Become A Communication Coach

Change Your Life - Take A Risk

2009-09-02T09:43:00.000-07:00

Please Join Us On Wednesday September 2:
How to Change Your Life
Take Risks
What is your tendency for risk? Are you a risk taker or are you risk avoidant? Where do you lie on the risk scale? What is a healthy balance of risk?

Join Genie and her panel at 11am (Pacific) on Wednesday

http://www.conferrooms.com/rooms/GenieLaborde.aspx

Join Genie and her panel this Wednesday to discuss:

How taking risk(s) can change the direction of your life

Define "risk" in a life-changing context

When and how to take a risk

How to measure and realize the benefits of risk

Practice taking risk and report results (net change) at successive sessions

Next VideoCast

2009-08-21T14:46:00.001-07:00

Fix Any Glitch In Your Behavior

Anger
Sadness
Avoidance
Rage
Tension
Obsession
Anxiety
Tardiness
Procrastination
Rudeness
Mean-ness
Short temper

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

11am Pacific

We’ll use NLP, Gestalt Psychology, and new Right Brain insights to re-work your habitual responses to outside stimuli. Often these old patterns began at such an early age that you cannot remember the precipitating event. When these habits become a problem for you, it is time to re-wire your brain. What’s interesting is that many of these bad habits are simply a laid down neurological response to fear or anxiety. New positive habits are fairly easy to install to replace the ones that are no longer useful to you. The installation seems like magic but actually, the new habit is simply re-wiring your dendrites. My trainers call the process “Dendridic Popcorn,”
Join us for a Liberating one-hour session It’s more fun than the movies.

FREE Interactive Video-Cast
with Genie Z. Laborde, Ph.D.
Each Wednesday
11am (Pacific)
(12pm Mountain, 1pm Central, 2pm Eastern)

Email us to sign up.

We’ll email you a link to the online Conference Room on Wednesday morning before the conference begins.

Shif Your Recession Depression

2009-07-17T12:48:00.000-07:00

2 More Preview Sessions Added:

SHIFT
YOUR RECESSION DEPRESSION
at your computer

Free Preview

Tuesday, July 28

or Thursday, July 30
11am to noon

“Are your worried?” “Are you feeling anxiety?” “Having a difficult time handling your emotions?”

Then this session is for you!

What this is:

Introduction to 8 weeks of Conferrooms
(meetings on the net)

Support group

Led by

Genie Z. Laborde, Ph. D.

(Author & Psychologist)

& Sheila Dubrow, M.A., CPIM

(Organizational Psychologist)

email us at mail@influence-integrity.com to sign up for the FREE Preview

Think Big! FREE VideoCast April 22

2009-04-21T14:28:00.000-07:00

Think Big!

FREE Video-Cast

with Genie Z. Laborde, Ph.D.

DATE: Wednesday
April 22, 2009

TIME: 11am Pacific
(12pm Mountain, 1pm Central, 2pm Eastern)

Email us to sign up. We'll email you the link to the Conference Room on Wednesday Morning.

Inspire Yourself with a New Story for These Stressful Times

2009-04-10T11:41:00.001-07:00

How to Change Your Internal Tapes

FREE Video-Cast

with Genie Z. Laborde, Ph.D.

DATE: Wednesday
April 15, 2009

TIME: 11am Pacific
(12pm Mountain, 1pm Central, 2pm Eastern)

Most, maybe all of us, create an on-going story of our life's experiences. These could be called our own "Personal Myths." These stories add the "why's" and "how's" of what goes on in our collective and separate lives. Our moment to moment perceptions are coded in our brains, then we assign meanings based on these myths. What we tell ourselves about our see, hear, smell, taste, and feel data, dictates our reality. We create a reality that reflects and reinforces our stories.

You can change your myth. You can edit certain passages. We will demonstrate with our audience. It is a fascinating way to let go of anxiety now.

Email us to sign up.

We'll email you a link to the online Conference Room on Wednesday morning before the conference begins.

Turn Off Painful Memories

2009-04-06T12:42:00.000-07:00

FREE Video-Cast

with Genie Z. Laborde, Ph.D.

