Self-empowerment

Transition: after retirement

By Giorgia Madonno Marco Polo Consulting

For the people who retire it is always difficult to cope with the new identity.

That is why I like the below perspective by Bridges William in his book Transitions

"The transitions in life’s second half offer a special kind of opportunity to break with the social conditioning that has carried us successfully this far and to do something really new and different. It is a season more in tune than the earlier ones with the deeper promptings of the spirit"

Expat experience

The dark side of repatriation

By Giorgia Madonno Marco Polo Consulting

Often re-patriation is harder than expatriation and we pay less attention to prepare it. 

This is very dengerous. 

Read more on this article.

From literature

Living abroad

By Giorgia Madonno Marco Polo Consulting

Changed

From the outskirts of the town,
Where of old the mile-stone stood,
Now a stranger, looking down,
I behold the shadowy crown
Of the dark and haunted wood.
It is changed, or am I changed?
Ah! The oaks are fresh and green,
But the friends with whom I ranged
Through their thickets are estranged
By the years that intervene.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

What a beautiful poem describing the feeling of someone visiting back his hometown while living abroad.

Because  we are all in transition and changing all the time:

Who are you?” said the Caterpillar. . . . 

“I— I hardly know, Sir, just at present ,” 

Alice replied rather shyly, 

“at least I know who I was when I got up this morning, 

but I think I must have changed several times since then.”—

LEWIS CARROLL Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Steve Jobs @ Standford

Stay hungry, stay foolish

By Giorgia Madonno Marco Polo Consulting

• If you are at the beginning of your career, watch this video
• If your not happy with your life and you are looking for your path, watch this video
• If you are facing a difficult professional time, watch this video
• If you are just curious, watch this video

Inspirational as Steve Jobs can be. 

See the video by clicking here: VIDEO

New free training with edx: for change makers and coaches

U.Lab Transforming Business, Society and Self

By Giorgia Madonno Marco Polo Consulting

Otto Sharmer has announced a new session of U-lab: transforming society, business, and self.

I already watched several videos used in this training, read papers and exercises and i think this is really a fantastic learning opportunity for change makers and coaches. 

I strongly recommend it.

AGENDA

• September 10: Week 0: Launch, orientation and local co-initiation 
• September 17: Week 1: Live session 1 — Co-initiating our U.Lab journeySeptember 24: Week 2: Suspending and listening
• October 1: Week 3: Co-sensing from the edges of the system
• October 8: Week 4: Live session 2 — Presencing: connecting to Source
• October 15: Week 5: Crystallizing the emerging future
• October 22: Week 6: Co-creating to prototype the future
• October 29: Week 7: Live session 3 — Co-evolving prototype initiatives
• We will then reconvene for a 4th live session:
• December 17: Week 7+7: Live session 4—Sharing results, co-shaping the journey ahead

Listening levels

The new level of listening: the generative one

By Giorgia Madonno Marco Polo Consulting

Otto Sharmer in this video explain what real listening means.
Extremely clear and powerful.
Useful for all leaders.

To see the video click hear ULAB and ULAB2

How Coaching Works

Good teamwork and bad teamwork

When the team does not work well together...

By Giorgia Madonno Marco Polo Consulting

Most of my clients in China face the problem of cross-functional teamwork, especially for the management team. Better than words the issue can be described with the below video.

How to improve this kind of situation? At Marco Polo consulting, with the help of our partners Peoplerise, we have found a formula that is giving very interesting results.




During a 2 days workshop the team understands the importance of  team work on the level of engagement in the company and its impact on results, than the participants work actively to eliminate the Five dysfunctions of a team. They work on the relationship and trust among team members, on the level of active discussion and healthy conflict, than they understand how to improve the commitment of the team on the taken decisions and, very important, how to eliminate silos across functions for the benefit of the entire company result.

In meantime a survey helps to understand where the group and the company is in terms of engagement,  and the team defines together plans and useful actions that are regularly monitored through the survey that becomes a dashboard for the management team. Periodic check up let keep the momentum and revitalize the integration among the team members. Individual or couple coaching sessions allow the team members to work on more personal relationship issues.
We have tested this approach with several companies, it really works.

The 'X' model of employee engagement: Maximum Satisfaction meets Maximum...

How to leverage bad feedback and coaching

Bad feedback hurts

By Giorgia Madonno Marco Polo Consulting

Sometimes we receive from our manager a feedback we do not agree on.
How to deal with it, do not break the trust relationship and turn it to useful coaching?

Read more on: Forbes

APRIL 21th - Public speaking training on line - free of charge

MOOC Training

By Giorgia Madonno Marco Polo Consulting

Today there are many free resources for skill development. Why not taking advantage of it?

The training you can find opening the below link has a title and contents which seem interesting and there are many others published in the website.

If you try let me know if it is worth.

Read more on: training

What to expect from China in 2015?

Interesting reading on China

By Giorgia Madonno Marco Polo Consulting

Interesting reading on what to expect from China in 2015. 

Read more on Mckinsey website: CHINA