The Rainier Club: EXECUTIVE WOMEN'S ROUNDTABLE Leadership and Innovationfor a Changing World - Friday, May 18th, 11:30am–1:00pm

KristiinaHiukka, Chair of the WomenIn Innovation Summit 2012conference and Founder ofthe Women of Fifty Project will speak about the excitingevents for women coming in 2012—and find out how you can impact the next 50 years! Reservations required; Cost is $22 including a two-courselunch; Guests welcome.

Do you have time for happiness? Thursday May 3, 2012 from 5pm-7pm. Big Agenda Coaching Happy Hour with Barak Rosenbloom, developer of Time Native: Do you have time for happiness? http://twitter.com/#!/timenative

Basil's Restaurant at the Hilton in Bellevue

We have two events each month--Happy Hour Networking on the 1st Wednesday, and a Luncheon Networking with guest speakers on the 3rd Wednesday. 

Recent speakers helped us to develop professional skills such as:

• how to use LinkedIn effectively to make very targeted professional connections
• how to tell our stories to the media
• how to increase our visibility through community news
• how to dress for success with feng shui
• how to network in ways that feel connecting and contribute to each other's lives

On the 1st Wednesday of each month, we meet at the East Side Bar & Grill in the Coast Hotel, for Happy Hour Networking from 5-7.

What do the stars tell us about our happiness? Big Agenda Coaching Happy Hour with astrologer Arlene Tognetti. Arlene Tognetti authored The Complete Idiot's Guide to Tarot and a chapter in The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Astrology on Tarot and Astrology by Madeleine Gerwick and Lisa Lenard. http://www.mellinetti.com/

Basil's Restaurant at the Hilton in Bellevue

Big Agenda Coaching Happy Hour Agenda:
5:00pm-5:30pm Networking & Happy Hour Orders
5:30pm-6:30pm Presentation and Q&A
6:30-7:00pm Networking

What has humor got to do with happiness? - March 1, 2012, at Basil's Restaurant at the Hilton in Bellevue. Big Agenda Coaching Happy Hour with humorist and laughter expert Jim Pelley of Laughter Works: What has humor got to do with happiness? http://www.laughterworks.com/

Can you create happiness while you sleep? - February 2, 2012 from 5:00 - 7:00 pm!
Dr. Catherine Darley helps people enjoy all the benefits of healthy sleep - including increased happiness! Healthy sleep has been shown to improve cognitive abilities, concentration, mood, and social interactions. Other health benefits are decreased blood pressure, weight control and decreased inflammation. Dr. Darley is the founder of The Institute of Naturopathic Sleep Medicine in Seattle where she provides care for people of all ages who are struggling with sleep problems.

Dr DarleyLearn more! Attend the Big Agenda Happy Hour - February 2, 2012 from 5:00 - 7:00 pm!

Dr. Darley will be sharing with us about how quality sleep contributes to a healthy and happy life at the Bellevue Grille at the Sheraton Hotel in Bellevue (100 NE 112th Avenue). A $10 donation is appreciated. I guarantee you won't fall asleep!

The Big Agenda Happy Hour happens on the first Thursday of every month. It's always a fun and informative time. I'm looking forward to seeing you there! Please don't hesitate to call with any questions you may have.

LEAD AS A COACH Workshop - January 26, 2012. Most leaders describe their role as one of a “coach”. While it is true that a lot of leaders approach their employees with an idea of coaching, many lack the real coaching skills and the understanding of principles of effective coaching. Many leaders confuse coaching with mentoring, teaching, advising and directing. Coaching, however, consists of its own paradigms and specific skills. When coaching is properly applied, a leader’s approach transforms radically.
The workshop is for you if …

…You want to be perceived as a leader with a coaching approach.
…You are frustrated with your employees or team members not following your suggestions.
…You want your performance review conversations be more productive. 
…You are afraid you are not as an effective manager as you would like to be.
…You want to learn practical and effective tools of the coaching trade.
…You want to leverage your coaching skills in your personal relationships, too!

