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what he or she would do first and then adds to the employee ’ s suggestions . The manager ’ s real role , Emerald says , is to coach employees into finding their own solutions to problems and then support the employees in implementing them .
When a manager encounters a truly entrenched Victim who is hard to counsel , the best approach is to acknowledge the difficulty the employee is facing and then ask how the employee chooses to solve this problem , given the employee ’ s current reality . “ It ’ s a matter of redirecting the ones stuck in victimhood and showing them how to create something great ,” he says . To instill a more positive mentality in team members , Emerald recommends leading by example , showing rather than merely telling people the path to a more fulfilling life .
Another useful tenet of TED * , according to Emerald , is the notion of baby steps as comically illustrated in the movie What About Bob ? In which Bill Murray ’ s character learns to take baby steps toward growth as coached by his psychotherapist , played by Richard Dreyfuss . In actuality , small changes often are necessary in order to achieve a bigger long-term goal . Change does not happen overnight , which is why both individuals and companies invest endless time and energy to reach significant milestones .
Once the TED * framework has permeated a corporate culture , it becomes much easier to indoctrinate new employees into how things are done at a particular company . If applicants are not good cultural fits for a company organized around this framework , they simply will not get the job no matter how good they look on paper .
On an individual level , personal change may be more difficult to achieve . You can tell someone repeatedly that there is a path to a happier and more productive life , but if a paycheck isn ’ t attached , the effort required to change is often lacking . Those who do want to change — and I hope my friend Vicki becomes one of them — should recognize that the power to change lies right at their feet . Then , all they need to do is to take their first baby step forward . +

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TED * THE EMPOWERMENT DYNAMIC
David Emerald Womeldorff is co-founder of the Bainbridge Leadership Center ( Bainbridge Island , WA ) and author ( as David Emerald ) of The Power of TED * (* The Empowerment Dynamic ), a best-selling teaching story about Self Leadership Toronto-based . His latest work Stefan is on the Danis 3 Vital is Questions CEO of ™ : Applying the Power of TED * to Work and Life for Mandrake use in organizations Human Capital . David , which is a operates frequent presenter and facilitator on leadership topics , building executive collaboration search , recruitment and various , coaching applications , and of the 3 Vital Questions ™ and TED * (* The Empowerment career transition Dynamic ) ™ businesses frameworks . His drawn book Gobi from on his 30 years of experience in leadership and organization Runner is available development on Amazon . Visit his . com website . Stefan at : Powerofted . com can be reached at danis @ mandrake . ca .
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