*Virtual Dialog for May* Book It: words for the soul
Thursday, May 22, 2008
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT
About the Call: Coaches Awake! Are you looking for a new idea to solve an old problem? Join Lynn Kindler, as she and Mitch Ditkoff, author of “Awake at the Wheel,” explore how coaches and their clients can get ideas rolling in an uphill world.
Lynn’s guest has made a career of ideas. Mitch Ditkoff is co-founder and president of Idea Champions, which specializes in leading highly engaging creative thinking and teambuilding sessions that enable individuals, teams and entire organizations to develop new products, services, and breakthrough ways of doing business.
This cirque du soleil thinker will discuss his Breakthrough Cafe, “Free the Genie,” a set of 55 creative thinking cards, the importance of taking breaks, and tips for getting the wheels rolling when your business is in stall.
About the Host: Lynn Kindler will host the entire series. Lynn is a graduate of CoachU and SUN as well as a Certified Coach of the International Coach Federation. She is a radio talk show host, in addition to being a technical recruiter and writer/blogger extraordinaire. She lives in Austin, Texas with her husband, two dogs and four cats. For more information http://www.sacredpathcoaching.com
About the Guest: Educated at Lafayette College and Brown University, Mitch Ditkoff has worked with a wide variety of Fortune 500 and mid-sized companies. These companies realized that in order to succeed in today’s rapidly changing marketplace, they had to do something different.
In addition to his consulting work, Mr. Ditkoff is also a public speaker and writer. Author of “Banking on Innovation,” “Free the Genie,” and the forthcoming “Awake at the Wheel,” Mr. Ditkoff has appeared on numerous radio and television talk shows.
He is the founder of “Face the Music,” the world’s only interactive business blues band. He lives in Woodstock, New York, with his wife, Evelyne, and their two children, Jesse (13) and Emilia (11). For additional information see: http://www.ideachampions.com/index.shtml
About the Series: Book it: words for the soul is a five part series. Lynn Kindler, host, will interview a new author each month. Mark your calendars for Thursday at 3:00 pm
EDT for the following dates: June 19, July 17, September 18 and October 16. Each conversation will be original and thought-provoking.
Once you register for the first call, you may attend one, a few or all five. The five part series is one of the programs especially created for The Coaching Commons and produced by Katherine Gotshall English.
Listeners are invited to call in 3 minutes prior to 3:00 pm EDT. The conversation will begin at 3:00pm. Listeners will have an opportunity to ask questions during the second half of the conversation. The call will end at 4:00 pm EDT.
To attend this Virtual Dialog and participate live with questions or examples, register below.
If you can’t attend live, post your thoughts/questions below and remember to come back to CoachingCommons.org where the recording will be posted for your listening pleasure. Cost to attend the call: Free, except your own long-distance telephone.
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Comment by Coach Lynn Kindler on 30 April 2008:
I’m so looking forward to Book It! Words for the Soul and our first interview with the amazing Mitch Ditkoff. He has a song in his heart, a brightness in his head and words from his heart to share with us as we traverse this thing we call life. I encourage everyone to read his book, “Awake at the Wheel” so that you can have a feel for where he is coming from and what he is about before our dialogue. This book is wonderfully different from the way Mitch acknowledges people in the beginning to the offbeat footnotes throughout the book. One “business” book that captured my attention and inspired me to create!
Many thanks to producer Katherine Gotshall English for her inspiration, love, and ability to surface the wisdom within others.
Coaching Commons is a long overdue breath of fresh air for our coaching community!
Comment by Christine Heinrichs on 1 May 2008:
Sounds great! It’s on my calendar, but I couldn’t find the place to sign up. Can you direct me? Thanks.
Comment by Linda Ballew on 1 May 2008:
Stay tuned! Registration for our new TCC Virtual Dialogues will be posted on Tuesday. Our Tech Superhero is on holiday for a few days.
Comment by Mitch Ditkoff on 6 May 2008:
Hey Everyone! I’m really looking forward to talking with you on May 22nd. If you’re interested in exploring ways of helping the people you coach “get out of the cave,” challenge the status quo, go beyond their limiting assumptions, and develop the courage to be more creative, my presentation is for you. Most of my clients are big organizations, but big organizations are made of people — many of whom struggle to express their creative mojo. On some level, I am coaching/coaxing people all the time to go beyond excuses (i.e what’s wrong with the “organization”) and really own their power to create. It’s been a fascinating ride these past 22 years. On May 1, my book (Awake at the Wheel) was published. It’s a kind of heroe’s journey, featuring a mythical caveman who had the idea for the wheel long before their were roads, the concept of “round,” or even an idea of what an “idea” was. In other words, he was ahead of his time and had to deal with his fellow Neanderthals resistance to the new and the different. Sound famiiar? All of us still struggle with the same phenomenon whenever we have an idea that others aren’t quite ready for. Anyway, my talk on May 22 will get at some of this stuff and, hopefully, shed a little more light on what you, as a coach, can do to bring out the best of your coachees’ innate impulse to create/manifest. I’ll also talk about FREE THE GENIE, a deck of cards I’ve created for coaches, managers, aspiring innovators, and anyone wanting to close the gap between thought and action.
All the Best!
Mitch Ditkoff
mitch@ideachampions.com
845.679.1066
Comment by Coach Lynn Kindler on 6 May 2008:
Hey Mitch and everyone, Lynn here
So glad to read your post! I’m astounded at how in sync you and your book are with The Coaching Commons. I especially loved what you said about your “coaching/coaxing people all the time to go beyond excuses”!! YES!! So that people can step into their power and let their creativity flow. So many things can be created when we get out of our own way.
Looking forward to having your light set a blaze of lights for everyone listening to the show.
Comment by Vicki Blachman on 8 May 2008:
I took what I thought would be a quick look at Mitch’s website and got lost in a visit with a new friend. Mitch speaks to what we seem to know innately, but don’t always consciously consider (our inner Neanderthal?) Truly looking forward to hearing Thursday’s dialogue between Lynn and Mitch (if the two of them can stop laughing.) If something comes up at work, I just have to say “They said NO EXCUSES!”