You will learn: 
·      Responding to basic human needs as a coaching leader
·      What coaching is not
·      How you design a contract for a coaching relationship
·      The two dimensions of coaching
·      The mindset of a coach
·      The critical coaching skills for a leader

Kristiina will share her secrets of leadership coaching in this is a highly interactive workshop.
10.00 am – 2.00pm, includes a boxed lunch.
Register by end of the December 2011 at $450
Registering in January $499
RSVP to kristiina@bigagendacoaching.com  or 425.922.8244
Venue to be announced later (Bellevue or Seattle).

The First Thursday of the Year Happy Hour!
January 5th 2012 5pm-7pm Big Agenda Happy Hour
Bellevue Grille at the Sheraton Hotel, Bellevue
Guest Speaker: author Carmela Ramaglia!

Come meet my friend, the weight-loss expert, author and founder of Happy CaloriesDon’t Count, Carmela Ramaglia who challenges the basic assumptions of the diet and exercise paradigm of weight loss. By revealing the fundamental flaw of this traditional model, Carmela illustrates how the idea of “diet and exercise” actually keeps most people from achieving their weight-loss goals.

Based on the knowledge, experience and insights she discovered in her own personal struggle, Carmela offers a revolutionary newparadigm that delivers the critical missing element between weight-loss efforts and successful, long-term results.

Carmela has a great blog and you can make her acquaintance at her website: http://www.happycaloriesdontcount.com/index.html

Women in Innovation Summit
Kristiina organized the Women in Innovation Summit kickoff on December 1, 2011 in Bellevue, WA.

BizEnrich Thanks-o-Giving
Kristiina speaking at BizEnrich Thanks-o-Giving event at the World Trade Center of Seattle on November 18th 2011.

November 9th, 2011: Kristiina is the expert speaker at the Puget Sound Business Journal’s Leadership Round Table.

Lead as a Coach - Secrets of Coaching

Most leaders describe their role as one of a “coach”. While it is true that a lot of leaders approach their employees with an idea of coaching them as a sports coach who points out their weaknesses and directs them to correct action, many lack the real coaching skills and the understanding of principles of effective coaching. Many leaders confuse coaching with mentoring, teaching, advising and directing. Coaching, however, has its own paradigms and specific skills. When coaching is properly applied, a leader’s approach transforms radically.
If you don’t have time to take a coaching course but want to learn the tricks of the trade from an experienced executive coach and adopt a more coaching flavored leadership style this BizLeader Round Table is for you.

You will learn:

• The difference between coaching and other guiding approaches
• Why curiosity is the key
• How to listen below the surface
• How to put decision-making back where it belongs
• Feedback: receiving, giving and soliciting
• Accountability does not equal “license to judge”

Read more: BizLeader Roundtable Series: Lead as a Coach - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle)

Happy Hour Conversations about happiness strategies. Was held Thursday June 2nd - 5pm-6:30pm Bellevue Grille, Sheraton Hotel

Kristiina spoke about The Sensibilities of Sensuality - Experiencing Joy of Life at the GDC Financial Solutions’ Women of Wisdom event was held at the Piano Bash in Bellevue.

Do you know the launch date of the Action for Happiness?
In honor of this global project, I've reserved Happy Hour Lounge at Sheraton Bellevue for some regular get-togethers under the topic of happiness.

The invitation is open - please join us if you think you would enjoy a casual chat about what brings joy to life. I will steal some 10-15 minutes of the "happy time" and present some food for thought about how we perceive happiness, how happiness plays into leadership and what makes us happy.

Although there is no cover charge or fee to attend (you can order anything you like from the happy hour menu) I’d like to get an idea how many are planning to attend, and therefore, would appreciate RSVPs by May 3rd. The Grille is not very busy, and we will share the space with other bar patrons at one end of the lounge. There is ample free parking.

I hope you join in the conversation and help me launch a new tradition - joyfully! :-)
Questions? Call or email me.

With heart,
Kristiina
425.462.6613
Kristiina(at)bigagendacoaching.com

WHY IT’S GREAT: Funny job stories, fantastic job advice, fast and easy to read. (Plus: I am quoted in it. Really! I contributed one of the 28 Job Survival Tips.)

