There are a few questions that keep replaying in my mind and in the minds of coaches I am coaching. I would really appreciate your input and your professional opinion. These are the questions: 1. How much of your work is dependent on the feedback of other professionals? How do you get reliable feedback? How…
We have all been to restaurants where we have received poor service, cold or bad food at one time or another. What happens when we are ready to go out to eat the next time? Do we return to the same restaurant? The answer depends on several things. If the food was actually bad as…
A self-fulfilling prophesy is basically a perception of people, events or circumstances that may actually cause the person with that perception to behave in a way that causes the perception to become fact. A self-fulfilling prophesy is a cause and effect situation. The most important thing to remember is that the statement that you make…
Well, it happened. I never thought it would but it did. I just fired a client. Okay so I guess I better explain. As you know since you are on this site, I am a coach and I am good at what I do. I coach for the right reasons and I refuse to change…
Everyone wants to make friends on Twitter and re-tweets are a great way to show support. Re-tweeting without reading what you are re-tweeting can destroy your Twitter reputation very quickly. No matter how important you believe increasing your numbers to be, don’t take any chances. If someone re-tweets your tweet and they didn’t check it…
What is successful coaching all about? I get asked this question all the time, so I’m going to answer it here in today’s brief post. First, I must explain what coaching is not. Coaching is not about informing – it’s about listening, asking and offering ways that the individuals being coached can change their behaviors….
Many people have misconceptions about what coaches are and what they do. Coaches vary in their techniques, knowledge and abilities. The one quality that should be common in all coaches is the ability to inspire and encourage the people who rely upon them. 1. Coaching is just like therapy. False! Coaching is nothing like therapy…
Should you ever decline a potential coaching session or sessions? This post will not offer any answers but instead will pose a few questions. Only you will know what might be appropriate and sense the way that a superior coach would answer the questions. You have been approached to coach a particular person. You make…
