When I wrote the content for my coaching web site, I realized it’s a challenge to succinctly capture the value of coaching. It’s a challenge because the reasons people seek coaches are so varied, based on a combination of each client’s personality; deepest-held values and goals; and their situations at work, home, and community. Also, […]
Continue Reading »Did you ever wake up one day and realize how different your life is than it was just a couple years ago? Or that some of the patterns and behaviors that served you then are no longer appropriate for your new reality? In 2004, I realized that my own expectations about the formal hierarchy or […]
Continue Reading »You’ve heard the quip: insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Can you relate? Is there something in your life that you’ve tried to change but just can’t seem to? Or, a work or relational problem you keep running into that tempts you to point the finger at others […]
Continue Reading »I have always looked forward to my performance reviews, because I thought that at least once a year, I would get honest feedback about my performance. Having spent 8 years in the US Marine Corps Reserve, I have taken to heart the USMC leadership principle, “Know yourself and seek self-improvement.” I enjoy looking through the […]
Continue Reading »In my very first session as a student coach at the Hudson Institute, it was my turn to practice coaching on a fellow student and then receive feedback from my class. This process is known as fish bowl coaching. I sat across from my “client,” asked some good questions, practiced active listening, and held a […]
Continue Reading »“I never think. No, by God, I don’t think; I operate.” – Lt. Rinaldi, in “A Farewell to Arms” by Ernest Hemingway. Have you ever felt stuck in a less-than-ideal place because you are so focused on a task, so busy trying to meet deadlines, or so eager to please your boss (or peers or […]
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