DATE: Wednesday
April 8, 2009

TIME: 11am Pacific
(12pm Mountain, 1pm Central, 2pm Eastern)

NeuroScientists have just published their discovery of PKM zeta, the molecules in the brain that control memory. Called "quick dial function" molecules, these can be turned off by an injection of ZIP, right into the brain. They tested this on rats, but humans are on the future schedule.

If the idea of a shot of ZIP into your brain doesn't ring your bell, join us on Wednesday and I will show you how to do this memory erasing with the "Magic in Your Own Brain."

Email us to sign up.

We'll email you a link to the online Conference Room on Wednesday morning before the conference begins.

IDEA Trainer Gives Her Insider’s Vew of the AIG Bonus Question

2009-03-19T12:22:00.000-07:00

I have been following the AIG story very closely, having worked in financial services for 36 years and also having many friends who currently work at AIG. This is my opinion about this very unfortunate situation.
First, this crisis at AIG was caused by its Financial Services Division. AIG is comprised of literally hundreds of divisions, most of them focused on the insurance business and are highly profitable and very strong. The Financial Services Division is only a very small part of AIG. Unfortunately, this division sold two highly risky products: Credit Default Swaps and Securities Lending. Both of these products were adversely impacted by the melt down of the mortgage industry.
What brought AIG down was this one unit that did financial services business, much like an investment bank. This business was not well controlled, either by the company or by the U.S. Government through strong regulation, and got in way over their heads insuring the collateralized mortgage obligations of many other banks all over the world….that was the credit default swap business…and when the mortgage bubble burst, AIG was caught holding the bag.
A Credit Default Swap is like an insurance policy bought by other financial institutions to insure against losses from deals they engage in. The Credit Default Swaps that AIG sold were protecting other banks like UBS and Barclay’s against credit losses from collateralized debt obligations supported by mortgages.
Securities Lending is when securities are lent to third parties and collateralized by, in the case of AIG, residential mortgage backed securities. Again, when the mortgage industry melted down, AIG was obligated to make good on these transactions, and was caught holding the bag. But this probably helped prevent many banks from failing, which would have brought down the entire financial system around the world.
I believe that it is true that if AIG had been allowed to fail it would have had a catastrophic impact on the world economy. They insure every aspect of international commerce as well as individual life, auto, home and other insurance policies and retirement annuities all over the world. They employ hundreds of thousands of people all over the world.
AIG is being held up in the glare of politics and media attention as being a villian. In fact, there are many good, decent and highly competent people working at AIG today, many of whom have worked there all their working lives and have lost a lot of what they were counting on for their retirement and many of them will be losing their jobs with little hope of recovering their retirement nest eggs. This is an enormous tragedy.
I understand the outrage being expressed over the bonuses, and those who are responsible for the debacle probably should not have been given the bonuses, but let us not forget that there are many, many others who have worked very hard to earn these bonuses and deserve them. And, they will pay hefty income taxes on this money. And this money will be spent and will be part of the economic stimulus so badly needed by our country and all over the world.
Let’s remember “Maps of Reality” and that we are all connected in one way or another. It doesn’t do any good to kick people when they are down and the same goes for the good people of AIG.

Carol Colone is an Influencing wih Integrity certified trainer and a retired Human Resources Business Partner, JPMorgan Chase.

Genie's Magic Lamp: Erase Non-Useful Fears

2009-03-09T12:03:00.000-07:00

Fear is the hidden bandit behind the present economic crisis. If most of us were not walking around apprehensive about the financial situation then business could return to normal and we could get on with our lives. This kind of nagging fear saps our energy, stunts our creativity, and stops us from taking even small risks.

There is no fear in your Right Brain so if you check out your fear by subjecting it to Right Brain scrutiny, it shrinks.

You can shrink fear right out of existence by using the awareness of fear as a trigger to turn the Right Brain on.

How?

1. Awareness of fear: look it over carefully
2. Look around you and notice three objects, in succession
3. Check out three separate body sensations
4. View the fear again. Note the shrinkage.

If you teach this intervention named Genie’s Magic Lamp
to 5 people and ask them to teach it to 5 more people, we could solve the financial crisis within four weeks.

