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Be Hopeful, Be Strong, Be Brave, Be Curious

Published in February 2024 (Wiley Books)

In Be Hopeful, Be Strong, Be Brave, Be Curious: How Coaching Can Help You Get Out Of Your Own Way and Create A Meaningful Life, by veteran coach Ruth Pearce delivers an incisive set of strategies designed to help you celebrate your wins and focus on the positives in your life. In this “portable life coach,” you’ll learn how to look at problems, challenges, and uncertainties in a way that can lead to deeper meaning in your professional and personal life.
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How to recognize, Overcome & Prevent Exhaustion, Disengagement & Overwhelm in Your Work

Beating Burnout

Published in September 2024 (Pearce Insights LLC)

As more and more people reevaluate their life balance (often misleadingly referred to as work-life balance), the issue of burnout has emerged as an increasingly common reason for professionals to leave their jobs. While project leaders are not often identified as people most likely to suffer burnout, many attributes of a project leader’s role can lead to feelings of disconnection, exhaustion, and futility.
In this workbook, Ruth Pearce explores the sources of burnout for project management professionals. She details the signs you can look out for, steps you can take to reduce your risk of burnout, and how to avoid contributing to burnout in others. If you’re a project leader that feels like you’re hitting a wall or losing your sense of purpose, join Ruth in this course as she explores the possible causes of burnout, and what you can do about it.
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How to Identify & Nurture Courage to Alleviate Fatigue, Disconnection, & Overwhelm in Your Work

Being Brave

Published in September 2024 (Pearce Insights LLC)

Most people don’t think of themselves as brave. They make unreasonable and unrealistic comparisons to others whose behaviors may or may not actually be brave. In this workbook, speaker, coach & instructor Ruth Pearce explores how project leaders can be brave and why it is so important.
Ruth explains what bravery is and what it is not, then dives into three types of bravery and some popular misconceptions. She helps you identify times when you have already been brave as a project leader and what bravery looks like in others and in you. Ruth discusses knowing when to be brave and when to walk away. She covers what bravery has to do with successful project leadership and highlights being hopeful,
strong, brave, and curious as a project leader. Brave leaders are key to organizational success!
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How To Integrate Mindfulness and Calm into Your Work

Being Mindful

Published in October 2024 (Pearce Insights LLC)

In leadership, there has been heightened attention on the value of interpersonal skills. The foundation of these skills is an increased awareness of oneself and others—and that begins with mindfulness. In this guide, speaker, author and coach Ruth Pearce explores what mindfulness is (and is not), challenging popular misconceptions about the practice of mindfulness and its importance in leadership.

Ruth explores the links between mindfulness and the skills of a standout leader, including decision-making, and communication. Learn how mindfulness can help you counteract cognitive bias and respond appropriately to both positive and negative stress. Get tips for transitioning from task to task mindfully. Plus, discover how to incorporate mindfulness practices into your everyday life.  

What readers say

Wow! - this book is a masterclass

This book is a masterclass for coaches, coachees, and anyone who wants to go on a journey of self-exploration. The embedded questions are making me think hard, and the case studies with real people are fascinating and helpful. I was skeptical of the price point of this book at first, but after receiving it and diving in, I’ve realized the cost is a minuscule fraction of the value I’m getting. Thank you for writing this important book!
Dawn Mahan, Author, CEO

First of its kind

We often think of coaching as something that's done to 'fix' oneself. That perspective really undersells the importance of coaching. Coaching is like opening doors to new pathways in your brain, and Ruth's book is the first, that I'm aware of, that really gives this perspective from the coachee's point of view. I can't recommend this book enough!
Dr. Josh Ramirez, Redefining Project Management, NBPMI

A fantastic overview of what coaching entails

As a coach I am often asked the question "Does coaching really work?". Ruth has managed to answer this question covering all angles, for coaches as well as coachees. The case studies bring to life the magical aspects of coaching which are the 'light bulb moments' when coachees discover the power/strength within themselves.The guidance notes for selecting a coach are spot on. Absolutely amazing book, I highly recommend!
Irene Poku, PCC, Authentic Leadership Coach

Bringing coaching to life

As a coach myself, I find this book a great way for potential clients to explore coaching and get a better understanding of what the coaching relationship looks like. The case studies and self-reflective questions bring coaching to life. I also appreciate the author's storytelling, which is entertaining, accessible, and vulnerable, and includes her own personal experiences with working with a coach. Great read!
Asila Calhoun, PCC, Coach & CEO

What a great book!

I am not a coach, but I’ve used coaches for years. I really appreciate the practical advice, honesty and integrity of this book There is a lot to work with here, many ways to access a more meaningful coaching relationship. My challenge is that when there are many many coaches of all varieties, how can I find the right one and make the most of that relationship. So this book gave me a positive approach and model for changing and evolving via coaching. Well done!! 
Tim Jaques, Transforming Organizations

The next step in a meaningful life

Buy this book if you are looking for a guide to becoming a more hopeful, stronger, braver, and more curious version of yourself. It has many coaching questions and suggestions that can help you make progress on your own journey. It also helps you explore how a coach might help you and know what to expect if you choose to hire one.
Kathryn Britton, Author, Writing Coach
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Burnout Prevention

Burnout: I've been there from Project Manager Burnout: Recognizing, Disrupting, and Reversing by Ruth Pearce

How to avoid, detect and recover from burnout. More and more people are suffering burnout but we don't have to. We can avoid it and reverse it. Learn how!

Mindfulness

Becoming a project motivator from Project Manager to Project Motivator: Unlock the Secrets of Strengths-Based Project Management by Ruth Pearce

Mindfulness is not a task to be added to your already too long to do list. It is something to integrate with everything you do - minute by minute, just for a minute!

Motivating Teams

Mindfulness matters to project managers from Mindfulness: A Critical Skill for Project Managers by Ruth Pearce

Knowing your own strengths and being able to spot others' is the key to creating motivated, productive and engaged teams. And it is simple. Find out how.

Brave Projects

We are all brave! from Fearless Project Management: Becoming More Assertive by Ruth Pearce

Boost your confidence, discover that you are already braver than you think and learn how to cultivate bravery to help lead with confidence, wisdom and skill. 

Coaching Skills

Become the coach your team needs from Team Coaching Strategies for Project Managers by Ruth Pearce

Lead with questions, engage your team and apply coaching skills to yourself and your team. 
Learn how these skills increase innovation and reduce stress.
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Unlock the secrets of strengths-based Project Management

Be a Project Motivator

Successful project managers must engage and motivate others to achieve complex goals. Ruth Pearce shows how behavior, language, and attitudes affect engagement and how leveraging character strengths can help improve relationships, increase innovation, and build higher-functioning teams. This focus on character strengths - such as bravery, curiosity, fairness, gratitude, and humor - can help project managers recognize and cultivate the things that are best in themselves and others.
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Coaching Skills

Become the coach your team needs from Team Coaching Strategies for Project Managers by Ruth Pearce

What our learners say

All these learners cannot be wrong!

Learners

 
This course should be mandatory for people in projects (not just the PM) and those who manage project people. Excellent course.
Stephen Hughes
It helped bring clarity to how to exercise Mindfulness in a leadership role.
Sharifa S.
The course on Mindfulness: A Critical Skill for Project Managers puts all of the five senses in perspective to reduce stress and anxiety and can even change negative addictions into positive and healthy living.
Rachel P.

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