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Authentic Journeys Story from Inception until Today

In early March, Jennifer Kumar, Managing Director was a guest on Wedo Talks by David Jaques. In this episode, Jennifer talks about the Authentic Journeys’ story from inception (2011) until today (2022).   Listen in or read the transcript below. Follow the transcript for links to other podcasts Jennifer Kumar has been a guest on […]

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10 Solution Focused Coaching Questions For Dev Teams

It’s time to do some team introspection with these 10 Solution Focused coaching questions for dev teams.   Speaking up is a team effort. While we may want to focus on only the quiet ones and put the onus on them to talk, that typically gets them to clam up even more. And, as we […]

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Phrases for Group Discussions and Client Meetings

Knowing and understanding how to use phrases for group discussion, team, and client meetings boosts your confidence as a global professional using English as a non-native speaker with native speakers. Using such phrases helps improve the flow and relatability of the conversation, making it sound more native and natural-sounding. In addition, your global native-English speaking […]

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Training Feedback: Participants Share Their Experience

In 2021, we at Authentic Journeys had the immense pleasure of working with a team in India on cross-cultural work effectiveness. The video below is a compilation of the participant’s training feedback. Under the video you can see an edited transcript of the learnings the team had shared after attending this 15 hour/10-week program.   […]

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Singles Awareness Day – February 15

One may wonder why we are talking about Single’s Awareness Day on a business and corporate coaching blog. We are all humans with feelings, needs, and desires. Because of this regardless of the holiday, we all need to prioritize self-care.   This may be a more important day than Valentine’s Day. Why?   Well, besides […]

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Focus Business English Course Facilitated by Gabby Rincon

We are excited to announce Authentic Journeys’ Partnership with English Priority. We are beyond honored to have contributed content to English Priority’s Focus Business English Course for Non-Native Speakers.   On February 2nd, I went on live with Gabby Rincon, the Founder of English Priority, based in Santiago, Chile. To learn the bonus material Authentic […]

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A Powerful 15-Minute Coaching Session

As a coach, I always fretted about 15-minute laser coaching sessions. I always also wondered, “How can I coach in only 15 minutes?” There are many beliefs around how long effective coaching sessions should be. However, nowadays, we not only lack a full hour, but seem to be so easily distracted that hour-long sessions may […]

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Facts About Pongal Festival in South India

If you have Indian colleagues who celebrate Pongal or are from Tamil Nadu and observe this holiday in India or abroad, this article will offer some facts about the Pongal festival in addition to conversation starters with your Indian colleagues.    Facts About Pongal   When is Pongal?  Pongal usually falls every year on January […]

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20 Coaching Questions for Goal Realization

Let’s talk about how you can coach yourself in setting and achieving a HARD goal. In the video and detail below, I want to share more than 20 coaching questions you can use for goal realization. Though I am basing the discussion off of the book Hundred Percenters by Mark Murphy, I will be highlighting […]

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HARDen Up Goal Setting for Ideal Outcomes

Are you looking for a different approach to setting and achieving your goals? In this video, I’m going to discuss HARD goals as proposed by Mark Murphy in this 2014 book that I picked up and read in like two days, which is really incredible for me.   I’m Jennifer Kumar from Authentic Journeys. Welcome […]

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