On a recent holiday in Ireland I met Derry, a dairy farmer, from whom I learned more about ‘passengers’, a topic I’ve mentioned before. Derry raises and sells cows. To be profitable in that business it is necessary to invest expensive resources, like food, on the most valuable cows and cull the rest of the [...]
I’m working with a couple of 20 something clients who are growing into leadership roles. They both need to increase their Trust Radius. We’re at the stage where they both have to practice letting go of the need to be responsible so that others can step up. In one case this is learning to let [...]
In past newsletters I’ve suggested planning tomorrow at the end of today as one of many good time management strategies. Another good tactic I’ve mentioned is getting goal focused at the beginning of each year, month, week and day. A coaching client, a partner in a law firm who manages a number of associates, told [...]
Yesterday at lunch, one of those family events that brings people together from both sides of the family and from across the continent, I met Joe from Portland. He’s semi-retired but still dabbles in his life work as a Psychiatrist for the criminally insane. Since I’m only marginally insane we start talking about the relative [...]
In Executive Coaching my clients and I drill down to the bedrock of their opportunity and identify actions they could be taking that would ignite a tipping point for them. These actions tend to be very hard work. I define hard work as doing something unpleasant that moves you toward your goals. In comparison I [...]
