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If you are gainfully employed or if you volunteer at church or some other organization, chances are you attend meetings. Most normally sane people do not care too much for meetings. Ask for adjectives to describe typical meetings and you’ll get a laundry list of pejoratives: long, boring, waste of time, frustrating, etc. Why do
One of the unique characteristics of a coaching relationship – as distinct from other helping relationships – is the opportunity for the coach to learn and grow in the process of helping clients learn and grow. In most other helping relationships the “provider” of services is leveraging her/his superior experience, knowledge, or training to help
Okay, so maybe this isn’t a coach’s biggest challenge, but it’s at least in the Top 10 for many of us: coaching a topic we know a lot about. For new coaches, this might sound very counter-intuitive. After all, it seems like a far bigger challenge would come from coaching on a topic you know
“Well I raised a lot of Cain back in my younger days, while Mama used to pray my crops would fail.” Those opening lyrics from a great old Merle Haggard song paint such a vivid image every time I hear it. And while, I don’t necessarily relate to the theme of those lyrics, I do
The number one question I hear from coaches is simple: how do I get paying clients? Sometimes the question is asked of me after a coaching class in a hushed whisper as if the coach is a bit embarrassed to admit she doesn’t know the answer. Other times the question comes as almost a bold
There is something deep in us that resists change. We say we want a new congress, but rarely do we vote anyone out. (There are exceptions.) And then, even our new congressional representative has difficulty in changing anything. This resistance to change certainly makes our job as a coach very difficult, but also gives us
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