2inSync Relationship Classes Scheduled at Decathlon Club in Santa Clara, Ca.

2007-06-20T11:37:00.000-07:00

For those coaches who are interested in navigating the rocky shoals of relationships, our one and one half hour sessions in Santa Clara, California will explore new strategies, honed in 25 years of classes. If you are geographically too far away, you might consider the 3 Minute Steps which are avaialble at your computer each day. We have some great deals on the e learning. If you do not find one to your liking on our web site, call me. 650-322-2799. We are looking for trainers and we might make you a special arrangement, if you are interested in teaching our seminars as well as your coaching. We pay $1,000.00 a day for our Trainer's presentations. You must be a Certified Trainer to teach for us, of course. To become certified is a long process, but to Facilitate is quick and easy. You can become a Facilitator by completing the e learning and attending a three day live course. We are expaanding our applications for the core disciplines (Gestalt Psychology, Linguistics, and Cybernetics) of our seminars almost every day. With the internet and our list of clients (IBM, Chase Bank, SBC. Sprimt. Dell, Intel, HP, Dow Jones. etc) our opportunities are almost greater than our dreams. We do have fun.....

Flow State for Extraordinary Coaching Korean Interest

2007-06-13T13:06:00.000-07:00

When you are coaching some one else about their problems, being able to enter a creative mental state is extraordinarily useful. Flow is a high energy state which produces unexpected insights, connections and solutions that are simply not availablle unless you have learned how to enter this Flow State. Koreans are interested in the solutions angle and the happiness that seems to reside in this mental state. On June 1, a Korean producer, Seungju Lee, and a Camera Man, Lee Won Sik, arrived at our office to film a one hour documentary for SBS Broadcasting which covers Europe and Asia. I had collected a panel of experts on Flow and the interviews were educational and fascinating. We had inventors, graphic artists, photographers, engineers.
managers, entrepreneurs, and business people around a board table for several hours. All contributed insights into the Flow State. The documentary will be shown in Korea on June 24. We've been promised a copy. If you are a coach and do not know how to reach Flow, our seminars teach a quick, powerful method. The rewards are instantaneous and gratifying. I demonstrated this method for the documentary. The Producer and the Overseas Coordinator, Joon Nak Choi, both joined in for the demonstration on camera.

PLANTING POWERFUL SEEDS

2007-03-15T14:53:00.000-07:00

Cradling her third PH.D
sloshed over the brim with skill
The over-educated Genie
Thought, "I'll spread these, I will!"

We'll change the world, one by one
Just with communication
Skills that influence, but not coerce,
Will prompt each to say, "I won."

If she could teach each to talk,
Instead of pulling out guns to shoot,
And creative thinking
Rapport, listening, to boot.

She knew these worked, tried them all
Gestalt, Linguistics, and Zen
Sprinklings of cybernetics
All mixed to create win-wins.

Skills learned from her PH.D.
Seemed near magical when used;
Calmed anger, increased energy
Mutual agreements wooed.

It was a silly idea
Impossible, she well knew.
There was no web. What to do?
Change the world? She's 5' 2.

She hung out a shingle
then told a few friends.
Amazing! Within 3 months
She was teaching the UN

After three fine sessions there
She realized business
Drove politics so she switched
Dell, American Express.

Chase Bank, IBM, HP
Sprint, Chevron, AT&T
Vanderbilt, Harvard Med
Wells Fargo and SBC

Estee Lauder, Frito Lay
FPL and ITT
Intel, Dow Jones,
Bell South and RIT

Citibank, Nissan, Allstate
Wang, General Dynamics
Sandia Labs, Continental
Coca-Cola, Data Quest

Teepak, United Defense
Pulte Homes, M&M Mars
Gulfstream and JC Penny
Eastman Kodak and Ford cars

Price Waterhouse and ARCO
Bulova, ATEX, Crowley
Century 21 and
Marshall Fields Co. for you see

These skills affect the bottom
Line; business profits soared.
Research proved skills equal profits
Figures could not be ignored

Genie flew to Novasibirsk
The Russians were enthralled
She trained Norwegians, Africans
Mexicans; Genie had a ball.

