Being an effective coach is a leadership skill – as you coach successfully you help create the future you are leading people towards. However, being an effective coach is more than leadership – it is an important life skill as well. We all can be more effective at coaching in our communities, in our families, with
In the more than three decades I have worked with leaders at all levels from around the world, I have always urged them to become collectors of questions. This is an important idea, one that few coaches and leaders think about. If you want to ask great questions (and there are probably 20 reasons we
In a Bud to Boss Workshop earlier this week, a question was asked that I had some trouble answering at first, and because of that I have been continuing to think about it. Without exposing any confidences from the group or providing too much detail, the crux of the question was something like this: Are
In certain situations we all understand and value the importance of encouragement. Take, with kids for example. When they are learning to walk and talk, there is tons of encouragement from every adult around. We know that if they keep at it they will succeed. Take, our friends as a second example. When our closest friends
Next month I am delivering a brand new program that I extremely excited about! Coaching Training Camp is designed for any leader who wants to be a more effective coach or mentor. Coaching and developing others is one of the most important roles of a leader. While that may seem pretty obvious, for many leaders
Leaders sometimes have to deal with complacent people – those people who are seemingly happy with their current position or status or job performance. Gather leaders and coaches for any length of time and this challenge is likely to come up. Inherent in the challenge and the questions they ask about those behaviors is a
It isn’t always easy to hold two seemingly conflicting ideas in your mind at the same time. I believe this is why too often too many people live in a But World. When they mention two different ideas or opinions to link them together with ” but” which linguistically implies and telegraphs that the latter one
We all meet new people, in all phases of our lives. In some of those situations we may not be consciously thinking about the importance of making a good first impression; however, conscious or not, we are always making an impression. Sometimes – be it the person we are meeting, the situation we are in
By now you’ve read or heard something about Steven Slater, the JetBlue flight attendant who, after an altercation with a passenger, left the plane on an emergency slide at JFK airport on Monday. (If you haven’t heard anything, or want to read and see more, check out this page.) If you have seen or heard
July 26, 2010 Fortune Magazine. Two small little snippets on page 20 should cause alarm bells for many. Fact 1: 39% of large company CEO’s and directors say they have zero real internal CEO candidates. Fact 2: The average number of hours boards spend on succession planning? Two. Do you see yourself or your company
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