When the Next Step Forward Is to Stop
“What makes a fire burn is space between the logs.” – Judy Sorum Brown So many of my clients have been racing to get to our coaching call. And the first thing I’ll suggest is that we take a couple of...
View ArticleReinventing Yourself Again and Again
Over the last 20 years as a professional coach, I’ve found it very beneficial to reinvent myself regularly. When I started out, I coached, and that was it. I loved it, and in some ways, I could still...
View ArticleUnlearning in Leadership
One of the benefits of a business’s growth is how our leadership role shifts from doing everything ourselves to shepherding and developing the business – sometimes from behind the scenes. At...
View ArticleHow to Spot Coaching Readiness
A large organization invited me to participate in their monthly staff training day. I was brought in to teach them coaching skills, but here’s what I noticed. When I put people into groups to practice...
View ArticleUsing Assessments in Coaching Groups and Teams
I often get requests to coach groups or teams and use an assessment. While we may prefer to do straight coaching, what I call “content-free” coaching, we shouldn’t let this kind of request keep us...
View ArticleCoaching Globally
Many people tell me they’d love to expand their horizons and coach people outside their home country, and they ask how I’ve been able to do this. As I reflect on my last 20 years in coaching, my answer...
View ArticlePresent-Focused Coaching
People often ask, what’s changed in the 20 years since I’ve been a coach? One trend I’ve definitely noticed is the shift from future-focused coaching to present-focused coaching. Twenty years ago, and...
View ArticleHow Business Building Builds You as a Person
In a recent coaching class, the students were asking about marketing, specifically how I get clients. I told them that for me as an external coach, I spend 30-40% of my time every week filling the...
View ArticleHow Travel and Training Builds Resiliency for Leaders
While all leaders feel the weight of responsibility in their roles, I think women even more so – they wear more hats, fill more roles, and keep track of more details. In January I facilitated a...
View ArticleThe Five Core Ingredients of a Coaching-Inspired Workplace
At Coaching4Clergy and Coaching4Today’sLeaders, we spend a lot of time teaching the core competencies and what it takes to be an effective coach. Beyond that, each coach also has the opportunity to...
View ArticlePace, Space and Schedules
One of the great things about being a solopreneur is that you get to set your schedule, and that’s also one of the most challenging things. Twenty years ago when I started coaching, my mentor coach...
View ArticleGet Out of the House
No one necessarily tells you this before you start a coaching business, so I’m telling you now. It can be hard to work from home all day, especially when you work primarily on the phone or online. I...
View ArticleBook Space Between Your Calls
There are some things no one tells you when you start coaching – at least no one told me. When I first started, for example, I’d book coaching calls one after the other, but I eventually realized that...
View ArticleNew Coaches, Have You Done the Math?
I’ve been reflecting on some of the things I wish someone had told me sooner as a new coach, like make sure to leave space between coaching sessions, and get out of the house once in a while. I’m...
View ArticleWho Are Your Five People?
When I work out at the gym, sometimes I listen to music and sometimes it’s motivational talks. One speaker mentioned Jim Rohn’s idea that we are the average of the five people we spent the most time...
View ArticleThe Changing Face of Leadership
I was training a group of leaders when one of the participants mentioned he had read that what would have earned you a grade of “A” as a leader in the 70s and 80s, would earn you a “C” today. That...
View ArticleHelping Stuck Clients Help Themselves
One of the key principles I aim to get across to new coaches is to coach the person, not the problem. This is a good reminder for even seasoned coaches to not try to solve the problems our clients...
View ArticleWrestling with Resting
My CrossFit gym recently did a video interview with me. One of the questions was about what I’ve been working on in the gym. I was surprised by what popped out of my mouth. I said that I was...
View ArticleCoaching Yourself to Focus
There are many of us who struggle with focus, myself included. So it’s no surprise that the Coaching For Focus and ADHD Challenges elective is one of our most popular offerings. A big part of...
View ArticleCoaching from the Inside
More and more people in our coach training programs are saying, these coaching skills are really good, how can I use them more in my work as a supervisor? And how will that experience be different or...
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