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Ember Learning Ember Learning exists to equip leaders to manage the heart, the emotions, and the relational capabilities to be more effective. Why?

When it comes to facing the challenges of personal and career life, many people are overwhelmed, not knowing where to start on the pathway of growth. In the clamor of the self-help / personal growth world, Ember Learning stands out to help you understand exactly the next steps to take in overcoming present and future obstacles, fast-tracking your personal and career growth. We know how hard it is

to practically and efficiently acquire the skills you need to navigate your life and career. We have helped hundreds of individuals and companies over 24+ years of professional consulting develop and maximize their potential. Every step forward means new opportunities, greater marketability in a crowded market, and an enhanced vision for success. The Ember Learning team is led by John Chisholm, a professional consultant to closely held businesses and Top 10 Accounting Firms for 24 years. Over that time, he’s helped individuals, teams, and organizations identify the obstacles to personal and professional growth and catapulted them into new benchmarks of success. John is adept at recognizing individual and team obstacles that inhibit growth, and equips leaders manage their emotions, teams, and organizations with excellence. Leveraging his experience helping hundreds of teams get past seemingly impossible impasses, John will give you proven strategies to have and become a master at things like difficult conversations, corporate culture, time management, self-efficacy, facilitation training, and much more. Then, you’ll be equipped to face personal and career obstacles that hinder growth. As you overcome obstacles, you will be on your way to maximizing your life and career impact and primed for future success. In our digital training, you will: 1) Acquire no-fluff targeted training with real life solutions. 2) Overcome in-your-face obstacles on your path to success. 3) Build your influence to maximize your impact in your life and career. We all want to make an impact and succeed in life, but are faced with many challenges and obstacles. If we don’t get targeted training to meet the challenges of today we won’t be ready for the obstacles we’re constantly facing. Once you overcome the present roadblocks in your path, you’ll be ready to face greater challenges that will surely come as you advance in your career. Individuals that prioritize their own growth win. Register for our FREE training today and spend one hour with us. Because today’s obstacles are meant to become tomorrow’s victories.

If you are like most people on planet Earth, you don’t like conflict. Many of us avoid it like the plague—masterfully es...
03/18/2019

If you are like most people on planet Earth, you don’t like conflict. Many of us avoid it like the plague—masterfully escaping it in all its insidious forms.

In all our artful dodging, we must ask ourselves the question— are we really eluding conflict by allowing the underlying problems beneath it to continue? Aren’t we just making the conflict worse by avoiding it? Aren’t we just creating a potentially more hazardous situation in the future by putting our trust in a conflict- avoidant present?

Here are some insights to help us thrive even in the face of conflict:

How to Have Tough Conversations When You Don't Like Conflict

Have you ever been caught off guard by a difficult conversation? It’s amazing when we have time to prepare for the tough...
03/17/2019

Have you ever been caught off guard by a difficult conversation? It’s amazing when we have time to prepare for the tough dynamics those dialogues can bring, but that’s not always possible.

What do we do when we are ambushed by a hard charging conversation that seems like it has to take place right now? In this video we explore the two types of conversations and how to have a difficult conversation when you’re not prepared for it.

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The Two Types of Difficult Conversations

We have a lot to learn about thriving under pressure from this year's Olympic athletes—and it isn't limited to an elite ...
03/16/2019

We have a lot to learn about thriving under pressure from this year's Olympic athletes—and it isn't limited to an elite group. Here in this video we look at the role emotions play in difficult situations and what you can do about it:

We have a lot to learn about thriving under pressure from this year's Olympic athletes—and it isn't limited to an elite group. Here in this video we look at the role emotions play in difficult situations and what you can do about it.

Some people are more compelled to win than others, but the reality is—there is an underlying competitive dynamic inheren...
03/16/2019

Some people are more compelled to win than others, but the reality is—there is an underlying competitive dynamic inherent to most of the situations we face. It’s even in our difficult conversations.

