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Google Tech Talks
January, 30 2008
ABSTRACT
Greg Gillis and Lesly Higgins, experienced
corporate coaches, will discuss and
demonstrate various methods to effectively
communicate; whether it is delivering a
yearly review to a fellow Googler, developing
your group's strategic vision, or influencing
others towards an idea. By learning about
Advocacy and Inquiry, Appreciate Inquiry, and
Effective Feedback/Feedforward, you will come
away from this workshop with concrete
examples and experiences to help you get your
message across with impact.
Speaker: Lesly Higgins
I've been coaching since 1999. After my first
career in software development, with roles
that included VP Software Engineering at
Commerce One and VP Information Technology at
Charles Schwab, I returned to school to
complete an MS in Organizational Behavior and
Development and also a comprehensive coaching
program. I've coached at all levels in
organizations, most functions, and with both
early stage and Fortune 500 companies. Most
of my clients are in the tech space, and they
include: Agile Software, America Online,
Apple Computer, Autodesk, Charles Schwab,
Coremetrics, CNET, Google, Hewlett-Packard,
Peoplesoft, Pixar, SAP, Shutterfly, Taleo,
TiVo, and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.
I believe everyone wants to be more effective
and more fulfilled in life. Usually we don't
know HOW to achieve that. And often we don't
know what skills are important to develop to
increase our overall effectiveness and
satisfaction in work, and to position
ourselves for greater responsibility. I help
clients to understand WHAT they need to work
on, and then HOW to achieve their
developmental goals. I partner with clients
as a guide, a mirror, a challenger, a support
system, a sounding board—to name a few
roles. I help them to develop new
awarenesses, master new skills, assimilate
new ways of seeing the world and shift their
way of being in a way that not only meets
their developmental goals but also creates
the ability to continue growing—as a person
and as a leader. I've been coaching at Google
since 2003.
Speaker: Greg Gillis
I combine real-world wisdom, gathered through
years of high technology corporate
experience, with solid coaching expertise and
training -- to help successful people become
even more successful. I help my client's
transition from manager to leader, enhance
their leadership skills, better work within
political infrastructures, delegate
effectively, and collaborate wisely. I often
increase their awareness of power in the
organization, how it is acquired, manifested,
held and diminished. I enhance their
influence skills--critical to a leader's
growth in managing cross-functionally. I
increase their awareness about emotional
intelligence and interpersonal effectiveness
while helping them shift to a more
encompassing outlook resulting in more
successful performance.
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