I got a query from a writer to get some quotes about rapport. Here’s what I wrote back. The way to think about rapport is as an investment. The more one invests in building rapport the more progress they can make in a relationship. As a coach I know that the more I can build [...]
I coach many clients around delegation. It comes up when leadership, time managment, business development, work life quality and conflict resolution are the reason for the coaching relationship. There are many reasons that executives don’t delegate as much as they should. Here are four. 1] Anxiety that the delegated project won’t be done well enough [...]
Here are five more ways a coach can help their clients. Underlying this idea is recognizing that ‘coaching’ is a generic term. These concepts are more specific actions. 6. A coach can be an alarm clock alerting their client that it’s time to do something. 7. A coach can be a beacon by shining a [...]
For most of our clients the purpose of coaching is to help them achieve some difference between their current situation and a defined future goal. For example, if a client wants to double their income over three years, we take the difference, [i.e. the increase in their income], divide that number by 36 [months] and [...]
Many of you may know I used to work in advertising. I still have a fondness for good creative ideas. The Adidas slogan ‘Impossible is Nothing’ is one of my favourites. This morning I ran into a professional acquaintance who I hadn’t seen in two years. They’d lost about 200 lbs. It was a really [...]
I recently learned about the work of brain science researcher David Rock and it’s application to leadership. Here’s my take on it. Our brains are wired to react to threats. This was very necessary in the pre-civilized world where threats from predators were all too frequent. In the modern world there are no predators, like [...]
