Julie is a client of mine who works as an office manager in a mid-sized law firm. (BTW, names and some details are changed to protect client confidentiality.) In a recent coaching session, Julie brought up an issue with one of her direct reports, Pamela. In fact, it’s an ongoing issue. The latest manifestation of […]
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There’s a BIG difference between a strength and a skill. As a coach, knowing the difference between strengths and skills can help you be a far better coach and help your clients experience greater success and fewer headaches. What is a strength? Each person is born with certain strengths. These are the natural aptitudes, talents,
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One of my hobbies is an old Jeep that I sometimes drive and often work on. I’m no certified mechanic, but I can take care of the one thing that the Jeep most often needs: a jump start. Jeeps aren’t the only things that sometimes need a jump start. The same is true for relationships,
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When helping clients design actions, it’s important to identify timelines. After all, real actions take place in real space and time. Putting a timeframe or timeline to the action will make a conceptual action more concrete and more tangible (thereby increasing the likeliness that the client will take the action). However, not all action plans
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