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Around the age of 13, I was neck deep in magic tricks. My mom even signed me up for a magic class at the local university. I practiced a lot and developed some stories to make the tricks more interesting. At a summer gathering at my aunt’s house, my mom asked if I could do
If you watch the TV show Modern Family, maybe you’ve seen the recurring joke about the faulty step in the Dunphy home. Every time the dad (Phil) runs up or down the stairs, he has a minor trip over one step and yells out, “Gotta fix that step!” Now in Season 8, the step has
I’ve been thinking and writing about how good coaching mindsets lead to great coaching skill sets. In this post I want to talk about another of those coaching mindsets – The client is healthy, creative, and resourceful. This description comes straight out of the International Coach Federation’s definition for coaching and describes one of the
“The road to hell is paved with good intentions.” – Proverb The best coaching, with no built-in accountability, is a disservice to our client. Very often, the coaching I hear tacks on accountability as strongly as Eeyore has tacked on his tail – as an afterthought. Many coaches who have thirty minutes to coach ask
Recently I’ve had a major change of heart when it comes to leadership. This change of heart certainly qualifies as a “major” because practically my entire career has been built around leadership. The first company I helped start was called Smart Leadership. I was a “Leadership Consultant” for a major denomination. I’ve attended leadership conferences,
In my previous post I talked about how good coaching mindsets lead to great coaching skillsets. In this post I want to talk about one of those coaching mindsets – The coach should be more “curious about what could be” than “certain about what is”. In other words, our coaching conversations ought to be full
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