I am a bit embarrassed to admit that I was in my twenties before I started brushing my teeth at night. I brushed every morning (who can stand morning breath?!), but I had just never established the habit of brushing before bed. That changed with my first cavity and a conversation with my dentist. …
Sometimes coaching can be a frustrating, challenging, and tiresome job. I experienced many of the pains of coaching all in one week recently: Two no-show clients. A client who came ready to complain, but not ready to work. Partners and vendors who seemed hell-bent on making my job harder, not easier. Technology woes that …
I think it was Clint Eastwood’s Dirty Harry character who quipped, “A man’s got to know his limitations.” As coaches, we tend to be anti-limitations. Many of our clients are held back by limiting beliefs, assumptions, and perspectives. We often encourage clients to think bigger and to stretch beyond the constraints that they allow …
New Yorker reporter Charles Duhigg is out to help you and me become better communicators. In fact, he has uncovered some wisdom that will help us be “super communicators” – people who know how to recognize what kind of conversation they are in and then are capable of using the right skills for making …
