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17 Apr

Top 10 Reasons for Life Coaching via Zoom during COVID (humor version)

  • By Elizabeth
  • In Business Unusual, Change, Life Coaching, Points to Ponder
“Life” coaching sounds a whole lot better than the alternative. Keeps your mind focused on more than what’s inside the refrigerator. A wiser investment of time than giving your significant other a haircut. No shower needed. I’ll smell you
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07 Apr

Being of Service in Times of Crisis – The ESM Group’s Response to COVID-19.

  • By Elizabeth
  • In Business Unusual, Change, Life Coaching, Points to Ponder
If you’re feeling a bit stir crazy like me because you’ve already cleaned out every closet and now you’re wondering what the heck you’re going to do for the next who knows how long, allow me to propose Life Coaching. The
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18 Mar

It’s time to flip the script!

  • By Elizabeth
  • In Blog, Business Development, Business Strategy, Business Unusual, Change, Points to Ponder
This month The ESM Group is working twice as hard for half our fees (no gimmicks!) in order to help our corporate clients flip the script like Schooner Tuna.  This is a time for proactive measures and thoughtfulness.  We tend
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30 Jan

Why non-profit/ministry boards are investing in Life Coaching

  • By Elizabeth
  • In Business, Business Unusual, Coaching, Life Coaching, Ministries, Points to Ponder
You’ve probably heard the term, “compassion fatigue”. You may have even felt this way before, especially if you’ve ever worked for/in a non-profit or ministry.  It’s the feeling you get when you’ve been putting your all into the cause(s)/people you
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05 Nov

Experience or engagement?

  • By Elizabeth
  • In Business Unusual, Coaching, Influence, Points to Ponder
What creates positive change in the world?  Well, people do.  But I mean, what inspires a person to want to impact change?  Is it a life changing experience a person has that makes them want to make a difference or
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24 Dec

All I wanted for Christmas…

  • By Elizabeth
  • In Business Unusual, Ministries, Points to Ponder
Now I understand why I had writer’s block and couldn’t bring myself to tell this story before now.  It still needed a happy ending. All I wanted for Christmas this year I received last Thursday. It all started with an
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12 Nov

What a Difference a Dish Rack Makes!

  • By Elizabeth
  • In Business Unusual, Change, Ministries, Points to Ponder
You’ve likely heard the expression, “What a difference a day makes”, right?  Its origin may have come from Dinah Washington’s 1959 top 10 hit, by the same title – or maybe the expression was used to title the
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03 Oct

business unusual in practice – part three – the passionate pursuit of experiences

  • By Elizabeth
  • In Business Unusual, Ministries, Points to Ponder
I concluded my last post by explaining that ever since my first trip to Zambia, I’ve felt compelled to share my passion for doing Business Unusual – a term I learned from Mike Veitenhans, a SVP of World Vision during that
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11 Sep

business unusual in practice – part two

  • By Elizabeth
  • In Business Unusual, Ministries, Points to Ponder
In part one of this three part blog post, I wrote about how 4 impressions were telling me to be patient, to listen, and show up.  And how “what you do with what happens to you,” i.e., “your experiences,” can
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09 Aug

business unusual in practice – part one

  • By Elizabeth
  • In Business Unusual, Ministries, Points to Ponder
People who know me well, know of my heart for mission. Upon returning from my first mission trip more than two years ago now, I was searching (and I mean pretty aggressively) for my “next thing”. All of
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Top 10 Reasons for Life Coaching via Zoom during COVID (humor version)
17Apr,2020
Being of Service in Times of Crisis – The ESM Group’s Response to COVID-19.
07Apr,2020
It’s time to flip the script!
18Mar,2020
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