Confidence is a consequence of doing the right things right or, at least, in an improving fashion. I usually tell my coaching clients that the coaching doesn’t start until we decide what actions they will be taking to achieve their goals. My coaching job is to help them do more of the right actions well [...]
Lombardi told his players during their exhausting practices; “If you quit now during these workouts you’ll quit in the middle of the season, during a game. Once you learn to quit it becomes a habit. We don’t want anyone here who’ll quit.” And he focused and succeeded famously on ‘blocking and tackling’ i.e. nothing very [...]
When something happens, we make up theories – stories, really – about what happened and why. Then we go looking for evidence to support our theories. Often, we have to skew the facts a bit (or read only those journalists we agree with) in order to keep our theories intact. You’ve probably heard the quote [...]
Work life harmony comes from having some vibrancy professionally, personally and in your family life. Personal is the stuff you do away from work and family; shopping, going to the gym, reading, hobbies etc. The way it works is that your family and your personal life ought to be energizing; doing pleasurable things that boost [...]
I was meeting with a client today who was uncharacteristically very busy. Usually he has 1 or 2 pressing issues at any time. Today he reported five important, urgent and labour intensive projects that would occupy him over the next three weeks, all with deadlines. He’s a business development coaching client so my perspective on [...]
The headline is a paraphrase of IBM’s sales pitch when they were still in the hardware business in the 70′s and 80′s. It was a necessary slogan because, at the time, IBM’s brand standing was under attack from dozens of small competitors, Apple for example, who had better tech but couldn’t match the service network [...]
Assertiveness is a good growth opportunity for many people. Assertive is the right way to be. Passive and Aggressive is wrong. Assertive typically is acting with respect for yourself and your listener. Briefly, in practice, it means saying what you mean frankly. People are typically best Assertive in certain situations. For example, I have a [...]
