In this issue
Kolbe Training
It must be those brief April showers in Phoenix that
sprouted all the training seminars lined up in May and
beyond. First comes the annual Professional Growth
Seminar for certified consultants scheduled for May 6-7
in Scottsdale where a record attendance is expected.
On the front end of that event, Kathy Kolbe will be
sharing the first-ever Powered by Instinct seminar to a
registered group of licensed consultants.
Certification training is the artery carrying new blood
into the worldwide organization. We will be offering not
one, but three different sessions in the month of May.
The first will be in London, England on May 19-21,
followed by two seminars on May 24-26, one in Phoenix
and the other in Zagreb, Croatia. While the latter
session is closed, there are openings both in Phoenix
and London for those who wish to take this next step
to full implementation of the Kolbe technology in their
lives and businesses.
July 21-23 will find another certification seminar being
offered in La Jolla, CA, a slightly more attractive venue
than Phoenix in mid-summer. By now readers should
have received an invitation to the Perfectly Capable
Kids seminar that Kathy is launching on
Saturday, July
24 in California. Designed for parents and teachers, this
session is packed with unique strategies for igniting the
capabilities of youngsters 2 to 15 years old and will
introduce a brand-new assessment tool, the Kolbe
Kid
Index. More information can be found on the following
link: http://www.kolbe.com/pck/
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Greetings!
As we pass the century mark on the thermometer in
sunny Phoenix, Arizona, it's a reminder to us of how hot
the business pace has been for these early months of
2004. Just check the Kolbe training schedule below to
get a sense of the activity. Kolbe Corp's growth is a
response to strong demand for products and services
for which we thank our valued clients.
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Quote of the Month
"It is not our abilities that make us who we are. It is
our choices."
- Dumbledore, Head Master at Hogwarts in Harry
Potter and The Chamber of Secrets
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Questions for Kathy Kolbe
Question: If you have the wrong
instincts (MO) to do a job, will your learned skills or
knowledge be able to produce a positive result?
Answer: Anybody familiar with the
Kolbe Concept® knows that the result of someone's
Kolbe Index is not a measure of what she can do, but
rather how she goes about doing it. Learned behavior
can certainly give you an approach to problem solving
that can make for a successful conclusion to a short-
term problem. Because experience does count, it can
be the basis for keeping you in the game for a certain
period of time.
It's when the task extends itself for longer periods of
time that having the right instincts for the job is vital
to productivity. Research shows that you simply won't
do your best job when you're working against the grain
rather than in your groove. Additional fallout from this
kind of mismatch is demonstrated through a related
increase in stress and a corresponding direct
connection to absenteeism and turnover in the
workplace. Check with Kolbe Corp if you'd like to
explore this theme further.
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Procrastination Redux
This is a topic that keeps coming around, but have you
noticed how many articles are being written on the
subject lately? Fine, procrastination exists; it's
sometimes a serious problem with monetary and social
implications.
But there are some difficult pieces for Kolbe
consultants to accept. A recent article (
http://www.azcentral.com/php-
bin/clicktrack/email.php/1272961>
http://www.azcentral.com/php-
bin/clicktrack/email.php/1272961) says that some
people claim they perform best under pressure of a
deadline, but that's artificial or just an
excuse. "They're rationalizing," says Timothy Pychyl, a
professor of psychology and director of the
Procrastination Research Group at Carleton College in
Ottawa. "They're working hard. They're not happy."
Timothy has obviously never met the combination of
preventative Follow Thrus and initiating Quick Starts for
whom the last minute solution is their life-
blood. "Happy" is getting to do it your way, not
following someone else's sense of the appropriate time
to take action. The article further identifies
procrastination as being part of human nature, but then
doesn't see anything wrong in advising us to go against
our very essence. This is an article worth reading -
when you get around to it.
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Great Visibility on HR.com
The spot to get the lowdown on the latest in
technology and trends in the human resources world is
the HR.com internet site. Oriented specifically to the
HR professional, this location is chock-full of articles in
areas such as Organizational Development, Staffing,
Training, Compensation and Benefits and many others.
We expect that many of our clients already know the
site and seek information there. You will be happy to
know that HR.com recently arranged to publish several
articles written by Kathy Kolbe as follows.
In the OD section, on May 3rd: "Management By
Instinct Leads the Way to Change"; on May
17th: "Finding The Niche For Your Knack"; on May
31st: "Are You Igniting Your Own Burnout?" and on
June 7th in the Staffing section: "Oops! The Worst Way
to Find the Right Person for the Job."
HR.com is delighted with the great content Kathy had
to share with them and we are delighted to be a
contributor to this excellent resource. While access to
many articles on the site is limited to their members,
membership is free and may be obtained through a
simple registration process. Check it out!
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