H. Les Brown
MA, CFCC
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H. Les Brown, MA, CFCC, Work-Life Balance Expert
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- Main Areas
- Men's Midlife Issues, Life Coaching, Entrepreneurs, Balance, Business Coaching, Career Development, Emotional Intelligence, Executive Coaching, Goal Setting, Leadership Skills, Personal Development, Spiritual Growth, Success Coaching
- Career Focus
- Certified Life & Entrepreneurial Coach, Author, Trainer and Speaker
- Affiliation
- ProActivation® Coaching, International Coach Federation (ICF), Worldwide Association of Businesses Coaches (WABC)
“The solutions our most baffling problems appear only when we’re willing to reframe our questions.” Les Brown has been challenging men and women torndiscover new approaches to their personal and professional lives for over thirty years. Les is more than just an insightful change strategist. Hernpartners with his coaching clients, inviting them to embrace change with personal integrity and professional accountability.
Les has managed a successful coaching practice since 2003. His clients are highly-motivated entrepreneurs from a broad range ofrnbackgrounds. He’s also a writer and a regular contributor to Businessr Coaching Worldwide, the online magazine of the Worldwide Association of Businessr Coaches. Over the past few years, Les has been developing a program for publication that introduces seven key awarenesses that are essential for creating purposeful change in book and CD formats. Les has also joined Lynr Christian of SoulSalt, Inc. as a coach in her Inspired Entrepreneur program. In addition to holding certification as a Certified Franklin-Covey Coach, Les is also holds a Certificate of Initial Mastery in Marshall Goldsmith Behavioralr Coaching and also holds one in Adele Lynn’s (A Different Kind of Smart) Applying Emotional Intelligence.
Les is an active member ofrnthe Internationalr Coach Federation (ICF), the Worldwide Association of Business Coaches (WABC), and the Coachville Communities. Les has offered several personal improvement teleclasses through Coachville’s teleclass.com system and PlanetTeleclass.com.
With over fifteen years of corporate experience, Les served as Executiver Vice President of a mid-sized Northeaste manufacturing company. Atrnvarious times, he was the lead in the critical business functions of Information Technology, Accounting, andr Human Resources. As a certified ISO-9000 lead auditor, he headed the 5-year acquisition program for both ISO-9000 and QS-9000 quality certification. His leadership was instrumental in transforming a 1950’s-era family business into a high-commitment, team-based, 21st Century “tier two” automotive supplier. Before entering corporate management, Les managed his own software development company, building custom inventory and order management software for small businesses.
Although Les has spent much of his career in entrepreneurial and corporate leadership, his primary focus has always been on the individual. During his ten years in the active ministry, Les was recognized as a popular speaker and was a sought-after spiritual counselor. He was also involved in adult education on both the local and regional levels.
Inrnaddition to his various certifications, Les holds a Master of Arts Degree in philosophy and an Master of Arts in theology, both from the University of Ottawa.
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Begin with the End in Mind
I want to begin my article series for 2010 with the seemingly incongruous topic of 'death' for a number of very good reasons, the first of which would be having experienced the unexpected death of a favorite aunt only a few days ago on New Year's eve. We certainly had not planned on ringing in a new decade with the rituals of mou ing. However, life's vagrancies pay no attention to our expectations. Not ever. Yet, as a culture, we seem to be obsessed with the denial of death.
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Over 30 Need Not Apply
Ko-Ko. Are you old enough to marry, do you think? Won't you wait till you are eighty in the shade? There's a fascination frantic In a ruin that's romantic; Do you think you are sufficiently decayed? Katisha. To the matter that you mentionn ...
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Inter-Personal Inter-ruptions
Do you have a long-term primary love relationship? Can you remember that moment when your heart felt so full to bursting that you just had to volunteer, "I love you" for the first time? Can you remember the moment when s/he first said it to you? Do you remember a moment when, in front of people ...
