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Coaching The Pivot
Merriam-Webster defines a pivot as a shaft or pin on which something turns. Making a change in direction, no matter the circumstances, can be daunting to many people. Whether that’s a corporate leader charged with igniting a paradigm shift or an individual...
LEAN Coaching Model
Coaching models evolve over time and all have a great impact on our work as coaches; providing framework and structure to work through the process your client needs at the exact time they need it. In some industries, this might be defined as "just in time"...
This week's course was amazing. The participants all had major takeaways and completely different backgrounds and experiences to share. As coaches and HR professionals, holding the safe space for people to feel safe is a key value of both ICF Core Competencies. ...
Teams and Groups – How Communication Affects Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing & Growing
When one person on a team always has to be right, no one benefits, writes author and speaker Bernard Marr. Stubbornness — the “my way or the highway” approach — gets you nowhere. Consider how your group or team communicates with each other. One of the major...
Authentic Leadership & the Millennial Mindset
Year over year, decade over decade, generational trends emerge in the workplace. Labels are often assigned, and workplace assumptions made, based upon years of experience, when and where someone entered the work place and many other factors forcing people into...
Masterminding as Group Coaching
Mastermind groups are popping up internationally, often led by coaching professionals. This emerging format of group and leadership coaching is growing in popularity impacting coaching globally. Many corporations are creating these groups internally as well as...
Characteristics of High Performing Teams
Beyond forming, storming, norming, performing and adjourning, there are a lot of factors affecting team performance to be discovered. Once you've done a little work around creating awareness and empowering teams, the concept of what makes a team truly high performing...
Creating An Outcome That’s Valuable
In my previous post on creating Intelligent Outcomes™ (vs. S.M.A.R.T. goals), we discussed the first of six key criteria for success. An Intelligent Outcome must be framed in positive terms. It expresses what you do want, not what you don’t. Now for the...
Creating Positive Outcomes
What’s the shortest distance between a goal and an outcome? The answer lies in your question. Helping clients define what they want is one of the coach’s most important jobs. It’s also one of the hardest. Most people haven’t been trained in how to set goals. Even...
Five Questions to Break Through Fear
I love listening to the nagging, chronic client complaints that commonly drive coaches crazy. Like fear of failure, lack of confidence, self-sabotage, procrastination, overwhelm, impatience, shyness, not speaking up, habitually thinking negative thoughts. I love listening because I don’t have to listen for long. All I need to do is ask five simple questions and —BOOM— clients break through their fears for good. Instantly. Consistently. Authentically. Would you like to know what those five questions are?
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