WHERE TO GET IT: At any bookstore but please note it’s only ten bucks on Amazon.

There’s more information about the book and the author, my friend Karen Burns, here at
www.karenburnsworkinggirl.com.

Marie Claire magazine just selected it as one of their “Gifts for the Working Girl.” It’s most appropriate for anyone who’s looking for a job, or unhappy with her job. It’s funny, wise, entertaining, and practical, with a good message for everyone. Honestly, it would be a great book even I weren’t in it.

Motherhood is the New MBA
Kristiina’s client Shari Storm has recently published a thought provoking Motherhood is the New MBA (http://www.sharistorm.com/book/).
Check out a sampling of pages where Shari has included stories from Kristiina in the book.

March 25th 2011: Chat with Women Radio Show
Kristiina will have a chat with Pam Gray and Rochelle Alhadeff about life’s adventures and what you can do with The Write Life Diary – the book Kristiina published last year.

March 21st 2011: Kristiina introduced and interviewed Lisa and Cliff Sharples at The Executive Network of Seattle

Lisa Sharples is Executive Vice President of Reader’s Digest Association and President of Allrecipes.com. During the past 4 years, Lisa has grown Allrecipes to be the world’s leading digital and mobile media food brand – with 17 sites and 7 mobile apps serving 22 countries in 11 languages.

In addition to Allrecipes.com, headquartered here in Seattle, Lisa spent the past year setting out the framework for transforming the New York-based Reader’s Digest from a traditional, primarily editorially-driven print model to a multi-media brand driven by expert content curation.
Cliff Sharples was founder and CEO of Garden.com, took it through to IPO, then created Shop.org, the largest e-commerce trade group representing over 600 major retailers and now serves as their Founding Chairman. Cliff is now Chief Cultivator at DigtheDirt.com, a social network for gardeners.

We talked about “radical redesign of business in the 21st century” and what it takes for an executive to lead at the bleeding edge.

Kristiina was speaking about Leadership Intelligence at the Puget Sound Business Journal’s GROW Expo on November 4th , 2010

October 5-6, 2010 Kristiina attended the World Business Forum in New York City. World class speakers at the Radio City Music Hall ranged from Jim Collins to Jack Welch, and from Renee Mauborgne to James Cameron.

Kristiina attended the Endless Referrals event sponsored by BizEnrich to learn from the Master Go-Giver Bob Burg. Bob’s not only an inspirational teacher, speaker and author but a terrific human being with a big heart. If you haven’t read his book, read them now and your life is transformed! http://www.burg.com/books/

Kristiina participated in the World Business Forum 2010 at the Radio City Music Hall in New York October 5-6, 2010

Kristiina moderated a panel discussion on women’s rights and equality at the opening of the 100 Years of Women’s Voices and actions in Finland exhibition (Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle) on September 10, 2010. The distinguished speakers included Deputy Speaker of the Parliament, Tarja Filatov, Senator Jeanne Kohls-Wells, Consul General Kirsti Westphalen, Executive Director Leena Ruusuvuori of the National Council of Women in Finland, Cathy Allen and Vicki Orricko from the Center for Women and Democracy.

Write Your Life From Good To Great Workshop
Professional coach KRISTIINA HIUKKA, author of The Write Life Diary, offers help for those seeking to establish an enticing diary-writing habit. As a diary writer from an early age, Kristiina questioned the value of writing of the mundane, so she developed a new method for journaling not only about the past but also about the future. Learn how this form of writing can help you set in motion positive changes to a more fulfilling life!

Kristiina Hiukka interviewed Scott Oki
Kristiina Hiukka interviewed Scott Oki on his views about public education in the US. Oki has written Outrageous Learning, an education manifesto and he was a guest speaker at The Executive Network of Seattle on April 19th, 2010.

Worldwide Airline Customer Relations Association Conference
October 27th , 2009, Miami, Florida
Kristiina is presenting a general session speech “Optimizing Team Performance in an Ever Changing Environment” and workshops on “Shifting from “Me” to “We”” at the annual Worldwide Airline Customer Relations Association conference “breaking the Waves: Surviving in a Sea of Uncertainty”.