In this article we explain why you don't want to win a difficult conversation ever:

Why You Don’t Want to WIN a Difficult Conversation

Many of us have had formal training in public speaking—but how many of us have been trained in public listening? When we...
03/14/2019

Many of us have had formal training in public speaking—but how many of us have been trained in public listening? When we break down what’s behind the conflict in most difficult conversations, the lack of real listening is almost always present.

We explore how to be a good listener in this video. Click to learn more about this crucial skill-set:

Want to become more effective in the difficult conversations in your life? Sometimes our conversations don’t play out that well, run off the rails, and people leave feeling demoralized or belittled. We know what it’s like to walk away from a conversation that we are still carrying hours, days, o

Although it is true that key roles are needed in any business, a person’s knowledge base on a subject is not the only de...
03/11/2019

Although it is true that key roles are needed in any business, a person’s knowledge base on a subject is not the only deciding factor when building a successful team. Here are 4 key characteristics of high performing teams:

Although it is true that key roles are needed in any business, a person’s knowledge base on a subject is not the only deciding factor when building a successful team. Here are 4 key characteristics of high performing teams.

What’s the number one crucial skillset top companies are looking for in an emerging leader?You might be shocked to learn...
03/11/2019

What’s the number one crucial skillset top companies are looking for in an emerging leader?

You might be shocked to learn that it has nothing to do with IQ.

There is one crucial skill-set that is setting people apart when it comes to hiring, and even advancing leaders within the company, and that’s what we talk to you about in today’s video:

Want to become more effective in the difficult conversations in your life? Sometimes our conversations don’t play out that well, run off the rails, and people leave feeling demoralized or belittled. We know what it’s like to walk away from a conversation that we are still carrying hours, days, o

Conflict is never fun. In fact, imagining conflict often brings to mind massive explosions, bloody battles, and hard-cha...
03/10/2019

Conflict is never fun. In fact, imagining conflict often brings to mind massive explosions, bloody battles, and hard-charging opponents ready to fight to the death.

Verbal conflicts often feel that way too. As much as the “sticks and stones”� lyric tries to convince us otherwise ”our experience shows us that words do hurt and can leave lasting damage to our emotional psyche.

In order to get anywhere meaningful we have to become better at managing the conflict we try to avoid. That is why having keys to help us navigate through what doesn’t come naturally is so critical to personal and professional growth.

In our latest article we explore the one essential key to managing conflict in the workplace:

Conflict is never fun and, if done poorly, can be disastrous. In this article we explore the one essential key to managing conflict in the workplace.

Winning is extremely pervasive in our culture. We have even created a hashtag . Years ago, I thought the goal of gettin...
03/09/2019

Winning is extremely pervasive in our culture. We have even created a hashtag . Years ago, I thought the goal of getting through conflict was to “win” by whatever means necessary. I used my intellect or sharp wit to put my “opponent” in check. I felt good about winning, but noticed my relationships always suffered after the “victory.” That’s when I realized why “winning” the difficult conversation at any cost was actually too high of a price to pay…in our latest video we explore how not do that:

Have you ever wanted to use your intellect to put your "opponent" in check? You can win a conversation and still lose. Here is how not to do that.

Difficult conversations are always going to feel difficult, even overwhelming at times.Where does the difficulty come fr...
03/08/2019

Difficult conversations are always going to feel difficult, even overwhelming at times.

Where does the difficulty come from and what do we do about it?

We answer those questions in our article here:

What are difficult conversations at their core? Here we answer that question and what to do when you're in a difficult conversation.

In part one of this series, we discussed why it’s critical to change the goal of having the difficult conversation away ...
03/06/2019

In part one of this series, we discussed why it’s critical to change the goal of having the difficult conversation away from “winning” an argument.

Difficult conversations are for strengthening the relationship with the other party. But how do we know if we’ve actually done that?

Learn more tips for having difficult conversations in this video:

Want tips for having difficult conversations? In this video we share the most crucial elements in having successful difficult conversations.

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