ILS introduces our newest leadership consultant!

Kim Radison, SPHR

Kim is a graduate of Bowling Green State University with a degree in Business Administration, including specializations in Human Resource Management and Industrial and Labor Relations.  She has previously served as the Human Resources Manager for a healthcare based corporation of 300 plus employees, responsible for all areas of human resources including hiring, training, employee counseling, and benefits administration.  Kim is excited to apply her human resources background to help clients learn, grow, and advance in their lives.  Click Here to link to Kim's full bio on our website.

We are all very excited to welcome Kim to ILS.  She is already adding value to our team!

                                 On Coaching
by Nate Riggs

My coach and friend M.J. Clark has told me on a few different occasions that professionals should start coaching much earlier in their careers.  That makes sense.  Why not start improving yourself and your skills early, right?

The truth is that most professionals start coaching in their mid to late career.  Maybe the leap is spurred by advancement in position or the start of a small business.  Some people even start coaching because they’ve recently lost a job, or worse yet, there are challenges at home.  (It was both of those last reasons that motivated me to start working with M.J. two years ago).  (continued)

         You’re Perfekt, With All Your Mistakes by M.J. Clark. M.A., APR
The Navajo women traditionally have woven a mistake into their beautiful rugs, to show that they are not competing with God. Are you competing with God?

Perfectionism is a curse for many of us. Negative consequences of the need for perfection include low self-esteem, guilt, pessimism, depression, rigidity, obsessive/compulsive behavior and lack of motivation. We have to change our thoughts in order to change our perfectionist behavior.

I remember in my early 20s, when I ended a relationship with someone to whom I was engaged, I explained to my boyfriend that after much agonizing reflection, I didn’t think we would be good life partners, and I didn’t want to make the mistake of getting married when I honestly didn’t think it would last forever. He said to me, “You’re so afraid of making a mistake, that you’re making one!”  (continued)
 

Lessons from Second City
By Charlisa Anderson

Wouldn’t it be great to be clever and witty?  I sometimes don’t get the joke until someone explains it to me or wish I had a clever comeback when someone disses me in jest.  We all have a friend or acquaintance that is just plain funny; that is quick, witty and can always think of a different way to look at a situation and put you in hysterics!  That person is a risk taker.

My avocation and one of my greatest loves is performing whether it is in theatre, films, commercials or singing in my barbershop chorus.  All of these mediums require a certain amount of risk; getting out of your comfort zone, being willing to make a fool of yourself and trusting others in the cast.  I have come to realize that if I want to become a better performer and deliver a feast to my audience, then I have to risk.  When you are out of your comfort zone and scared to death; that is when the real learning takes place.  It’s kind of like the quote I have heard (and I will paraphrase); “If you think the way you always have, you'll get what you always got”.  (continued)

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