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Four-time Emmy Award winner Nance Guilmartin is an executive coach, consultant, educator, and author of Healing Conversations. As a Westinghouse Broadcasting executive, she launched the national designated driver program and the For Kids' Sake and Time to Care campaigns, sparking community problem solving in over 100 cities. She was press secretary to the late U.S. Senator Paul Tsongas and a writer-editor for CBS NewsRadio. Guilmartin is a Fellow of Florida International University's Center for Leadership, where she teaches the executive education program Women on the Move, and is a clinical adjunct faculty member at the College of Business Administration. She lives in Massachusetts.
An Invitation to the Power of Pause | p. 1 |
The Power of Pause Process: How to Shift from Running on Automatic | p. 11 |
Restoring the Ability to Choose | p. 13 |
What Is a Pause? | p. 21 |
The Paradox of Pause: You Gain Impact by Taking a (Brief) Time-Out | p. 35 |
Tips and Yeah, Buts | p. 46 |
Get Curious Not Furious: Take Back Control to Get New Options | p. 53 |
What Happens When We're Wired to Snap? | p. 55 |
Get a Reality Check: Save Time, Money, and Relationships | p. 71 |
What Is Curiosity? | p. 79 |
Have You Been Caught in a Decision-Making Speed Trap? | p. 87 |
When Curiosity Becomes Your New Default Setting | p. 95 |
Tips and Yeah, Buts | p. 103 |
What Don't I Know I Don't Know? Ask Better Questions to Drive Sucess | p. 111 |
How Can We Ensure Success in Times of Uncertainty? | p. 113 |
Drive Success with an Extra Measure of Humility | p. 127 |
Revisiting the Resentment Bank Account: Deposits and Withdrawals | p. 147 |
Tips and Yeah, Buts | p. 153 |
The Art of the Pause: Do What Matters Most and Make it Count | p. 165 |
Where Are We Going? | p. 167 |
What's in It for Me? | p. 191 |
Appreciations: The Power of Pause in Action | p. 197 |
Tips for Effectively Giving and Accepting Appreciation | p. 208 |
The Power of Pause Practices: Twelve Ways to Be Your Best and to Succeed in a Demanding, 24/7 World | p. 211 |
It's Time: Now it's Up to You | p. 215 |
Notes | p. 219 |
Appreciations | p. 227 |
About the Author | p. 233 |
Index | p. 235 |
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