MY NAME is Carl Dierschow, and I’m a Small Fish Business Coach located in northern Colorado in the USA.
I love working with business owners who are centered on building lasting, successful, respected companies. As a dedicated Christian, I am striving to integrate this into my own business and to help clients do the same.
Ultimately, achieving the most important business goals comes down to the focus, energy, and commitment of the company’s leaders. That drives alignment and passion of employees, and the creativity to maximize revenue from loyal customers.
I bring a wealth of business experience based upon creating and growing products in high tech. My depth of experience in strategic planning, organizational alignment, and the creation of new products and services is a great asset for my clients.
I am also an experienced business and career coach, working with clients in large business, small business, and individuals. I’m certified as a professional coach from both Comprehensive Coaching University (US) and The Forton Group (UK). I started my professional career with a Bachelor’s in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from the University of Colorado.
Outside of business, I enjoy developing my own spirituality, helping others on their own journeys, and singing. I sing in a Gregorian Chant choir and am active in my local church. I’ve lived my whole life in Northern Colorado, except for a couple of years developing business opportunities in Melbourne, Australia. I love my wife, two kids, two cats, and am exploring my passion for great beer.
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August 19, 2013 at 10:00 am
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Thankd for this. I discovered it only today.
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August 28, 2019 at 11:53 am
Bill Van Eron
Hi Carl, Thanks for sending this to me and sharing.
Here are my thoughts as to how people translate words to actions. When we use language that has many definitions, it is interesting when one expects a new definition to prevail. Same challenge with new language that is more tuned to what is really needed, yet people and search engines only apply traditional language. It’s like a system resilient to adapting to thrive as well as new thinking, a more open culture and God forbid… positive accountability.
To me, with respect to your suggestion resilient means agility and survivability, resilient also speaks to the large trend for risk aversion despite that being a path to failure. I have been using value creation approaches since 1990 as well as both of us use values-based business, yet Google and other search engines fail to accept that phrase or variations. My associate Gautam Mahajan wrote 5 books on Value Creation and is a Top 12 ranked global advisor. I was a catalyst to him examining Value Systems.
The intent of the word “sustainability” as offered, seems more attached to a status quo limitation and resistance to change. I see it as the outcome of shedding outdated beliefs and embracing human values; trust, inclusion, diversity, credibility, and soon contagious relevance. Keep that going and maintain the human factor that too many businesses have ignored. Continuing where actions create positive outcomes is the sustainability I had in mind when I conceptually started the model for NAV360.
We all hear that most managers resist change until they experience progressive failure. Business media states that these managers see the world as chaotic, disruptive, complex, confusing yet they stay blind to the one constant vital to adapting to thrive. That is the fact that their success is largely determined by their significance to people internally and externally. Likewise, I have used the word ecosystems since 1990 as well as Alex Pattakos OPA Way – like the HP Way – attention to Others, Purpose, and Attitude as three things we each can influence that matter more than most corporations have yet to realize. I call that the Dinosaur Factor.
August 29, 2019 at 11:26 am
Carl
Bill’s comment likely refers to: https://valuesbased.biz/2017/08/06/sustainability-vs-resilience/