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Coaching for Self-Actualization

September 1, 2022

Coaching is a helping profession, but our world is changing. As our collective consciousness rises to new levels, shifting expectations are dramatically impacting the field of executive coaching. Once focused primarily on professional goal attainment, executive coaching is now facilitating the introspective journey of finding purpose, meaning and our highest potential at work. In fact, …read more.

It's Personal

September 15, 2017

Coaching is an incredibly personal service. That’s why for coaches, perhaps more than many other professionals, potential clients need to feel like they truly know, like and trust us in order to consider hiring us. Unfortunately, many coaches treat creating a website, printing a business card, etc. as mere items to check off of their …read more.

Build Your Business With Your Heart

June 12, 2017

“Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it.” —Buddha What I discovered in journeying from corporate leader through entrepreneur through spiritual healer to coach-entrepreneur is that passion and purpose—and not just marketplace dynamics—are critical to success in entrepreneur leadership. As a coach, you already have the …read more.

Business Sense: Taking the Leap

May 11, 2017

How will you know when you are ready to step off the cliff, leave your regular job and take the leap of faith that it takes to run your own coaching business full time? Coaching can be an uncertain business. Leaving that regular paycheck in favor of becoming a coach-entrepreneur can be scary and daunting. …read more.

Building an Internal Coaching Pilot

March 29, 2017

At my organization, Tech CU, we take our core value—“Cultivate”—very seriously. Although we’re a moderate-sized company, we have a series of development programs for staff—especially newer managers. We’ve also seen the value of Executive Coaching provided by external coach practitioners in the C-suite and for senior vice presidents. But, when we looked at our suite …read more.

From the Toolbox: Oh, the Questions We Ask

January 23, 2017

Core Competency #6: Powerful Questioning Ability to ask questions that reveal the information needed for maximum benefit to the coaching relationship and the client. “Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.” —Dr. Seuss Are our questions too complicated? Alternatively, how can we simplify our questions? As professional coaches, we need to reflect on …read more.

Simplify Your Social Media Strategy for Success

January 12, 2017

With so many social networks in existence, it can be overwhelming trying to keep up with all of them or to even know which is the most popular at the moment—especially when you already have so much going on as a coach. So, let’s simplify it. You can create a successful social media strategy for …read more.

Thriving Leaders

December 23, 2016

It’s an understatement to say we live and work in an increasingly complex world. More than two decades ago I explored this with a cross-cultural group of information technology leaders during a series of change leadership programs. No matter what age or ethnicity, the leaders admitted having knee-jerk reactions to the relentlessness of change—they fought …read more.

Creating a Coaching Culture for Better Talent

December 17, 2016

Headquartered in the United Kingdom, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is a global health care company that researches and develops products in three primary areas: pharmaceuticals, vaccines and consumer health care. It has commercial operations in more than 150 countries. GSK’s coaching initiative also has a global presence within the organization and is available to all employees at …read more.

Business Sense: Choosing a Payment Model

November 23, 2016

For most coaches, there are two basic payment models to consider: You can either have a client prepay for coaching or have a client pay after you provide coaching services. Understanding the pros and the cons of each model can help you choose the best fit for your business. I coach clients around the world …read more.

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