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Retooling for Professional Excellence


            

To effectively meet the challenges

you and/or your organization are facing,


What competencies and qualities do you require?

Which ones do you desire?

            


Click on the icons below to discover more about

the Five Rings of Competencies and Qualities

and how to cultivate them, rapidly and authentically.

     

             
Logical and Objective
Dispassionate under Pressure
Big Picture Thinker
wind logo

  
fire logo



Quietly Assertive

Positive under Pressure
Confident and Inspiring            


Reserved yet Engaged
Adaptable under Pressure
Intuitively Responsive


water logo


ground logo


Strong yet Gentle
Calm under Pressure
Clear and Decisive

The heart of our system is a practice you can use
to recover your center, any place and any time.

Click on the icon below to access
its simple and powerful effectiveness.

centered presence

To find answers to your questions about Retooling,
click on the icon below.

retooling questions


To discover how Retooling for Professional Excellence
can serve your needs and goals, contact us at:

contact us


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Ground
                                

Ground Competencies & Qualities
                               

low ground                     medium ground                 high ground

          

Strong yet Gentle

 

Calm under Pressure
 

Clear and Decisive
         

                        

Able to say No.  Powerful.  Authoritative.


Good with Details, Structure, Things.

People may say:  You do not listen or give positive feedback.

Pressure & Stress can lead to:  Holding On, Resisting, Becoming Bored.

               


Here are some of the practices we might use to assist you
in accomplishing your Ground goals.


The following links will take you to our Library of Movies
where you will find mini-versions of the practices plus written material
that fills in some of the background and details.


Samurai Decisiveness: A Seven Stage Process

Defending Spirits : The Ground Response

T'ai Chi Sphere: Combining Front & Down


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Water
                                

Water Competencies & Qualities

                               

low water                     medium medium                 high water

          

Reserved yet Engaged

 

 
Adaptable under Pressure
 

Intuitive Responsiveness
         

                        

Cooperative.  Values-Oriented.  Able to Listen.


Good with People, Relationships, Change.

People may say:  You are too nice or not self-motivated.

Pressure & Stress can lead to:  Over-Adapting, Giving In, or Fear.

               


Here are some of the practices we might use to assist you
in accomplishing your Water goals.


The following links will take you to our Library of Movies
where you will find mini-versions of the practices plus written material
that fills in some of the background and details.


Defending Spirits : The Water Response

T'ai Chi Sphere: Combining Back & Down


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Wind
                                

Wind Competencies & Qualities

                               

low wind                     medium wind                 high wind

          

 
Logical and Objective

 

 
Dispassionate under Pressure
 

Big Picture Thinker
         

                        

Peaceful.  Able to Let Go.  Non-Judgmental.


Good with Ideas, Plans, and Strategies.

People may say:  You are in your head or too sensitive.

Pressure & Stress can lead to:  Indecision, Paralysis, or Frustration.

               


Here are some of the practices we might use to assist you
in accomplishing your Wind goals.


The following links will take you to our Library of Movies
where you will find mini-versions of the practices plus written material
that fills in some of the background and details.


Defending Spirits : The Wind Response

T'ai Chi Sphere: Combining Back & Up


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Fire
                                

Fire Competencies & Qualities

                               

low fire                     medium fire                 high fire

            

Quietly Assertive

   

Positive under Pressure
 

Confident and Inspiring
       

                        

Able to say Yes.  Happy.  Expressive.


Good with Action, Conflict, High Energy.

People may say:  You are hyper, impulsive, too easily disappointed.

Pressure & Stress can lead to:  You don't stop or are too Pollyanna-like.

               


Here are some of the practices we might use to assist you
in accomplishing your Fire goals.


The following links will take you to our Library of Movies
where you will find mini-versions of the practices plus written material
that fills in some of the background and details.


A Powerful Offer: Inner Strength to be Positive

Defending Spirits : The Fire Response

T'ai Chi Sphere: Combining Front & Up


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Retooling Questions


retooling questions


What is Retooling?


Retooling is the time honored process of redesigning, reorganizing, and restructuring
an organization's way of performing its mission and goals.

When to Retool?

When it becomes clear that your old methods
are not producing the desired and/or required results.


Why Retool?

Because it produces real and authentic shifts
in the way an organization, team, or person operates.

Who Retools?

The people whose actions and reactions
make the difference between success and failure.

How to Retool?

Retooling requires an active engagement with the bureaucracy of habits
that translates intentions into actions and actions into results.

Where to Retool?

In the midst of your daily life,
when it really makes the difference.


To learn more about our approach to
Retooling for Professional Excellence,
read the introduction to Dr. Heller's landmark book,

Retooling on the Run: Real Change for Leaders with No Time.


To discover how Retooling for Professional Excellence
can serve your needs and goals, contact us at:

contact us


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