Taiwanese, Indonesians
Were taught by trainers witty
Genie taught in Holland, Belgium,
France, Johannesburg, Sun City.

Genie's book was translated,
Eight different languages
You might laugh to see her art
In the Japanese pages.

You would think with all of this her
Mission was accomplished
No! People are still killing
So she still kept her wish.

To change the world one by one
Just with communication
Skills that influence but do not coerce
Will prompt each to say, "I won."

Then 5 years ago, fear returned
To the training Departments
Training contracts disappeared
Fears from 9/11 made a dent.

Genie remembered her plan
to change the world one by one
She looked at the world wide web
And then thought, "This will be fun!"

To teach skills that work
Is a worth while endeavor
My 200 trainers may
Not be enough; we'll add more.

The 50,000 we've trained
Are, without a doubt, a good start
The world is waiting on the web
As long as we don't lose heart.

Dow Jones Seminar, "Selling with Integrity" Created Warmth in spite of the Blizzard

2007-03-02T12:32:00.000-08:00

Imagine this...you are on your way from California to teach a seminar for Dow Jones in Washinton D.C. and the pilot announces, "If we are not able to land in 25 minutes the airport will be closed. I think we may be able to make it." A snow storm approaching blizzard status had swept into the east coast states and left ice, snow and hundreds of broken electrical lines. There is enough doubt in the pilot's voice to make me sit up straight in my chair and contemplate 11 people who have flown in from the UK and all across the US for a seminar that may not have a trainer present. Old Mother Naure seems to be kicking up her heels. I think I held my breath for the 23 minutes it took us to get our wheels on the ground.

The seminar in Washington was rewarding and interesting. The group was exceptionally bright and engaging. This means they asked great questions, made astute comments, and kept both Eddie Reynolds and me on our toes for two days. Eddie won an award for the best trainer in IBM, and this expertise was demonstrated as he conducted the training. We are invited to conduct an Advanced Negotiation training for the same group this summer.

New Series on YouTube: Two Minute Tips for Relationships

2007-02-28T16:39:00.001-08:00

Four Levels of Expertise:Coach, Master, Trainer, Master

2007-02-06T13:06:00.000-08:00

Becoming a Communication Wizard takes some study, some classes, some experience, some thinking, and a lot of listening. By the time you are at a Master Trainer level, you can guess, with accuracy, someone's life history, after a 5 minute interaction. Would you always be correct? No, but you would have enough information to know how the other's map of reality is creating his/her own problems, and be able to offer three options to the conflict, emotional pain, dilemna, or impasse. These options would be concrete behavioral suggestions that will be possible for the client to execute. People do change their behaviors, but only when aware of new options. Otherwise, they just keep repeating themselves, in most cases. Generalizations are never, always true. This three option benefit will be the marketing position for IDEA Communication Coaches. One hour sessions will be available, when this whole project rolls out around the world, for as little as $35.00 an hour and up to $500.00 an hour. The pay scale will be suggested by IDEA, depending on the training level and aptitude demonstrated, and decided by the Coach or Trainer. For more information, call or e mail us.

Become A Communication Coach

2007-01-11T15:04:00.000-08:00

New! New!!! New!!! Here's a chance to gain a certificate in coaching people in communication strategies and skills that are almost completely unknown in our culture. How to Get Rapport In the First Few Minutes. How to Determine the Other's Favorite Perceptual System. How to Turn A Goal into An Outcome. How to Read Another's Map of Reality. Improved Sensory Awareness. How to Create Synergy. Five Questions for Closing. How We Learn. Peak Performance States. How to Tell A Story To Change A Belief. How to Create Win Win Plus Creativity. With these 12 new skills, you can solve mis-communication problems with ease, both your own and others. IDEA has trained over 300 people as corporate trainers in countries around the world, as well as 50,000 in it's business seminars. The e learning simplifies and stream-lines these trainer skills into 3 minute segments, complete with a fun daily assignment. IDEA has served 87 large corporations and institutions with powerful seminars over the last 26 years. The IDEA research indicates the power of these communication skills. This is the first time this training has been available for Communication Coaches desiring a certificate.