When I first learned about coaching, I was not in love with the concept. At the time, I was on staff with a large denomination and we had a history of “flavor-of-the-month” training programs, each of which was sure to be the magical missing ingredient for ushering in God’s kingdom. (Yawn!) So, as I heard …
There was a commercial for a bank a few years ago that featured a “monkey on your back.” The unsuspecting banking client gets a variable rate mortgage, which seems like a good idea until she signs the contract. Before she puts the pen down, there appears a monkey on her back, representing the ongoing detriment …
Last year there was an internet meme (is that what it’s called?) about how Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos earns a gazillion dollars a second (approximately) while some Amazon employees struggle to get by and others rely on food stamps because they can’t make ends meet on what they earn. The contrast was meant to vilify …
Maybe all of your coaching clients are “eagles” – they set goals, work hard, never quit, and live with an awesome level of intentionality. Good for you; you can stop reading now. For the rest of us, we have clients (as well as that person staring at us from the mirror) who struggle to clarify …
