Coaching Tag

04 Mar

Posted at 14:32h in Events, PhD Life by

          In response to the continuing failure of many research-based interventions to create systems change at scale, I am happy to announce a new initiative – The Change Lab – I’ve co-founded with Michelle McQuaid and Michelle Etheve.The Change Lab hosts conversations that challenge and amplify frameworks, tools and best practices which increase our confidence, motivation, and impact as change-agents working powerfully together in beloved community. We will re run the Certificate In Creating Positive Change – a twelve-week online experience beginning March 17. If you’ve been trying to help people, teams, workplaces, schools, or entire communities to create positive changes and feel that...

09 Sep

Posted at 11:44h in Events, PhD Life by

            This summer I attended the Sixth World Congress on Positive Psychology in Melbourne, Australia. I gleaned many insights, strengthened old and made new connections, spoke on several panels, won the positive organizational intervention challenge award. Colleagues and I created a high-tech and high-touch system called “Feedforward” to help organizations step up how they have development conversations that actually work. I also got clearer on my own research agenda for the PhD I’m working on to build systems-informed positive psychology. My research serves to enhance the efficacy of positive interventions and increase our collective social impact. Social impact is anything that improves...

31 Mar

Posted at 07:04h in Glimpse into Me, poetry by

There Is A Place There is a place Where pain is a seed, Where Soul attends To Self and its needs. Where thinking and doing Are effortlessly right. Insight and compassion Hold us, irrevocably, As moon holds the night. The brain sprouts thoughts, As the ocean makes waves, And the dawn falls forward Through close of the day. Where the nature of things Is open and free - And love flows Between us Spontaneously. Soften, soothe, Accept what is, Be kind to others, Attend to your needs. Here I am the sun, the stars, A little boy - For sky has clouds, Trees have leaves, and I am freaking out with joy. Craig Stanton is a student of mine at George Mason University in the Leadership & Wellbeing...

23 Feb

Posted at 16:29h in Coaching, Goal Setting, Positive Psychology by

"Working with Louis has been such and uplifting and enlightening experience for me.  I have always been addicted to writing endless to do lists, breaking them into SMART goals, and spending lots of time trying to determine where I was in this whole maze of tasks to achieve.  Usually I was able to check off a few tasks but never really felt any closer to an overall goal. Louis works gently and with great empathy to elicit the values, strengths, and life skills that can bring about a rapid shift in consciousness around setting and achieving goals.  I have realized that...

19 Feb

Posted at 13:17h in Action Research, Happiness coach, Life Coach, Life Coaching, Meaning, Positive Psychology, social contagion factor, Thoughts-Action by

We live in a world of doing, of checklists, of go, go, go. Especially in New York city where I live, people are running all the time: the city that never sleeps. Work, gym, dinner, party, work, sleep. It’s so easy to get caught up by this energy, but is it all so good? As a detective of sorts, I’ve been keeping my eyes open to this frenetic movement and wondering how it serves me, my life. I’ve been watching my clients and friends, too, and have observed some really interesting things about how people operate. The energy that results...

06 Jan

Posted at 10:52h in forgiveness, Goal Setting, gratitude, Life Coach, Life Coaching, Mindfulness, Positive Psychology, Relationships, resiliency by

Well, here we are, it's 2010!   Here's my list of Top 10, of course with at positive psychology lens.  BIG clarification: Positive psychology is NOT just about positive thinking. It's about being authentic and attuned, grounded, and choosing to focus attention in certain (perhaps more positive) directions - when possible, which makes it realistic. (1) Take stock. Review 2009 with an appreciative lens. What went well? What were your wins, big & small? Make a list, post them on your refrigerator and savor. (2) Clarify your visions. Successful people know what they want. They are clear about what the future looks...

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