Are Coaches Worth the Money?
Hiring a business coach isn’t cheap – it’s an investment. An investment in your career. An investment in your life. An investment in your relationships. Ask anyone who has ever hired a coach and they will tell you it’s the best money they have ever spent to improve their professional and personal life. A coaching […]
Will You Mentor Me?
You’ve looked at her profile and checkout her photos. You’ve read her social media feeds and decided it’s time to pop the question. Not the one to share eternal love and and a life together, but “Will you Mentor Me?” Like any successful relationship, a mentoring relationship should be rooted in trust and mutual respect. […]
Change, A Crashing Wave
Do you feel like a wave is crashing over you, ready to take you out, and drag you to the bottom leaving you breathless and grasping for air? A client recently used this metaphor of a crashing wave to describe the pressure he was feeling from multiple changes in his organization.\n\nI asked him, what do […]
Keeping it all in Balance
With Nike stock closing at a record high earlier this year and projected revenue of $19 billion in 2010, Nike has flourished under the leadership of Mark Parker, a shoe designer turned CEO.\n\nIn his quest to mix the strength of both his right-brain and left-brain he recently made an entry in a sketchbook he carries […]
Are you asking the right questions?
It’s been said that training isn’t telling. Well either is coaching. People often expect that a coach will tell them what to do – fix their problem. In reality, coaching is about asking questions and probing to get at the unspoken thoughts and feelings that often prevent people from addressing the toughest […]
Brain Power
What do you get when you bring the world’s top business thinkers and neuroscientists working together? An exciting new field of study called NeuroLeadership, a term coined by David Rock in 2006. This week I attended an event for Women in Organizational Development where, Jennifer McCusker presented on this topic. Like myself, my peers […]