August 30, 2010 – 11:57 am
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 rapport with my clients the easier it will be for them to learn about and accept what they [...]
A client said to me “I’m finally making myself deal with it in an appropriate manner”. As a coach my job is help my clients reach ‘aha’ thoughts and then continue to pressure them to follow through on the ‘aha’. So when a client says they are finally dealing with it I know that the [...]
Article featuring executive coaching efforts of Marjorie Shore, partner in The Coaching Clinic. http://tinyurl.com/38e2k3u
I started this post after the first round of the Masters Golf Tournament. I had been quite impressed with Tiger Woods’s press conference where he let it all hang out, letting go of ego to apologize and let the world know he felt the pain he had done to those around him. In the first [...]
In many of our workshops, especially those related to stress and resilient thinking, we introduce the concept of ‘letting go’ as a wonderful solution. Many people tend to ‘hold on’ to anger, fear, guilt, worry, needing to win, needing to parent [their parents], wanting too much, bad habits etc. etc. Sadly the ‘hold on’ list [...]
March 28, 2010 – 11:02 am
I saw an interview the other day with two people who had played the “30 Days to Live” game. They asked themselves what they would do with only thirty healthy days to go and then did so. When I thought about it my first instincts were to re-do a couple of travel things I had [...]
February 27, 2010 – 1:08 pm
I learned about this terrific idea recently. As part of hiring people and then through the performance review process create a list of ways that they like to be motivated. The biggest part of this is asking them from time about what motivates them. Then when the time comes you’ll know what should work.
This [...]
January 29, 2010 – 10:26 pm
I’ve been reading recently about Gary Hart who tried to be President in the 80’s. He did well but never got past the primaries. Anyway he came from pretty humble beginnings and got to the pinnacle of U.S. politics by, to paraphrase his words, opening doors and building walls.
The way he described his rise was [...]
January 9, 2010 – 1:02 pm
Whether you define ‘win’ as ‘win/win’ or ‘I win’ every meeting you attend ought to be a successful use of your time and the time of the other participants. Here are some ideas to consider.
1. Go into every meeting with an objective. At the very least, at the end of the meeting you should know [...]
December 23, 2009 – 6:41 pm
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 and [...]
