A typical networking interaction may go like this: “What do you do?” or “Tell me about your business.” What is your response? Are you prepared to answer in a way that will engage the asker, perhaps even to the point of persuading them to meet with you and ultimately purchase…
What is Trust in the Coaching Relationship?
One of the great privileges of being a coach is the opportunity to listen to and get to know other people on a very intimate level. This requires a significant amount of trust on the part of both the coach and the client. This is obvious for the client, as…
On Vacation
What do you do when you are going to be away for a couple of weeks and you have made a commitment to yourself that you will produce a weekly blog? Well you sit down and write three in a row and have them ready to go at the push…
Collaborating towards an Impossible Future.
“Trust is at the heart of collaboration” Kouzes & Posner After a recent audited coaching session (a third party listens in on the conversation with permission from all parties to give feedback) the auditor asked me what I thought was my signature presence as a coach. I responded that I…
Leadership = Accountability
Some favorite sayings of small children are: “It’s not my fault…they made me do it…I forgot.” Some favorite sayings of small adults are: “It’s not my job…No one told me…It couldn’t be helped.” Dan Zadra said, “True freedom begins and ends with personal accountability.” If this is true for…