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Potential in Leadership and with Dogs
As leaders, whether in business or with dogs, our role is to bring out the best in others. It is our responsibility to provide the environment and the leadership skills that allows the surrounding people (and dogs) to live their highest potential. In this 5-minute...
How I use dogs and their behavior to train business leaders
The Courage to Lead – Interview on Dog-Gone Leadership
Click here to open Spotify and listen to the conversation. Coach Harlan and I spent about 45 minutes talking about various leadership skills that are essential not only in the workplace but also in our relationship with dogs. Drawing inspiration from my background as...
Dog-Gone Leadership isn’t taught at Harvard
Click on this link to listen to the interview on Spotify. In September 2022, Rajiv, Victor, and I had a fun conversation about Dog-Gone Leadership – using dogs as a bridge to better leadership. We explored the connection between understanding and leading dogs and...
Dog-Gone Leadership at North Fulton Business RadioX
Last week I was invited by John Ray and Business RadioX in North Fulton again where we had a lively conversation about Dog-Gone Leadership and how dogs bring the best out of people.
Dog Guardianship is Leadership – The dog’s fault is the human’s responsibility
I just read the tragic story that a week after a young family bought a dog, the dog bit one of their children. Of course, the dog immediately had to pay the ultimate price for the lack of the human’s responsibility. It doesn’t matter what breed the dog was, and it...
How dogs teach us to be better leaders
We observe leadership lessons in many spheres – the military, professional sports, politics, and business. And that is cool, but can sometimes be repetitive and detached. Leadership development training is most effective when people can relate to the stories, are...
Preventative vs. Problem Solving Dog Training
According to the research, the number of households bringing in a dog companion is steadily rising. There are many people who finally adopted a dog during the pandemic. More and more workplaces make adjustments so that their employees can bring their furry family...
The traumatic impact on children when parents surrender the family pet
For the last 10 years, almost every week, I have had a conversation with a dear friend of mine. Last week she shared with me a secret that surprised even me. In one of her hypnotherapy sessions, she uncovered that her lack of worthiness and lack of deserving to be...
Life Lesson Learned From Augie
Lesson One - Focus on what you do have and not on what you don't have Hi there, you may know the story that I have been fostering Augie, the little pit bull from Friends to the Forlorn, for a little over a year. Just a few days ago his story aired on the Dodo. Here...
North Fulton Business Radio – Interview with Iris Grimm
Listen to this interview with John Ray and Business RadioX in North Fulton where we discussed ideas that can help business leaders get more out of themselves, their team, and their dogs.
Calm Your Mind – Stories About You
Calm Your Mind - Stories About You
Support Value-Based Care with Improved Communication
4 Quick and Easy Actions Providers Can Take TodayBy A. Lane Therrell FNP-BC, RN, HTCP and Iris Grimm In this article, a nurse practitioner and an executive coach team up to examine the importance of improving provider-patient communication in value-based care. The...
Workplace Violence – An Issue That Needs Attention
This morning I attended a networking / educational event organized by Stanton Law, LLC where Todd Stanton, Dr. Marc McElhaney, and Karla Baldini talked about workplace violence and how business owners and HR managers can address it.To summarize the 2-hour presentation...
What can we learn from successful NFL teams?
Here is the transcript of the video for those of you who prefer to read than watch: As a German, I am not much of a football fan and I don’t understand every little detail about the game but it is playoff time and because of my husband’s...
How to Stay Ahead of Problems and Crises
When your car makes a weird noise or when your check engine light comes on, do you tend to ignore it for a long period of time or do you take immediate action and drive by your car repair shop to get it checked out? Today, while going to a networking...
Take the Stress out of Performance Improvement Conversations
Every now and so often, something can go wrong in the hiring process. A “bad apple” gets in the mix of a good performing team or maybe the hiring process was not an issue but a decent employee turned “bad”. Managing people is one of the hardest jobs but...
Creating Freedom in Structure…
….. is a topic that I explored this morning in a networking/coaching group called Roswell Cross Connect led by Peter Gibson. During this 90-minute conversation, we discussed how to build a business by overcoming opposite buttons. Actions or inaction. Courage or...
The one trait that makes leaders ineffective
Are you addicted to being right? Do you sometimes push your opinion through even though deep down inside you have the inkling that the other person may have a valid point? Do you feel better when you convinced someone of your opinion? We all do it. We all LOVE to be...
Three Reasons for Dysfunction in the Workplace
If you had a pebble in your shoe, would you stop in your track and remove the pebble? If you have a food item on your plate that you dislike, do you eat it anyway or do you leave it on the plate? Unfortunately, it is not that easy in the workplace. When something is...
Two Powerful Solutions to Amp Up Physician Engagement
Recently I read a survey result published by athenahealth in July of 2016 and conducted through Epocrates, a mobile app for physicians. It revealed that only 20% of more than 2000 physicians met the criteria for engagement. Interestingly enough, two main criteria for...
Leadership Insights Shared By Dan Woods
Last year, Georgia Association of Healthcare Executives implemented a program series called “Lunch with the CEO” where each month a small group of GAHE members can join a hospital CEO for 90 minutes and ask various questions about their leadership experience. On...
As a leader care about your people
"The leaders who help their people work at their natural best, are the leaders who care most about their people." A lot of leaders think that their task is all about reaching organizational goals, reaching financial goals, and making the customers happy. And in order...
Give yourself a break – You don’t always have to know
"Life changes for the better when we realize that we don’t have to know everything and we don’t have to pretend we do." As a leader, as a physician, as an executive, as a coach or consultant - we think that that we have to know everything. After all, that is the...
Press Release – C-IQ Certified Coach
Iris Grimm, Professional and Certified Executive Coach Awarded Conversational Intelligence (C-IQ) Certification A program that primes the brain for trust, partnership, and mutual success Marietta, GA (January 17, 2017) Iris Grimm, President of Master Performance Inc.,...
Make Your Presentations Memorable
Last month I attended a medical group meeting to shadow coach the leader. One of the biggest complaints that I hear from physicians as well as physician leaders is the vast amount of meetings where little to nothing gets accomplished and a lot of time gets wasted. And...
Useful Tip for Stressful Times
Today’s affirmation on Louise Hay’s calendar reads “I have more than enough time to do everything I want. Time expands for me.” It seems as if time is one of the most scarce resources we have in life and work. I see leaders running from one meeting to the next never...
How to bring out the best of your team
"As a leader listen, observe. interact, be transparent. You don’t have to have all the answers. Leave open space for others to create." A lot of leaders think that they have to have all the answers. After all, they were promoted into leadership either because they...
The Disconnect that Leads to Communication Breakdown
Did the conversation resolve the issue at hand and make your relationship stronger? This was the question I asked Bill who I met at a social event last weekend. At this party, I was introduced to a physician who also happens to be the department chief in a hospital in...
The Biochemical Cocktail that Raises Patient Satisfaction Scores
A condescending remark from the doctor, a headshake from a nurse, a curt answer to a serious question - the sting from any of these can have a huge impact on patient satisfaction. If you have been on the receiving end, i.e. if you have been sitting in a doctor’s...