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Columnist: Joan Washburn, Executive Coach

Joan WashburnJoan Washburn, ACC, is a master at coaching busy, professionals as they zero in on their top priorities, stop wasting their precious time and energy on things that don’t matter and produce the results they’re aiming for.

She also works with leaders of large companies as well as small business owners to deliver professional development trainings designed to produce resilient and productive employees, happy customers and increased profitability!

Her on-line programs are guaranteed to deliver practical tools and build essential skills her clients use every day both personally and professionally to succeed with ease and grace vs. stress and struggle. Her clients come to her because they feel a need for her expertise in accelerating results, managing change with ease, or there is something at stake and it is big!

Joan is credentialed by the International Coach Federation, a Licensed Trainer by the Academy for Coaching Excellence and a graduate of the Wharton Business School AMP.

Prior to starting Washburn Endeavours, LLC (WE) in 2006, she was the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for a division of Siemens Medical (PETNET Solutions), where she built a world class organization comprised of sales, marketing, product development and technical support specialists to address the growing opportunity and increasing competitive nature in the Positron Emission Tomography (PET) market.

At PETNET she led the development and implementation of a training program and the associated selling aids that resulted in a sales force consistently ranked #1 in the industry. She had $10 Million dollar P&L responsibility in 2005.

Learn more about Joan in our June 2016 issue.

5 Tips from the Best Listener I Ever Knew

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In this episode of Coffee Break with Coach Joan, Joan Washburn shares 5 tips to implement today to be an engaged listener. Watch to find out how to improve your communication skills. Watch other videos in Joan’s series, Coffee Break with Coach Joan: Quick Tips for Busy Professionals

A Leadership Lesson I Learned from Burt Reynolds

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There was a time when Burt Reynolds was the highest paid actor in Hollywood.  Smokey and the Bandit is still often played in our house.  I was surprised and saddened by his passing.  In the days that followed we read many things about his public and private life.  One thing stood out for me as […]

Overcoming a Symptom of Overwhelm

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Certified Coach and Professional Trainer, Joan Washburn, shows you how to get “unstuck.” Tune in to this must watch episode to learn the 2 Types of Authentic Actions you can take to get “Unstuck. Watch other videos in Joan’s series, Coffee Break with Coach Joan: Quick Tips for Busy Professionals

Professional Development through Encouragement

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You can motivate anyone.  You can encourage only someone you believe in. The research on motivation pretty much comes down to this:  Praise works better than criticism. Encouragement, on the other hand, involves the acknowledgment of a negative thing – something that the person being encouraged doesn’t know they should or should not be doing.  […]

Success is Simpler Than You Think

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Joan Washburn shares a new definition of success. Watch this episode to learn a simple definition of success that you can apply every day. Watch other videos in Joan’s series, Coffee Break with Coach Joan: Quick Tips for Busy Professionals

When Encouragement Empowers

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Encouragement.  It sounds like such a small thing.  Subtle. Cute.  It’s what we do with timid puppies. But encouragement isn’t cute –it’s powerful.  When you’re encouraging, you’re literally instilling courage.  That’s huge. And that’s hard.   Here are some quick tips on how to make a difference in a person’s life through encouragement. You can motivate […]

My Favorite Definition of Leadership

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Joan Washburn with Washburn Endeavours shares her favorite definition of Leadership. Learn a new and empowering definition of Leadership in this episode. Watch other videos in Joan’s series, Coffee Break with Coach Joan: Quick Tips for Busy Professionals

The Art of Saying “No”

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You know the adage “If you want something done, ask a busy person.”  Well, that’s all fine and good unless YOU are the busy person! Learning how to say “no” can be a life-saver.  When most of the executives I coach first come to me they are completely overwhelmed simply because they don’t know how […]

Multi-Tasking vs. Switch-Tasking

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Would you like to accomplish more in one day? Join Certified Coach and Professional Trainer, Joan Washburn, for her discussion on the most recent neuroscience on Multi-tasking and how it negatively affects you! Use her tips to accomplish more in a day. Watch other videos in Joan’s series, Coffee Break with Coach Joan: Quick Tips […]

Four Powerful Words

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There are four powerful words my clients learn that help them live a life of more ease, grace and success.  They use these 4 words when we they are up to something big, there’s something they know they have to do to next and they begin to think: “I don’t want to” or “I don’t […]
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