“In this episode I talk with Nicole about medical technology, VC consulting, advancements in medicine, Covid, making decisions beyond your emotions, being a leader, and we finish with my own quick coaching session to identify my faults and shortcomings.”
Check out my interview on Jonathan Westover’s Human Capital Innovations podcast: https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/podcast/episode/1aca8e47/s26e8-decision-making-amidst-uncertainty-with-nicole-coustier
Check out my interview on the Efficiency B podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/balanced-nicole-coustier/id1559668136?i=1000536761335
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Check out my podcast interview on the Aim to Win podcast: https://aimtowinllc.com/decide-in-advance-with-nicole-coustier/
Check out my interview on The Wonder Series with Denise Stegall!
Aurelian Coaching was born out of self-care during a tough time, and a need to teach others – especially those in the medtech sector who always have their focus on serving others – how to do the same. Video run time 3:24 https://youtu.be/bUKiMm7NtB4 Schedule a Consult
Registration for this free webinar is below. “I *really* need to create some boundaries at work…” When I tell people what’s actually involved in setting healthy boundaries, it gives them pause. It might make them uncomfortable.It might shed new light on their circumstances.It might make them second guess whether they need a boundary at all. …
Positioning yourself for opportunity is all about storytelling. But before you get wrapped up in how you tell your story to others, revisit the “career stories” you tell yourself. Make sure you evaluate the narratives you’ve developed about your interests and goals, your work history, your failures and capabilities, and determine whether those serve you …
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When I ran divisions and managed people, and when I oversaw client initiatives and led multi-disciplinary teams, there was one thing I always protected for my staff, my clients, and myself: Vacation time. I’ll be away for the rest of the summer, and I’ll see you back at the end of August/ beginning of September …
If you want to learn how to be proactive at work, step outside the existing rules of engagement.
Be prepared to do extra to make up for being “in the negative” when you mess up.
Resilience is really about a super simple concept: doing better next time.
While people can feel comfortable putting together slides, people often don’t know how to prepare a speech.
Sometimes, perfectionists don’t want to figure things out in public.
Know what a “perfect” draft is and circulate it quicker to get closer to a “perfect” end product.
Consider this: what if YOU made all the decisions?
What’s the big deal? What’s wrong with having high standards? Nothing, except…
If you are suffering from burnout, you’ve got to put a question mark on the addiction to multi-tasking.
Everything is not – cannot possibly be – important.
Burnout results from focusing too much on process and not enough on outcomes. Burnout is getting lost in minutiae. Burnout is focusing on just what is being thrown in your face instead of taking what is thrown and evaluating it through the lens of what you’re ultimately trying to accomplish. The cure to burnout is …
The first step is to recognize burnout, because many would reject the term, yet experience all the signs and symptoms.
Double loop learning assumes that there is something to be gained and improved by evaluating what was going on in your head.
If you are a manager or team lead, then asking questions of your team needs to be a well-honed skill. Here are three methods of using questions to keep in your tool belt.
There’s no such thing as a dumb question, sure, but there’s also an opportunity to ask better questions.
As long as there are no violations with HR or someone’s confidence, err on the side of sharing to realize the benefits of transparency in your teams.
So you are on board with the idea of being more transparent! Fantastic! So… what exactly should you be sharing?
This level of transparency may feel scary at first, but managed well, it can be a total game changer in getting results.
It’s just giving you a page of words to stare at… and still feel undecided.
Once the information is in front of you, decide what is useful and actionable, vs just interesting but not helpful.
That is not really a plan. That’s simply a well-positioned series of steps.
When considering how to be an effective advocate, ask yourself these questions.
The value of management rests in achieving an outcome of optimal effectiveness, sustained over time.
The specialization often required at higher and higher levels of performance means that it is less and less likely that a position can be filled with someone who has done the exact same things in their past. Expertise, then, is at a premium.
I would never suggest that these concepts are mutually exclusive. But neither are they the same.
It’s amazing to me how many people really believe they have a crystal ball.
Risk and uncertainty are not interchangeable. They mean totally different things.
If you haven’t had a spectacular fail in the last year, you haven’t even given yourself the opportunity to learn anything.
Despite the day to day tensions and nastiness that my mom might have endured in the corporate world as an immigrant and woman in the early 1980s, I grew up hearing a story of a very different tone.
Be careful that you are not putting the metrics themselves ahead of the strategic intent.
What is the worst that can happen if you change course? The answer is not what you might think.
Understand which situation an instrument should be applied.
Data and information is influenced by the lens through which we process that information.
Seeking additional information is a very indulgent way to look responsible in the face of uncertainty or fear.
There was no piece of pie for me. I was desperately struggling to carve out what felt like even 1% of the pie for myself.
How you feel about something is only derived from what you think about it.
There is no such thing as being locked into a certain personality or style.
Learn to be “all in” in any situation, and you learn an incredible job skill that will serve you throughout your career.
The most effective (not necessarily the easiest!) way to decide how to get around obstacles in your path.
“In all affairs it’s a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.”
Find a healthier and more growth-mindset approach to trial and error on the job.
If you’ve made it this far, welcome to the hard part. Welcome to execution.
Acknowledge your history and circumstances, proactively address potential pitfalls, and follow through more than you ever have before.
Describe the condition of your work, education, parenting, life, etc. that you want. Let that be your anchor and then build decisions that get you ever closer to that condition, regardless of the exact circumstances and all the possible wrenches that might be thrown your way. This is called a desired outcome.
I developed the Aurelian Coaching Model based on my own experience.
