educators often underestimate its importance. There’s a ten...Read More »
Higher Ed and Hollywood Wine
The focus on higher education quality, outcomes, value, affordability and access dominates the headlines these days. ...Read More »
Utilizing The Pacific Instiute Curriculum to Strengthen the Advisory Relationships
During the 2012-2013 programming year, Carlton Trail College implemented delivery of The Pacific Institute’s curric...Read More »
Selfishness Vs. Altruism
Deep down in our hearts, is human nature more good or evil? Both sides yield strong arguments.
Here is the evide...Read More »
Making Things Happen Through Challenging Goals
A study that appeared in the July 2013 issue of the Journal of Applied Pschology (volume 98,pp. 540-548), by Craig Cr...Read More »
Change Is Constant
“The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.” This phrase has been borrowed from that old Ro...Read More »
Genetically Ever After
Centuries ago, love was considered an inane reason for marriage in Western societies. Women were encouraged, if not f...Read More »
Making Our Work Meaningful
How do we find meaning and value in our work? Many Psychologists believe that discovering value in our work benefits u...Read More »
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Pace Keeps His Cool During Public Speaking Miscues
A standing ovation is an audience’s ultimate show of apprecia...Read More »
Motivating Your Students
An Intelligent Heart and an “Edupreneur” Mentality
Employers who are student-oriented and have positive expectation...Read More »
How to Prepare for a Job Interview or Big Meeting
The brain operates from mental pictures. You should have a picture or a replacement picture of what a situation wou...Read More »
Change Vs. Transition
We have probably all heard the phrase “change is hard” or that “people naturally resist change.” What if th...Read More »
Re-imagine Retention and Enrollment Growth through Learner-Centered Teaching
As Tom Peters introduces each new chapter in his sequel toInSearch of Excellence, Re-imagine!, he begins by stating, ...Read More »
The Enduring Curriculum
The Pacific Institute’s curriculum is one that will endure. The principles will be as applicable 100 years from now as...Read More »
Releasing Potential
As human beings we are born with a brain that enables us to enjoy higher-level thinking beyond that of other mammals. We...Read More »
The Power of Normal: Why Normal Trumps All
After facilitating a workshop for staff at the ANNIKA Golf Academy™ in Florida, I enjoyed a three-day skills improv...Read More »
The Peace Matrix: The Power of Efficacy & Cause in Making Peace
For over 40 years, The Pacific Institute® has taught individuals, leaders, organizations and even countries how to i...Read More »
Gestalt: To Gestalt or Not to Gestalt, That is the Question
If you are involved in a changing workplace — and especially if you are the cause of the change — gestalt is a te...Read More »
Culture Matters: Transformation of Culture from the Inside Out
Many organizations today are going through a transformational process that requires thorough, frequently dramatic cha...Read More »
Goals: How To Get Your People “In” On Team Goals
In cognitive psychology there’s a term—teleological. It means that human beings are goal-orientated. Human beings...Read More »
Strategic Architecting: A Framework for Transformation from the Inside Out
Over the last several decades, I have worked with a variety of organizations, from the inside and outside, to support gr...Read More »