I came across an interesting thought from Vince Lombardi today. He used the phrase “quiet explanation” to describe one aspect of coaching. I facilitated a workshop on mentoring the other day with a variety of ideas for giving feedback, igniting motivation and dealing with poor performance. I would have added ‘quiet explanation’ to my list [...]
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 [...]
In a chat with a surgeon this past weekend I heard phrase in the title for the first time. It essentially suggests that when a surgeon is doing a tricky procedure after they cut open the patient but before doing the essential work they reduce the risk of surprise bleeding. They tie off all the [...]
As the workplace fills up with young people who have grown up in the digital information age, we’ve been asked to help their bosses, some just a few years older, coach and manage them. The young people, commonly known as millennials or Digital Natives, have a wealth of know-how with tools that have the power [...]
I’ve been thinking about strategies for a new client who is a new father. While the main thrust of our work is new business development my client is going to have to juggle differently now. I’m going to talk to him about anchors in his schedule to help him overcome multiple priorities. Dinner with the [...]
I was away on holiday last week and played golf a few times. At one point, after having made the same swing mistake for the third time in the last 30 minutes, I swung my club in anger at my golf cart destroying the club. It was a bit of an expensive lesson. I stopped [...]
I’ve been wanting and trying to lose weight. My regimen includes daily exercise including the very difficult ‘pushing my plate away’ and weighing myself every morning. I admit to a competitive mentality so I like to get the score on my weight each morning to see if I’m winning. More importantly weighing in each day [...]
