Communication
Coaching Presence – What is it and Why is it Important?
Earlier this month, I offered some thoughts about the behaviors of a coach-leader and of a coach, showing how in many ways both roles are similar and at times different. One important way that coach leaders and coaches are the same is the way they offer and maintain presence to the person speaking. In order…
Read MoreHappy New Year 2023
Greetings 2023 and all the meetings and “to do” lists just waiting for you to complete and celebrate! As we begin a new year, another divine message came to me recently that I immediately knew I had to use and share. You know we always say coaching does take time but everything else take more…
Read MorePsychological Safety, Part 2
William Kahn describes psychological safety as “being able to show and employ one’s self without fear of negative consequences of self-image, status or career.” Psychological Conditions of Personal Engagement and Disengagement at Work. In the previous post, the first two stages of psychological safety were discussed — Inclusion Safety and Learner Safety. The next stages…
Read MoreHappier, No Matter What – Really?
I had the opportunity to attend a virtual webinar with Dr. Ben-Shahar this summer and was intrigued with what he had to offer, especially, as related to his recent book, Happier, No Matter What: Cultivating Hope, Resilience & Purpose in Hard Times. It wasn’t that I was hearing the ideas presented for the first time.…
Read MoreBeginnings: Psychological Safety
As we return to school as leaders, teachers, and students, one of the most important things we have learned from cognitive research in the last twenty years is the importance of psychological safety. Returning to a building or coming to a new place is either exciting or scary. What makes the difference? People do! We…
Read MoreBouncing Forward to a New Normal – Part 2
Last time we began exploring a model offered to us that holds the potential for jumpstarting our sense of resilience. The Resilience Triangle comprises Mindset + Energy + Action. It’s like a three-legged stool. Lacking even one leg, the whole stool won’t stand firm. In part one, we were reminded of the power of our…
Read MoreNew Year – New Beginnings
Earlier this month the four founders of Results Coaching Global communicated to you that RCG is now a subsidiary of Solution Tree, Inc. We are extremely excited to join the Solution Tree Family and want to assure you that this is a flawless transition with no disruption to products, services, and customer care. We are…
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 MoreWe All Need Love!
In the 1960’s there was a song written by Hal David and Burt Bacharach titled, “What the World Needs Now is Love.” Dionne Warwick brought the song to life with her beautiful voice. I loved the song when it first came out (I was a college student), and still love it today (as a mature…
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