Dr. GB Hewawasam, the CEO of ManoLead / FineFinish Engineering / INT Terminal Travel Group, was featured in Forbes Expert Panel for sharing his expert insight on the topic ‘What Seasoned Experts Thinks A New Coach Should Know.’
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Beginning a career as a coach may be both exciting and overwhelming. When faced with a difficult client situation or attempting to determine how to effectively follow up after an engagement ends, it’s common for new coaches to wonder where their blind spots could be. Fortunately, there are practical methods to dispel these uncertainties.
Below, Dr. GB Hewawasam discusses why it is important for coaches to teach how to “be good” rather than “do good.”
“Coaching is mostly about teaching someone how to “be good” rather than “do good,” which is consulting. My initial challenge was distinguishing these two categories. However, I have transformed into a coach who can “be good” and maintain a constant mindful state. The clarity cultivated within this state allows me to make effective decisions in my own life and enables me to lead others with confidence.” – Gamini Hewawasam
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Dr. GB Hewawasam, the CEO of ManoLead / FineFinish Engineering / INT Terminal Travel Group, was
featured in the Forbes Expert Panel for sharing his expert knowledge on the topic “Leadership Lessons For New Leaders.”
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When it comes to executive clients, professional coaches have seen it all, from those who had quick commercial success to those whose mistakes caused their enterprises to go in the wrong way. Each of these problems offered executive clients—and their coaches—a chance to learn.
Below, Dr. GB Hewawasam shares a key leadership lesson he gleaned from coaching executive clients.
“New leaders must be able to analyze their own thought patterns and emotions. By directing more energy into our personal cognitive processes, we become better equipped in understanding ourselves and how to improve our personal skills. Once we are confident in enhancing our own abilities, we are able to guide and lead others to their personal success.”- Gamini Hewawasam.
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Dr. GB Hewawasam, the CEO of ManoLead / FineFinish Engineering / INT Terminal Travel Group, was featured in Forbes Expert Panel for the third time in December 2022 for his expert advice on the topic – ‘First steps recommended by coaches to their clients for navigating a prospective pivot.’
From changing markets to unexpected challenges to potential new opportunities, there are many reasons a business owner may consider a pivot. Before making that leap, however, it’s important to ensure the decision is well-planned—and, more importantly, that the plan is well-executed.
Laying the proper foundation is critical if a pivot is to produce the desired results. Dr. GB Hewawasam explains the first measures he would recommend to his clients for navigating a prospective pivot below.
“Most of the time, we are influenced by our emotions, making it difficult for us to find the right kind of reasoning without first calming down our emotions. Hence, it is very important to stay calm. Use reason to discover the right sort of thinking. This is the primary approach when attempting to pivot a business.”- Gamini Hewawasam
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Dr. GB Hewawasam, the CEO of ManoLead / FineFinish Engineering / INT Terminal Travel Group, was featured in Forbes Expert Panel for the second time this month for his expert advice on the topic ‘Advice to Help Clients Build Resilience’.
We are presented with difficulties, difficult choices, and countless daily duties that demand our time and energy every day. Sometimes, we don’t always get the outcomes we wanted or handle difficulties in ways we’re proud of finding the resilience to keep going despite failure, mental health difficulties, fatigue, loss, and other setbacks may appear unattainable, but there are actions you can do to create that capacity.
Here is a real-life example of advice provided to a client by Dr. GB Hewawasam to help the client recover from a difficult situation and carry that strength and momentum forward.
“By shifting the focus from external factors to internal processes, my client was able to alter the way they perceived and responded to situations. With this new mindset, they no longer felt discomfort from the unpredictable nature of life. Instead, they learned to remain secure within themselves and maintain a state of tranquility that allowed them to face any circumstance with confidence.” – Dr.Gamini Hewawasam
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Dr. GB Hewawasam, the CEO of ManoLead / FineFinish Engineering / INT Terminal Travel Group, was recently featured in Forbes Expert Panel for his expert tip on the topic ‘Strategies for Business Owners To Conquer Distractions And Stay Focused’
Running your own company might seem like a 24/7 job that demands all of your focus as an owner, especially if you’re juggling several operational “hats.” When you are often interrupted, it can be difficult to find and keep the focus you need to achieve your goals.
