John Gray, PhD. Wellness Retreat
May 25th, 2010
Hormonal Balance -The Key to Life, Love and EnergyJohn Gray’s New Book; Venus on Fire, Mars on Ice
May 24th, 2010
In Venus on Fire, Mars on Ice, John Gray, the bestselling relationship author in history, unveils his illuminating new television special based on his upcoming 17th book, Venus on Fire, Mars on Ice: Hormonal Balance – the Key to Life, Love & Energy. A presentation of WLIW21 in association with WNET.org
“I spent the last 15 years teaching couples how to make small shifts in their behavior that would stimulate an abundance of the hormones of desire and love with the consequence of a healthier, happier life at any age,” said Gray. “What I discovered is the key for turning Venus-Mars relationships into the fountain of youth.”
In his Venus on Fire, Mars on Ice TV special, Gray acts out humorous relationship situations everybody can identify with. He demonstrates how the often frustrating differences between men and women can actually be used to stimulate healthy hormones that help control cortisol and stress levels, stabilize blood sugar, manage body weight and inspire desire. He introduces natural “super-oxytocin producers” – super-foods, super-exercise and super-sleep that boost love and romance while supporting physical well-being.
Mars Venus Success Coaching Welcomes 3 New Coaches From Egypt
May 21st, 2010Mars Venus Success Coaching is proud to welcome three new coaches to our team; Noha, Ihab and Yasser all from Cairo. All three are set to attend our July Coach Induction Training to take place in Las Vegas on July 6 – 12, 2010. For more information on our training classes click here.
Article on Mars Venus Coach Melodie Tucker
January 18th, 2010Tucker Talks about Relationship Success in 2010
The widely popular relationship website, Yourtango.com, recently sought the advice of several relationship experts to provide their readers with information on; “How to Start Anew in Your Relationship This Year.” One of the experts they consulted was Mars Venus Success Coach, Melodie Tucker.
January 14, 2009 — Melodie Tucker is a Mars Venus Success Coach, who guides people in discovering what it is they really want out of life, relationships and business, and then helps them figure out how to get it. She is also a Prepare-Enrich couples mentor, an NLP practitioner, a workshop leader, public speaker, writer, and a contributing author to “Vibrant Women’s Wisdom”, a collection of women’s stories about surviving and thriving through darkest and brightest hours.
She is a trainer for Mars Venus Life, Relationship, Business and Executive Coaches worldwide and an active member of the Coalition for Couples, Family and Marriage Education
(Smart Marriages).
Melodie has had a relationship with Mars Venus since the mid 90’s. In the past 8 years as a coach, she has had the privilege of working with hundreds of men and women from all over the world with every imaginable relationship concern — including issues on dating, commitment, marriage, infidelity, starting over after a loss, parenting, workplace issues, and achieving personal success. She stated, “To date, the most rewarding aspect of my Mars Venus career has been as a Success Coach with Mars Venus Coaching.”
Dr. Gray acknowledges Melodie in his book “Mars and Venus in the Workplace” (aka “How to Get What You Want At Work”;) as one of 16 workplace advisors who contributed valuable experience and feedback. Melodie currently resides in Merritt Island, Florida and has been married for 33 years.
If you’d like to contact Melodie for help with your relationships, she can be reached at melodietucker@marsvenuscoaching.com or 321-459-1399. You can also visit her ProConnect Profile. To read the article in full click YourTango.
For more information on becoming a Mars Venus Success Coach please visit us at www.marsvenuscoaching.com or send an email to amy@marsvenuscoaching.com.
Contact :
Amy Kamstra
Mars Venus Coaching
702-835-9295
Keeping New Year’s Resolutions
January 6th, 2010If you’re like most people, you’ve probably experienced the sudden burst of motivation that comes around this time of year. So many of us experience an urge to commit to the required dedication to take a low level priority in our life and make it the successful reality we deserve. Motivation is the easy part. Follow through is when the eye-opening realizations of the level of commitment required to obtain and maintain our desired goal start to occur. Because of this very reason, New Year’s resolutions are often notoriously short lived. The trick to making resolutions work is to follow the same steps required to make any goal work; devise a plan. Devising a plan should be the first step; following through with the tips provided below should be the next step.
