Resources

BEACH BALL EFFECT

The analogy of a beach ball is used to explain the major challenge in all communication.  Numerous suggestions on how to reduce the effect in one to one communication as well as in meetings.

BIAS-MAKING GOOD THINKERS SMARTER

17 of the most common biases are described. See which ones have impacted your life and what. Then learn of multiple ways of counteracting the impact of these biases on your decisions. This information is the foundation of several recent Nobel prizes in economics.Some text

PAUSE-ABILITY

The single most powerful tool that every human being possesses is the ability to think And solve problems.  The rational part of our brain can be completely undermined, distorted, and blocked by another part of our brain – the reptile brain. The reptile brain is extremely sensitive to any type of danger or potential threat and responds by fighting, fleeing, or freezing. Learning to pause enables hormones from your reptile brain to be absorbed so that you’re thinking brain can click back into gear.

COURAGE AND COMFORT

Being courageous depends on how much discomfort you’re willing to accept to achieve success. Which of the 10 discomforts shared impact your behavior? Learn how to cross the  No Man’s  Land between Your Comfort Zone and the Learning Zone.

FINDING MEANING IN THE SECOND-HALF OF LIFE

The second half of your life may begin between 35 to  65 years old. This Briefing helps you understand that the nature of these two parts of your life can be dramatically different in their purpose, motivations, and rewards. The Briefing ends with 10 questions that act as Doorways to your deeper unconscious or barely conscious Self. That part of you that sees wholeness exerts a continual and subtle force on your ego as it tries to manifest itself.  Learn how to finally grow up.

CHOICE

We live in a time when more people have more choices than ever before in human history.  Understanding that you always have a choice in how you respond to anything in your life or work. Choice gives you agency and freedom that allows you to shape your life. Without this option, you have a choice, you become a victim, and spend time blaming others and sometimes yourself.

THE JO HARI WINDOW

Document

This elegant model helps you understand I don’t think you get to know other people better and how other people can get to know you more deeply. It outlines three major ways for this to happen. Discover what they are and how to use them. This model has been used in corporate training for decades.  The Fulcrum Resources also includes a video on this topic.

Video Presentation

This  elegant model his powerful insights on understanding yourself and others through three different channels. Learning when and how to use each of the channels and enable you much more deeply engage with others and for them to know you and a more significant level.

TAMING THE AMYGDALA

Your amygdala is part of your reptile brain. It’s focused on keeping you safe with its almost instantaneous fight, flight, or freeze response.  All too often this unthinking of our brain drives are immediate responses to others we live and work with before we can think and use the best part of our brain. Understanding how this works and how to tame the amygdala so that you can use the best part of your brain to dash your rational thinking connect and respond to those around you.

THE S CURVE

The S curve describes the process of individual growth, organization development as well as the evolution of the cosmos, and legions of other physical phenomena such as magnetism.  Three critical elements enable you to move to a new stage of growth; Learn what these are in this briefing. The Fulcrum resources include a video on this topic.

DELEGATION

Inadequate delegation is a primary cause of frustration among CEO’s. It also contributes the lower performance, and decreases profitability. This video outlines the process of delegation and what to do when a delegated task is not completed the way you expected.

ARE YOU READY TO GO DEEP?

This PowerPoint presentation with Audio explores what it means to take a deep look at yourself and all the various parts that have developed over your lifetime that shape your current behavior.  Most of us are aware of some of these elements, fields or aware of all of them and their implications.