Coaching Skills

When we do the best we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another. ~ Helen Keller It’s not good enough to do your best, we must do what is required. ~ Winston Churchill The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the…

Lately businesses and service organizations want to know, “How are we doing?” After my medical appointments, I usually receive a survey asking “How did we do? How long did you have to wait? Did you get all of your questions answered?” When I go to the gas pump the machine asks me if I want…

If education is always to be conceived along the same antiquated lines of a mere transmission of knowledge, there is little to be hoped from it in the bettering of man’s future. For what is the use of transmitting knowledge if the individual’s total development lags behind? Maria Montessori Recently while reading a coaching newsletter,…

As coaches, we support and champion our clients. Supportive interactions increase rapport, create harmony and enhance the relationship. Because support at it’s best is about helping others grow and attain whatever they are seeking that is elusive to them, challenging is also an essential ingredient of helping. A healthy amount of discord facilitates change. When…

Whether we are coaches or clients, “Happy” is sometimes an elusive concept. So how do we take responsibility for exercising our happy in order to be physically energized? Most of the time when we think of physical exercise, we think of it as getting our body in shape through movement. We usually get happy and…

In their book, The Power of Full Engagement, Lohrer & Schwartz suggest that the management of energy is the key to high performance, health and happiness. In order to be happy and balanced leaders must be: Physically energized Emotionally connected Mentally focused Spiritually aligned In the last blog we discussed being physically energized in order…

Tears come when you least expect them. An example happened on the evening of July 6, 2014 as the Major League All Star Baseball game began. That’s a time when tears showed up in our home as an unexpected visitor. The tears appeared as I watched 30 classroom teachers representing every major league walk onto…

Have you ever “majored in being right”? When you find yourself controlling conversations with others and pushing your own ideas, then guess what – your major is showing. Brene’ Brown, in Daring Greatly shares a story of an interview with Christine Day, Lululemon’s CEO. Day explained that she was a very bright, smart executive who “majored in…