Visionary Leader's Guide to Getting Out of Your Own Way (and enjoying life more!) with Rick Carson, Founder of the Gremlin-Taming Institute
August 27, 2012
Hosted by Kate Ebner
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Do you get in your own way? Does your inner critic -- that voice in your head -- interfere with your ability realize your potential? Most people admit that their negative self-talk can sabotage their own success. For more than 30 years, Rick Carson’s seminal book, Taming Your Gremlin: A Surprisingly Simple Method for Getting Out of Your Own Way, has been a consistently strong seller. Carson discovered his “gremlin-taming” method in the 70’s while working families and individuals in Chicago. No matter what the “presenting problem,” he found that positive changes could happen only when people learned how to handle their critical inner voice as they step up to their inner challenge. Learning to cope with your Gremlin is an essential-- and practical -- part of visionary leadership. Find out why as Host Kate Ebner invites you to learn how to tame your gremlin with Author, Trainer and Executive Coach Rick Carson.
Visionary Leader, Extraordinary Life
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Top leadership coach and change guru Kate Ebner teaches leaders in business, education, government and non-profits how to create compelling and inspiring visions that lead to extraordinary results and outcomes. Each week on “Visionary Leader, Extraordinary Life,” Kate introduces you to the amazing visionaries who are shaping our future. She’ll show you how to create your own motivating leadership vision – and how to make it real. Discover the simple, yet powerful steps that add up to a great vision and an extraordinary life. Explore how real visionaries are using vision to drive exceptional results. Visionary Leader, Extraordinary Life features guests who open our eyes to new possibilities and whose stories inspire. Tune in and learn how and why to create your own vision. Join Kate for practical tips, wisdom, and knowledge that will take your leadership and your life to a new level.
Kate Ebner
Top leadership coach Kate Ebner invites people to be visionary. Founder of The Nebo Company, a leadership consultancy based in Washington, D.C., Kate teaches leaders how to use vision as a powerful and practical tool for manifesting the important changes they want to see. Kate works with senior executives and teams at Fortune 500 corporations, non-profits, social entrepreneurs and government agencies who are leading significant change, helping them to thrive in their careers and find greater fulfillment and satisfaction in life.
Kate specializes not only in how to create, live and lead from vision, but also how to make it real through effective implementation. She gained more than two decades of firsthand experience in envisioning, leading and implementing major change while serving as a dean at Middlebury College and as senior vice president of an international strategy consulting firm. Her own journey from executive to master coach is a story of vision and personal transformation. As faculty and co-director of Georgetown University's Leadership Coaching program, Kate authored of "Coaching for Leverage,” a chapter in On Becoming a Leadership Coach. Kate Ebner is frequently quoted in publications and speaks at conferences about leadership, vision, and empowerment.