Many people are virtually assured to fail because of one simple fact; they didn’t pick a realistic resolution for themselves. It is very important that you pick a goal that you believe and seriously intend to achieve.
Can you actually visualize yourself achieving the goal? Visualizing your goals is not only a great motivator but also a great reminder. Make sure to choose the right resolution for the right reasons. Once you have devised your plan, it is essential to set time to work on your goal. It is important to schedule this time into your calendar; therefore, you have an appointment and are more likely to keep it. It is also important to constantly reevaluate your progress. Make any adjustments where needed and keep moving forward. It is imperative that you not let any conflicts deter you from progress. When you are faced with any conflicts, simply take a look at your plan and make the appropriate adjustments and keep moving forward.
This is true if you miss an appointment you set for your goal. If you didn’t follow through with your plan on Monday, pick right back up on your next schedule time. Lastly, it is important to recognize the need to hire a professional. A Coach provides the accountability necessary to ask the tough questions that most of us don’t ask ourselves. Whether you are faced with achieving the success of your personal New Year’s resolution or the success of your small business, a Coach in this day age is no longer considered a luxury it is fast becoming a necessity.
Tips for Successful New Year’s Resolutions
- Choose the right resolution
- Devise a plan
- Commit – Write down/Announce your resolution
- Schedule time on a daily/weekly basis to commit to your goal
- Monitor your progress and make necessary adjustments
- Once you reach your goal continue maintaining it
Recession Sparks Business Coaching Upsurge
December 9th, 2009Written by Pam and Scott Lippitt
Professional athletes have coaches. In fact, the stars usually have a lot of them: head coach, position coach, strength coach, flexibility coach, sports psychologist and nutrition coach…not to mention, financial and spiritual coaches. OK, given recent history, most of the stars could also use one more… a life coach…someone who would help them get and keep their personal lives in order. In the sports world, owners, athletes, fans and managers know well the importance of having a coach — no matter how advanced you are in your game. It would be inconceivable for a serious athlete to go without the support of a coach. They know that regardless of their expertise in their craft, the ultimate value of having a coach by their side; someone skilled in helping them stay focused and providing feedback, support, perspective and accountability to take their game to the next level.
So here is the million dollar question for you and your business or career…how come you don’t have a coach? In today’s economy, more and more business owners and executives believe having a business coach is imperative. Some reports suggest that coaching is the 2nd fastest growth industry in the world, after the IT industry, and it is a substantial part of the $100 billion dollar training & development field. Coaching franchises, like Mars Venus Coaching, are contributing to that meteoric growth.
According to a study in 2008 by the American Management Association, “Coaching continues to gain in popularity. Among respondents who say their organizations don’t yet have coaching programs, a sizable proportion (37% in the North American sample and 56% in the international sample) said such programs will be implemented in the future.”
How does coaching differ from consulting? A consultant is a functional expert in a particular field or business process. This person is hired to share his/her “expertise” as it specifically pertains to your business (such as IT, marketing, compensation or accounting). A consultant has little vested in the outcome. You pay them for their expertise. You either follow their recommendations, and they either work or they don’t. Either way, the consultant gets paid. A business coach on the other hand, is an expert in business development; specifically trained to help you:
- Get and maintain a laser-focus on what really matters to the business. A business coach refuses to get caught-up in the weeds of the business.
- Recognize the barriers getting in the way of achieving your goals. A business coach refuses to “buy in” to the limiting thoughts, beliefs, and behaviors that have stood in the way of reaching your highest level of success.
- Formulate a plan around achieving your priorities and overcoming the key barriers. A business coach helps you develop a plan, your own roadmap, to success.
- Be accountable for acting upon the plan, following the roadmap, and doing the things necessary to achieve outstanding results. A business coach will NOT accept inaction, procrastination or for that matter poor productivity from you…and will help you to not accept any of these from yourself.
- Create a motivating vision of the future. A business coach reminds you why you are focused on doing certain things…the rewards for keeping to the plan.
