I pick up my son from school. How was school today?  Good. Did you learn anything new today?  No. I counsel someone in my office. What do you think the problem is?  I don’t know. What could you do differently?  I’m not sure. Is there anyone who could help you?  I don’t think so. Powerful

Often people don’t have any idea what coaching is.  If I talk about coaching, they start to nod their heads, but don’t make much of a connection.  But when I demo coaching, I see eyes light up.  “Oh!  That’s what coaching is!  That’s really useful!” I was at a conference teaching a workshop on coaching

“Wow!”  When I took my first coaching class, Sam Farina was teaching the class, and he used one word over and over.  “Wow!”  I decided that day to adopt the power of “Wow!” Sam said it was a simple word of encouragement. You really look great today! That is a fantastic idea! I’m impressed by

What is the first priority when you start your day?  For me, it is a fight between coffee and checking my email.  In fact, through most of the day I have a cup of coffee (I drink decaf by the way), and I check my email. The problem with email is that it resets my

The first problem most of my coaching clients face is clarity.  My client may have a vague idea of what they would like to see happen, but they can’t state it very specifically.  They know they want to move forward but often, they don’t even know what the next step is. It doesn’t take many