Your parents probably didn’t know you’d become a coach entrepreneur the minute you popped out of the womb. If they had, they might have done things differently, such as integrating Internet marketing, cost accounting, finance, and more into your curriculum of life. But they didn’t, and that’s okay. If God wanted an army of MBA’s, [...]
Are you looking for ways to reach more people and tell them about your coaching services? Building your platform could help. Platform building is simply another way of saying "extending your influence," or marketing your services to reach more people for maximum impact. Join Platform University's Influence and Impact Summit, October 6-13, 2015 for free. [...]
Life is a series of beginnings and endings, and nowhere is this more evident than in the work we, as professional coaches, do. While the average coaching relationship can last anywhere from 3 to 18 months, the reality is we deal with endings more often than most. So, for the sake of our clients, and [...]
“Coaches are change agents.” We sometimes use this phrase when explaining professional coaching to those who are unfamiliar with it. Although change is core to what we do as professional coaches, many of us don’t fully understand and apply the research and models available to us today. Benjamin Bloom, an educational psychologist, along with a [...]
The concepts presented in this article are not my own. I've adapted and applied the themes presented by author and pastor Peter Scazzero in his book The Emotionally Healthy Leader to a coaching context. This article is part two of a two-part series. You can view the first article in this series here. Are the leaders you [...]
Not long ago I sat in a room filled with women professionals. During the discussion, many of them expressed the feeling that they have to be more like their male colleagues in order to have a "seat at the table" and enjoy the same opportunities. That's not unusual. I frequently hear variations of this same [...]
“The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.” ~ Lin Yutang “Have you ever found yourself stretched too thin?” “Are you often busy but not productive?” Business writer and consultant Greg McKeown poses these questions in his landmark book Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less. According to McKeown, “If you answered yes to [...]
The ideas presented in this article are not my own. I've adapted the concepts presented in author and pastor Peter Scazzero’s excellent book, The Emotionally Healthy Leader, and applied it to a coaching context. In working with leaders in varying capacities for more than 20 years, I've learned there are two kinds of leaders--emotionally healthy and [...]
“The most powerful stories may be the ones we tell ourselves. But beware—they’re usually fiction.” ~ Brené Brown “I can't do this anymore,” I thought to myself as I opened the door to my office and prepared for my first coaching appointment of the day. I was tired and discouraged. "Do I have what it [...]
One of the toughest lessons I've had to learn is handling conflict well. As a residence assistant on my hall in college—at the ripe age of 20—I can recall a few instances where I could’ve benefited from some training in conflict management. Guys on the hall didn’t always see eye to eye, and I didn’t always [...]