- Maintain perspective. A business coach looks at organizations, executive teams, employees and initiatives from the outside, with no attachment to the specifics of the situation. Personal attachments, office politics, egos, and company policies are all up for examination to the coach that is dedicated to helping you achieve your objectives.
The key things to remember are that:
A coach does not do the work for you. A coach empowers you to draw upon your own thinking, ideas and resources to achieve the desired results.
A coach does not tell you what to do. A coach conducts an inquiry made up of powerful, thought-provoking questions that assist clients in finding their own most creative and effective solutions.
A coach does not force you to change. A coach points out and gets you to recognize the limiting thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and patterns that stand in the way of your greatest success, and then helps you chart a new course.
So who hires a business coach? The business owner, executive or company that is committed to success and recognizes the need to go beyond the status quo and reach out for various resources to achieve it; that understands that he or she is responsible for their own success and is unwilling to settle for mediocrity; that has a desire to move to the next level of success and who sees the value of coaching to empower that commitment; and that believes their employees are an integral part of their overall success, and therefore wants to improve employee performance and internal relationships.
What to look for in a business coach:
- Someone who is trained specifically as a business/executive coach and as an expert in the field of business development, communications and human behavior.
- Someone who is good listener and great at asking pointed, thought-provoking questions.
- Someone with whom you have a good rapport.
- Someone you can trust.
- Someone who comes with a good recommendation or referral.
- Someone who is willing to provide you a complimentary coaching session in order to gauge whether he/she can help you improve your business’s results, management skills and leadership abilities.
A business/executive coach becomes your strongest ally, a partner in achievement, who can be the difference between success and failure; especially in today’s economy. Take the time to investigate whether hiring a business/executive coach is right for you.
Pam and Scott Lippitt are certified Business and Executive coaches and Master Franchisees for the state of Colorado for Mars Venus Coaching. They are also members of the Denver Coaching Federation www.denvercoach.com. They can be reached at pamlippitt@marsvenuscoaching.com or 303-284-6544. Visit their website at www. marsvenuscoachscottlippitt.com
How to Become Strong Leader
September 25th, 2009A leader is not born.
A leader is created and the whole process starts inside the most dangerous place you’ll ever
encounter – your own mind.
How can you become a strong leader who inspires others, drives people toward excellence,
holds people accountable, and instills a sense of trust? Learning what makes a great leader is
your first step.
Here are some things you can do to become the leader you’ve always wanted to be:
1. Control yourself. Every great leader in history has had to become a master of
self-discipline and willpower in order to stay focused on the big picture. If you don’t
have a goal or the drive to achieve it, you can’t lead others to attain theirs.
• Follow through in everything you do. As challenging as it may be, you need to be
disciplined enough to be where you need to be, when you need to be there, whether
you want to or not. By being strong in your resolve and resisting temptation to give up,
you are setting an example for others to live up to.
• Choose your emotional response to a situation carefully. Sometimes you’ll need
to practice the art of silencing your inner thoughts when they’re not appropriate in
order to set a positive example.
2. Project your goals. If the people you’re leading don’t completely understand the
deeper meaning in their work, they won’t share your vision or work ethic. Every step
of the way, communicate with your team to make sure they’re on the same wavelength
and know what you expect of them.
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• Get your team involved in the planning process and the implementation of your
ideas. This gives everyone a greater sense of ownership toward the end result.
3. Praise highly and criticize constructively. The way you praise and criticize others
can make all the difference in being able to lead effectively.
• Make sure you publicly praise the people who do excellent work for you. You’ll give
the person a sense of accomplishment and the drive to do even better.
• When someone does something wrong, offer constructive criticism and do it
privately. Suggest solutions on how they can improve and take the time to answer any
questions. They’ll accept your input more willingly if they know it’s done to help and
not to harm.
4. Know your people. You can’t truly lead a group of people unless you truly
understand their hopes, dreams, struggles, pains, and goals. All the good intentions in
the world mean nothing unless you have a true sense of the people you’re working
with.
• Talk to your team and get to know them. Getting to know each other on a
personal level will strengthen the bond between you. They’ll want to do better for you
because you’re more than just a “boss.”
• Be their leader, first, and their friend second. You’re their leader and that means
that you have to make difficult decisions from time to time. These decisions cannot be
affected by personal relationships.
