Chris Hammer
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Personal and professional fulfillment and success Expert
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- Leadership and Life Coaching; personal development tools
Chris Hammer is a certified professional coach and licensed psychologist, who has coached many leaders and other individuals toward a wide range of personal and professional goals. When not coaching or spending time with his family, Chris stays busy with his other online and off-line businesses. He is passionate about life-long learning and growth.
Chris Hammer is passionate about helping people develop the energy, clarity, passion, and skill to do what’s needed for themselves and for the world. He is known for being an expert in his field; through his deep knowledge of personal development and his ability to inspire others to be the best they can be. Chris has been described by his clients as sincere, supportive, trustworthy, and reliable. He has developed a reputation for exceptional listening and communication skills, as well as his ability to relate to others and build solid relationships.
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Honoring Your Personal Evolution
Who I was twenty years ago is certainly not who I am today. Or so I used to like to think… When I look back at myself at that time I see someone with a pretty different set of ideals, values, beliefs, and ways of being in the world. And quite frankly, I like today’s me much better. But what I’ve learned, through lots of self-reflection, is that trying to deny who I was back then was causing me to be inauthentic. And as a person who values authenticity, I’ve had to reexamine this practice:
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Communication In The Workplace
Communication in the workplace has to do with how we interact with our colleagues on many different levels simultaneously. It has to do with how we plan and convey the messages we want to give, both verbally and nonverbally; and with how we listen to, interpret, and respond to others’ messages. And one way to characterize the successful execution of this is to say that we’ve engaged in effective dialogue.
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Making Changes
We all think of making changes in our lives; but making the decision to move forward and shake things up isn’t always easy. I wrote an article some time ago about motivation and goals; the premise being that you don’t necessarily have to be motivated to act. I still believe this to be true, of course; but we also know that motivation isn’t the only reason we fail to move forward with things.
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How To Make Good Decisions
If you’re thinking about how to make good decisions in your life, you might want to explore some strategic planning models. Truth be told, I don’t know a lot about strategic planning – but the one thing that’s always stuck with me is this: “The cardinal rule is to take the path that allows you to change course if your initial decision proves wrong”.
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Life Balance
We hear the term “life balance” a lot – but what does it really mean? And how do we find and maintain it? I think there are two answers to these questions. The first has to do with looking at the various roles and responsibilities in our lives; and accurately and honestly assessing how we’re establishing our priorities and directing our energy. The second, I believe, has to do with recognizing and managing our internal conflicts.
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Career Satisfaction
For those of us who work for a living, for ourselves or for someone else, career satisfaction is something we’d most definitely like to achieve. And career satisfaction is certainly an achievable goal – but it’s important that the term “satisfaction” be defined correctly for each one of us. In other words, if you want career satisfaction, you first need to identify what this really means to you. There is no empirical right or wrong: however you define career satisfaction is up to you. As long as it’s done honestly, is what’s right for you.
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What is Your Leadership Style?
The study of leadership is certainly not a new one, and there are almost too many theories to count. A quick internet search, however (psychology.about.com), identifies that most of the different leadership theories that have emerged over the years can be classified into a handful of major types: “Great Man” Theoriesr Trait Theoriesr Contingency Theoriesr Situational Theoriesr Behavioral Theoriesr Parcipitative Theoriesr Relationship Theories/Transformational Leadership Management theories/Transactional Leadership.
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What Do You Want From Your Relationships?
We know that solid and meaningful relationships are critical to our happiness and success. The connectedness we experience with others provides comfort when we need it; intellectual stimulation when we want it; and reciprocity of love when we share it. It allows us to get our needs met and to meet the needs of others.
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How Do You Relate to Others?
In previous articles we’ve looked at getting clear on what you want to accomplish in your relationships, and why. Now let’s look at the next step to developing the connections in your life: examining what you’re bringing to the table… The way to strengthen or develop a relationship is to identify what is already working – or at least the possibilities and potential – as well as an awareness of what isn’t. We can then maximize the positive aspects of the relationship while working together to develop and practice more adaptive alte atives to what’s broken.
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How Well Do You Know the Important People In Your Life?
A big part of developing and strengthening your relationships is about really knowing the important people in your life. We all know many people on a superficial or even friendly level; but how much do we really know about who they are under the exterior we see and interact with every day?
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Staying Motivated in Your Space
I write a lot about motivation because its something I’m always struggling to capture and hang onto myself; and its elusive nature interests me. I’ve talked about various ways of looking at and trying to capture motivation; and some work better than others at different times in different situations. But the one point that consistently sticks for me is the fact that it really is elusive: in other words, you can’t just “get” it.
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How To Become A Leader
Have you ever wondered how to become a leader if you're not what you'd consider "leadership material"? Can anyone be a leader? Simply stated, anyone can become a leader by having the ability and desire to take on such a role; and by having the opportunity to step into or create the role. Some people just seem better equipped for leadership, of course, but I like to think that we can all be leaders in any area in which we feel a sense of passion and investment.
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