You’ve probably heard the phrase ‘low hanging fruit’. It refers to the fruit that’s easiest to pick when harvesting, because the picker doesn’t have to reach for it. It’s the same in business where we generally want to be as efficient as possible. In my coaching practice my job is often about helping clients identify [...]
Someone said to me today; “It’s not a coaching situation. What’s needed is management.” That really resonated with me. In the past I’ve written about the differences between Managing and Leading. Elsewhere I’ve written about the differences between training [filling an empty vessel], mentoring [being an evolutionary elder pointing people in the right direction] and [...]
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 [...]