5. Make the hard call. There are times when you have to bite the bullet and make
some unpleasant decisions. Firing, demoting, and holding people accountable for their
actions can be very hard at times. As a leader, it’s your responsibility to handle
these matters.
Regardless of where your leadership role takes you, believe that you can be a strong
leader. Remember that in order to lead others, you must be disciplined yourself. After all,
your actions will speak louder than anything you can say.
In order to gain the respect of others, strive to lead by example in every area of your life.
When you follow these simple guidelines, you’ll be well on your way to becoming a true
leader!
Mars Venus Coaching March Training Class
March 13th, 2009Participating trainers included Dr. John Gray, brand founder and Rich Bernstein, Global President/CEO.
Master Franchise Graduates included Jan Wood – Florida, John Korovinis – Victoria, Australia, and Pam Lippitt – Colorado. Coach Graduates included Loyde Robinson – Nevada and Nadia Ansari – Wales, UK now the first Mars Venus Coach in her country.
Visitors to the seven-day session included Scott Lippitt, Master Franchisee – Colorado and Coach Rhonda Love-West, from the Rhode Island territory.
Dr. Gray inspired the newest members of the Mars Venus Coaching family while discussing his views and principles from his best-selling book, “Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus” and directly relating his training theme to his latest book, “Why Mars and Venus Collide” and several others from his library of some 16 books covering gender differences.
In congratulating the new graduates, Rich Bernstein, President/CEO, added, “You have all traveled a long way in every sense. The principles, processes, and techniques learned here will affect you, as well as your clients. The path to helping others has begun. You will find both tremendous challenges, as well as tremendous rewards during your journey.”
Since relocating the Global Headquarters to Las Vegas from Australia in October of last year, Mars Venus Coaching celebrated a successful year with coaches now operating in eleven countries: United Kingdom, Romania, France, Guatemala, India, Singapore, Malaysia, Italy, Slovenia, Australia, and both the domestic USA as well as the Territory of Puerto Rico.
For more information about Mars Venus Coaching, contact Rich Bernstein at the Mars Venus Coaching Global Headquarters at 702-835-9295. Please visit us at www.marsvenuscoaching.com
Mars Venus Coaching Keynotes Special Annual Event
January 27th, 2009As part of International Coaching Week, the Orange County Chapter of the International Coach Federation (ICF-OC) will sponsor this event to showcase the power and benefits of coaching. The keynote speaker, Dr. John Gray, is an internationally known speaker, relationship and gender communication expert, as well as the author of sixteen books including Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus and his newest best seller, Why Mars & Venus Collide. Additionally throughout the day, presentations are offered on a variety of coaching topics as well as opportunities to be coached.
Attendee groups will consist of those currently a part of the coaching community, those considering coaching as a profession, or those exploring the possibility of working with a coach. All expect to enjoy significant benefits from attending this exciting and dynamic day.
Attendance is limited to 300 participants and the event will be held on Friday, February 13, 2009, from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm at the DoubleTree Hotel, Santa Ana/Orange County Airport location.
For more information about Mars Venus Coaching, contact Rich Bernstein at the Mars Venus Coaching Global Headquarters at 702-835-9295 and visit the website at: www.marsvenuscoaching.com
Mars Venus Coaching Beefs Up the Nevada Team
January 11th, 2009Following an initial career as a successful commercial real estate broker, Dennis joined the ADP Dealer Services division that provided computing solutions to automotive dealerships. Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (NYSE: ADP), with nearly $9 billion in revenues and over 585,000 clients, is one of the world’s largest providers of business solutions to auto, truck, motorcycle, marine and recreational vehicle dealers.
As a Senior Client Operations Analyst providing fee-based consulting for clients computing and business operating services, Dennis also provided services in accounting, sales, inventory management, and service departments.
Dennis’ passion for helping people become successful and the art of doing business led him to the Mars Venus Coaching organization. When he is not coaching, he provides seminars in stress management, time management, team building, and others.
For more information about Mars Venus Coaching, contact Rich Bernstein at the Mars Venus Coaching Global Headquarters at 702-835-9295 and visit our website at: www.marsvenuscoaching.com
