Helping People Get Unstuck: Mindsets that Generate Responsibility and Possibility  

Course Description

People come to the ombuds to address a variety of concerns. It is part of our role to coach toward positive resolution, compassionately and productively. Sometimes this might involve helping a visitor shift his/her mindsets toward more openness, personal responsibility, and generating options. 

This webinar presents two key core mindsets- the ‘player’ mindset and the ‘learner’ mindset, and will demonstrate how they can be used to help ‘get unstuck’ and empower people to move forward. 

Learning Objectives

1. Learn about two key mindsets that help people take back responsibility for addressing the challenges they face
2. Help visitors 'get unstuck' and generate options for next steps
3. Learn tools for coaching toward productive next actions

Biographies

Andrew Cohn, JD is the founder and principal of Lighthouse Consulting, LLC. For over 20 years, he has worked globally as a consultant, facilitator, coach and problem-solver for businesses and individuals.

Cohn has counseled and trained senior and mid-level leaders on a variety of issues including team leadership, performance management, interpersonal effectiveness, strategic thinking, diversity and women’s leadership, conflict resolution and work/life balance. He works with clients to overcome “right v. wrong” thinking and he supports leaders in expanding their toolkits related to communication and relationships, business strategy development and technical competence. He emphasizes awareness and personal development as foundational to skill development and improved effectiveness.

In addition to serving his own clients, Cohn partners with some of the world’s leading leadership development consultancies. He has also taught leadership, ethics, conflict resolution and mindfulness at the MBA and undergraduate levels.

He practiced law for seven years prior to founding his own consulting firm in 1997. He earned his JD at Loyola Law School, an in MA Applied/Spiritual Psychology from the University of Santa Monica, and a BA in International Relations (with emphasis on international business and economics) from Boston University.

Helping People Get Unstuck: Mindsets that Generate Responsibility and Possibility