Here is a tip from Dr. GB Hewawasam for staying focused on the bigger picture and your primary business objectives;
“Business owners should understand the difference between attention and awareness. Attention is focusing on what is inside or looking within. Awareness follows from the focusing of that attention. Looking and seeing are two different things. You may look but not see. Cultivating this awareness through deep internal attention can allow business leaders to remain mindful.”- Dr.Gamini Hewawasam
Dr. GB Hewawasam emphasizes the significance of business leaders understanding the distinction between attention and awareness and how cultivating awareness via deep internal attention may assist business leaders to remain mindful.
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New Rules of Engagement to become [better citizens] in Sri Lanka
By Dr. GB Hewawasam, Forbes Coach Council
Dear Children!
About the webinar
Majority of youngsters today intend to migrate for studies and work but before leaving this country it is important to unlearn.
According to a research carried out on mental health; the mental health problems prevalent among adolescents in Sri Lanka is higher than the global average.
The research conducted also indicated that most of the upper grade students (grade 12-13) who are preparing for various competitive exams and university admission had higher mental problems. It is quite evident that youngsters are under immense pressure due to these competitive exams and the social structure that keeps them framed in a box. This webinar is primarily focused on breaking the children from this bond of thinking within a box.
Youngsters of Sri Lanka are highly talented individuals with very innovative ideas but unfortunately the educational system and the society has confined the youths to think within a box. So, this sytem of thinking within a box impedes growth potential and leads to many mental health problems.
One of the best ways to approach mental health problems is to approach it by looking within oneself. This webinar Facilites this by disucssing
1. What, why and how to unlearn
Unlearning is the art of removing the barriers placed on the youth from a very early stage and this webinar will discuss what unlearning is, how to unlearn and why to unlearn.
2. Be good over do good.
We are often taught to be good than do good. We often hear from our parents, elders, teachers, religious leaders to do good but what we actually need to do is to be good. Being good is an approach to start looking within as opposed to doing good which is from outside.
Sunday the 18th of December from 09:00 am –10:00am.
New Rules of Engagement to become [better citizens] in Sri Lanka
By Dr. GB Hewawasam, Forbes Coach Council
Dear Parents!
About the webinar
It is obvious that Sri Lanka is an unstable nation right now, and the country didn’t reach this position knowingly. It was the outcome of focusing on doing good than being good.
For a number of reasons, parents nowadays experience a lot of stress especially due to Sri Lanka’s economic situation after the covid pandemic and mismanagement of policies. As the country’s financial situation deteriorated, it became increasingly difficult for parents to financially and emotionally support their children and make decisions about their future due to the lack of proper guidance. Parents and their children are significantly impacted by Sri Lanka’s financial, social, economic, and health problems. So, picture the uncertainty each of us feels. We are all to blame for unintentionally causing this state of chaos.
According to the most recent WHO data on suicide fatality rates per 100,000 population in 2019, Sri Lanka ranked first in the WHO’s South East Asia Region, with 14 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants.
Graph-Suicidal morality rate over the years per 100,000 population.
The above graph indicates that Sri Lanka is on top when it comes to suicidal morality rate compared to other countries in the southeast asia region and this is an issue that needs to be addressed.
This webinar is being held to address the stress, despair, and several other challenges that parents are now dealing with by using a novel yet powerful strategy. We need to extend our perspective in order to address this circumstance, and we may do so by learning to unlearn.
It was also revealed in a research study that was conducted on mental health problems among adolescents in Sri Lanka that through increased parental and social engagements reported less suicidal ideas among the adolescents. So, it is quite evident that inorder to help the children the parents have to be taught to unlear too. This is another reason for the webinar to focus on the parents
By expanding our thoughts, we can find solutions to this issue, and we can do so by “unlearning.” Likewise emphasizing being good rather than doing good. We must also share this information with the following generation in order to break the harmful thought patterns we unintentionally picked up. This is what the webinar intends to achieve.
The webinar will discuss the following topics
1. How, why and what to unlearn
The human mind is filled with ideas but from a very early stage we are programmed to limit our thinking and hence we are not thinking outside the box. So, it is important to unlearn these teachings to broaden our mind and get a better perspective of how to deal with life.
2. The art of being good than doing good.
We are often taught to be good than do good. We often hear from our parents, elders, teachers, religious leaders to do good but what we actually need to do is to be good. Being good is an approach to start looking within as opposed to doing good which is from outside.
Saturday the 17 th of December from 07:00pm- 09:00 pm
