Coaching
Demystifying the Coaching Experience
What exactly is coaching? It’s a tough thing to explain – one of those things you can only truly appreciate after you’ve experienced it. But if you’re considering coaching for the first time, how can you get an idea of what you’re signing up for to help decide if it’s right for you? After wrestling…
Read MoreWhat is Coaching?
Coaching is a terrific support in growing as a leader, onboarding successfully to a new role, during a particularly challenging time in an organization’s lifecycle, and for many other reasons. While lots of people are interested in coaching, it’s a tough thing to understand until you’ve actually experienced it. So what exactly is coaching? …
Read MoreCoaching as a Change Practitioner
The word “coaching” gets thrown around a lot, but I find that not everybody means the same thing when they say it. As my profile grew as a change practitioner, I was increasingly asked for coaching. It was relatively easy (and fun) to give advice, but I had a hunch there was more to coaching…
Read MoreWhat Does Work/Life Balance Look Like When it’s Working for You?
Featured on Huffington Post: I’ve recently had a number interesting client interactions that highlighted for me just how personal and how different perceptions of work/life balance are. My client Steve* received an offer for a role he not only described as a “dream job”, but believed would never be a reality for him in the first…
Read MoreLet it Go! Get Unattached.
“Whenever we’re trying to succeed at anything—going for a promotion, getting funding or closing the sale, we become attached to the outcome. That focus on a future we can’t control stops us fulfilling our potential in the moment.” — The Upside of Ignoring Your Competition This rings true for me and is an ongoing effort. I…
Read More“You are a Warrior; You are Strong; and Sharks are not Real.”
95% of our self-talk is negative. 95%! We humans are meaning-making machines, and the stories we make up and repeat to ourselves over and over again are often limiting. What would you do if you knew you could not fail? It is hard work to create space between ourselves and our stories, and to change the narrative…
Read MoreMetallica Used a Coach. For Real.
Metallica has benefitted from coaching and one could argue was even ahead of its time using a team coaching approach. Very cool. How might team coaching help your team, however you define it? Metallica’s Lars Ulrich And James Hetfield Are in It for the Long Haul That partnership has not always been easy. In 2004,…
Read MoreThe Man Trap
A number of years ago I was talking to my Dad on the phone, complaining mightily about something happening at work. My Dad, with a unique ability to sock it to me on occasion, said, “It sounds to me like you’re part of the problem, not part of the solution.” Ouch. But then it occurred…
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