Posts by Karen Anderson, PCC, M. Ed.
Moving Toward the Light
I’m certain you have all experienced this . . . receiving an email or text message that is just what you need at the moment. Well, that happened to me. My brother, knowing me and my profession, occasionally sends me messages he knows will resonate with our core values and beliefs. The following message comes…
Read MoreWhen Do I Not Coach?
Again, Marcia Reynolds, in Coach the Person, Not the Problem, speaks to us about when not to coach. She says we Do Not Coach if we cannot do the following: Let go of how we want the conversation to go. If not, we lead, we force, and we solve which is contrary to what coaching is.…
Read MoreWhen Do I Coach?
Many people hold the misconception that coaching is ONLY about problems. In reality, there are many opportunities to coach which show up in both our personal and professional lives. According to Marcia Reynolds, in her book, Coach the Person, Not the Problem, she offers these possibilities as an ideal time for a coaching conversation. Exploring…
Read MoreWhat Coaching Is . . . AND . . . What It Is Not?
In our Level I seminar – Leadership Coaching for High Performance, you create a list in response to this question – What Is Coaching and What Is It Not? Here are some of your responses: What Coaching IS What Coaching Is Not Full presence Multi-tasking Non-judgemental Judgment Partnering Mentoring Now, add your own: What Coaching…
Read MoreHow Do We Sustain the Intended Power of Working Agreements?
Previously, this series addressed two ideas regarding Working Agreements – how to establish them and how to breathe life into existing ones. This article will focus on maintaining and sustaining the intended power of Working Agreements. As stated earlier, Working Agreements will stick ONLY if the group commits to practicing them over time. This is…
Read MoreHow Do We Breathe Life Into Existing Working Agreements?
While the first article in this series focused on the establishment of Working Agreements, this article speaks to breathing life into existing Working Agreements. Frequently, you tell us, “We have Working Agreements and no one pays attention to them!” So, what’s this about? Upon deeper reflection, it always comes down to one thing – failure…
Read MoreHow Do We Create High-Performing Teams?
With today’s standard of accomplishing our work with others, increased collaboration and higher expectations for team success are the norm. And, one thing we’ve learned for sure, is that many teams are operating without agreements about how they will work together to navigate the high demands required in today’s work environment. The Working Agreements of…
Read MoreThe Damage of Giving Advice and Four Steps to Tame Your Advice Monster
The Advice Trap – Be Humble, Stay Curious & Change the Way you Lead Forever has been the focus of this month’s social media articles. So far, we have explored Easy and Hard Change, The Advice Personas, and Six Foggy-fiers that interfere with our work as coaches. This article will look at the dark side…
Read MoreThe Three Personas of the Advice Monster and Six Foggy-fiers
Continuing our study of Michael Bungay Stanier’s book, The Advice Trap, this article will explore two concepts – The Three Personas of the Advice Monster and Six Foggy-fiers. Sounds interesting, doesn’t it. Michael says the Advice Monster likes to inhabit three personas – Tell-It, Save-It, and Control-It. Using his tag line from the book –…
Read MoreEasy Change vs. Hard Change
In Michael Bungay Stanier’s book, The Advice Trap – Be Humble, Stay Curious & Change the Way You Lead Forever, he asks, “Why is it easy (ish) to figure out our new phones, but hard to keep our resolutions?” He says what we all know – some change is easy and some change is hard.…
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