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Return To Leadership Development Article Archive   Executive Coaching For Busyness - Energy and Focus Produce Results By Maynard Brusman How many times a day do you tell someone how busy you are? In our culture, telling ourselves and others how busy we are is a Red Badge of Courage. In my executive coaching work with clients, I often hear an exhausted client tell me how many hours they are working. I do not as often hear language reflecting results achieved. Somehow talking about busyness is equated with getting things done. Are you focused on busyness or results? Busyness vs. Results Only about 10 percent of managers work purposefully to complete important tasks, according to a 10-year study of managerial behavior across a variety of industries. The other 90 percent self-sabotage by busily engaging in non-purposeful activities, procrastinating, detaching from their work and needlessly spinning their wheels. Busy idleness, seemingly an oxymoron, affects most people, pervading all aspects of personal and professional life. While we have easy access to knowledge and time-saving resources, we continue to spend most of our time making the inevitable happen, instead of committing energy and focus to the few activities that can really make a difference. Beyond routine, day-to-day tasks, most managers fail to seize opportunities to achieve something significant. Why do so many smart, talented executives lose such valuable time and energy, rather than behaving in truly productive ways? Daily routines, superficial behaviors, and poorly prioritized and unfocused tasks zap the capacities of managers. Operational activities squeeze out problems that are more crucial to achieving results. Managers often ignore or postpone dealing with the most critical issues, in favor of putting out fires and attending to squeaky wheels. Unproductive busyness is perhaps the most serious behavioral problem in large companies. Everyday managerial work is hazardous to your ability to focus. Managers typically work on multiple tasks simultaneously. They must rely on the help of others to get the job done, often without tangible milestones or clearly defined processes or goals. Days are full of interruptions and unexpected demands. Even so, some managers are able to surmount the urgent interruptions and focus on getting the right things done to achieve results. What, then, makes these 10 percent more successful? People who exhibit purposeful action possess two critical traits: energy and focus. Energy is characterized by more than effort; it requires involvement in meaningful activities, fueled by both external and internal resources. Purposeful action is self-generated, engaged and self-driven. Working with a seasoned executive coach trained in emotional intelligence and incorporating leadership assessments such as the Bar-On EQ-i and CPI 260 can help you become a more purposeful and productive leader. You can become a leader who models emotional intelligence and social intelligence, and who inspires people to become happily engaged with the strategy and vision of the company. Subscribe to Working Resources FREE electronic newsletter at http://www.workingresources.com Visit Maynard's Blog at http://www.WorkingResourcesBlog.com Dr. Maynard Brusman is a consulting psychologist, executive coach and trusted advisor to senior leadership teams. We provide strategic talent management solutions to select and develop emotionally intelligent leaders and lawyers. The Society for Advancement of Consulting (SAC) awarded two rare "Board Approved" designations for Dr. Maynard Brusman in the specialties of Executive/Leadership Coaching and Trusted Advisor to Attorneys and Law Firms. Dr. Maynard Brusman Working Resources P.O. Box 471525 San Francisco, California 94147-1525 Tel: 415-546-1252 Fax: 415-721-7322 E-mail: mbrusman@workingresources.com keywords: leadership | executive coaching | leadership development | business | emotional intelligence | coaching Program For Leadership Development

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