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August 17, 2017 Sean M. Chamberlain, MA Better Training, Leadership Ability, Self-Awareness

Putting the Big 4 into Practice

Over the last few weeks, I have been conducting performance reviews with my team at work. I had a wonderful opportunity to sit down (about an hour at a time) with each employee to talk about their work performance and to gain valuable feedback about our work environment and how we can improve. This got … Continue reading Putting the Big 4 into Practice

August 4, 2017 Sean M. Chamberlain, MA Better Training, Leadership Ability, Performance, Self-Awareness

Tough Mental Mudder

I had the opportunity to complete a Tough Mudder with a great group of people. Our motto was to “Start Together, Finish Stronger!”. The Tough Mudder is a long obstacle course, describe on its website as “10-12 miles of mud and 20+ obstacles designed to drag you out of your comfort zone.” There is truth … Continue reading Tough Mental Mudder

July 10, 2017July 5, 2017 Sean M. Chamberlain, MA Better Training, Leadership Ability, Performance, Self-Awareness

Sounding Board for Ideas

A friend of mine called me to share some ideas. He was giving a team building workshop with some high school athletes and wanted to share his ideas on the workshop with me. Even though I had a semi-busy day, I made time to talk with him. It is an honor to have someone wanting … Continue reading Sounding Board for Ideas

June 21, 2017June 19, 2017 Sean M. Chamberlain, MA Better Training, Book Summaries, Leadership Ability, Performance, Self-Awareness

Book Summaries with Jeremy

The Power of 100! by Shaun King Summary: The Power of 100 is based around setting 100 goals, with some of them being outrageous. The term used is Your Outrageously Ridiculous Goals. The point of this is to truly push yourself beyond normal conviction. The people through history who have done amazing things had some … Continue reading Book Summaries with Jeremy

June 19, 2017June 19, 2017 Sean M. Chamberlain, MA Better Training, Leadership Ability, Performance, Self-Awareness

Need more EI

I recently came across Daniel Goleman’s 1996 Harvard Business Review’s article “What Makes a Leader”. The article highlights that leaders must have high levels of technical skills, IQ, and emotional intelligence. Through studies, Goleman found that while all three are important, emotional intelligence is nearly twice as important than the other two factors when identifying … Continue reading Need more EI

May 30, 2017May 30, 2017 Sean M. Chamberlain, MA Better Training, Leadership Ability, Performance, Self-Awareness

Mediation: My Journey within a Journey

A few months ago I began meditating. I have read so many books and listen to many podcasts that talked about meditation in their daily routine. I was intrigued. In the past, I also thought meditating was a foreign concept that only very spiritual people or hippies did. I knew I couldn’t do it alone, … Continue reading Mediation: My Journey within a Journey