Drive by Coaching
A single coaching session can result in a client gaining clarity and jump-starting into action. Last week, I participated in a “Drive by Coaching” session” after a former client requested an impromptu...
View ArticleYou have all the answers
The reality about coaching is that the client does the work. A great coach creates an environment that illuminates truth for the person being coached, and a really great coach “stays out of the way”...
View ArticleLeadership Point of View
Since early May, I’ve had the honor and privilege of participating in an internal leadership program at Blanchard. Working within the small cohort of some of Blanchard’s most brightest, talented and...
View ArticleManagerial Courage
What does it take to be able to say what needs to be said, when it needs to be said, and to whom it must be said? Managerial Courage. This leadership competency is an essential topic for leadership...
View ArticleBe Big!
I took on the challenge to complete my first Half Marathon. The other day during my training as I struggled to run the next mile, the words that came to mind were “Be Big…Be Big!” I thought what caused...
View ArticleCommencement
May is a great month. Here in New England, winter’s grip is finally loosened and spring bursts forth. The earth is resplendent with trees budding and flowers blooming. Bears emerge from...
View ArticleAppreciative Leadership
The problem with becoming known as a good “problem solver” is that you get really good at looking at situations as, well, problems! Your focus is on what has failed. Your goal is to correct, save,...
View ArticleBe The Goat
“Goat” is short for scapegoat, which is a person or thing that is given all the blame or responsibility for a negative event. A “goat” is the opposite of a hero. Suffice it to say, a goat is someone...
View ArticleWho me…? I don’t need a Coach!!
Let’s be real… Coaching is not for everyone! AND…I challenge anyone who believes he or she will not receive any value by working with a Professional Coach by answering the following questions: Do you...
View ArticleRefire!…Remotivate!
On a recent plane ride across country, I began to read the book Refire! Make the Rest of Your Life The Best of Your Life by Ken Blanchard and Morton Shaevitz. What stood out for me halfway through the...
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