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Success Is A Dead End
'Be careful what you pray for, 'cause you just might get it.' Have you ever heard that saying? In my opinion, it so perfectly describes the pitfalls of adulthood. Keep in mind that I have what I think is quite a unique definition for 'adulthood': childhood without the parental constraints. The ...
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Loving The Man In The Mirror
Every day you live, you collect stuff. Just imagine the sheer volume of information that passes into your psyche every day, from what you see, what you read, what you experience, what you think, what you do (consciously or unconsciously), and the decisions you make. Every second — awake or ...
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Getting from Child-ish to Child-like
The myth of the happy childhood hides a sad truth: that one of the principal effects of 'education' seems to be the process of 'disillusionment'. I call this process 'sad', but, in fact, it's more like 'tragic'. In early childhood, youngsters are more closely aligned with their inner destiny ...
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The Arts Are a Waste of Time
This is an era of ever-tightening budgets and precarious performance in students' basic skills. It's an era of 'No Child Left Behind', although very many still are. Many inner-city schools are in disrepair, school supplies are hard to come by, and teachers are generally ridiculously under-paid ...
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A Message from Your Empty Nest
If you've married, then I think it's safe to assume that, at some point in your journey, you thought you'd found the perfect partner. I don't have to be clairvoyant to say that, sooner or later along that same journey, you were disappointed. You might think that this disappointment that comes ...
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How Much Are You Leaving Behind?
One of the 'features' of entering into the midlife transition happens to be the dawning realization of just how tenuous our connection to this plane of existence really is. I fondly remember evenings as a student in Ottawa, Ontario spent at the Colonel Bye lounge enjoying the comedy of ...
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Can You Win The Uphill Midlife Battle?
'The more things change, the more they stay the same.' Have you ever had that thought? Have you also noticed that, the harder you push to change the way things are, the less progress you seem to make? Although this experience isn't confined to guys passing through midlife (it's a common ...
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Is Marital Infidelity Genetically Determined?
According to the news today, marital fidelity in males has a genetic component. About 40 percent of the men studied exhibited a genetic makeup that made it more difficult for them to establish intimate, long-term relationships and strong family ties. The other 60% (who lacked that particular ...
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I'm Sure I'm Terminally Unique
"I just know I'm the only one in the world who feels this way!" Somehow, the feelings of guilt over your (real or imagined) failures, the confusion and fears that haunt you over decisions (big or small), the barely-controllable urges to run away or get drunk or high or just go wild, all conspire ...
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Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from H. Les Brown
- "The only constant is change."
- "If it's not on your schedule, it won't get done."
- "Life-work balance is a moving target."
- "If nothing changes, nothing changes." - 12-Step Programs
- "The significant problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them." - Albert Einstein
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H. Les Brown, MA, CFCC
ProActivation® Coaching
PO Box 935
Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971
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How to get started
Here are my suggestions for getting started with Les and ProActivation® Coaching:
1. Get to know me:
Read some of my (free) articles at Evan Carmichael's site.
Read my daily blog, Midlife Mastery, at www.MidlifeMaster.net
2. Tell me about yourself
E-mail me at info@ProActivation.com and let me know:
- Who are you? What accomplishments are you most proud of? What are your chief skills? What experiences most shaped the person you are today?
- What do you do? What do you most enjoy doing? Who are the people who help you to get by, day-to-day?
- What are your dreams? What are your passions? What will life look like in five years? In ten years?
- What are your conce s? Are there obstacles? What are they? Where would you rather be than where you are now?
3. If work-life balance is an issue
Join the Balanced Life Project by signing up for my Life Balance Web-Workshop
Purchase and read The Frazzled Entrepreneur's Guide to Having It All
4. If you're a man facing midlife
Explore the Midlife Mastery series of projects at www.MidlifeMaster.com
5. If you're interested in working one-on-one with me
Contact me about personal life coaching at Coaching.FrazzledEntrepreneur.com
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