Mike Hawkins

MIKE HAWKINS is award-winning author of "Activating Your Ambition: A Guide to Coaching the Best Out of Yourself and Others", author of the "SCOPE of Leadership" six-book series on coaching leaders to lead as coaches, and president of Alpine Link Corporation. Mike coaches, consults, and trains organizations and individuals to higher levels of performance. He is a respected executive coach, management consultant, author, speaker, and college lecturer. He is considered an industry thought leader on leadership, consultative selling, self-improvement, and business management.

For those who are considering becoming an independent professional, particularly a consultant, who earns a living using their skill and experience, listed below are a few steps to consider that can dramatically increase their likelihood of success….

Do you experience the power of hope in your life or use it to help others in your circle of influence? In particular, if you are a parent, spouse, boss, or leader in some way, do you create hope in those around you or within your care?

If you want to establish a desirable culture that enables your team, company, or family to achieve its strategies and goals, anything and everything might deserve your attention. This includes what is observable, like the top of an iceberg, but also what is hidden which is often even more substantial.

…. learning how to limit the negative impact others have on us could easily require reading a library of books and years of practice. There are large volumes like the PMBOK that project managers refer to when many people are being depended upon in large projects. The good news, though, is there are common-sense practices you can immediately adopt.

Maybe the more accurate core value that organizations should use to move past “innovation” being merely a generic platitude is “get comfortable with being uncomfortable.”

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