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I often get asked if it matters whether someone hires a coach who calls themselves an Executive Coach, a Career Coach or a Life Coach? Here’s what I say: It matters less about the Coach’s specialty and more about a) the “fit” between the two of you, and b) what you the client are hoping…

I often get asked if it matters whether someone hires a coach who calls themselves an Executive Coach, a Career Coach or a Life Coach? Here’s what I say: It’s less about the Coach’s specialty and more about a) the “fit” between the two of you, and b) what you the client are hoping to…

Sound like an unrealistic claim? I can assure you, there’s nothing unreal about this. In my 14 years as a professionally trained and ICF credentialed Coach, over 95% of the hundreds of clients I’ve coached would agree that working with a coach has indeed changed their life. Change means different things to different people. Here…

Hiring a Coach, to those who have not yet had that experience, can be a bit of a mystery.  Here’s a basic primer on hiring a Coach.   Step # 1: Get clear why you are in the market for a Coach.  What’s the situation you are wanting to evaluate or change or reflect on?  Is…

You’re probably asking yourself what kind of question is this?  What does it mean to be a great coaching client, and why does it matter?  Let me explain: First, let’s be clear on what coaching really is.  Here are two very simple definitions of coaching: “Coaching is partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative…

Most of us have warm homes to live in, good food on the table every day, friends and family who are loving and supportive, careers we enjoy.  All in all, much to be grateful for.  And as it turns out, much that we often take for granted. So a year ago, when I struck up…

“LUCK is where OPPORTUNITY meets PREPARATION” I’ve always appreciated this quote.  Not sure who coined it.  But I recently heard the actor, Denzell Washington state it during a tribute award show, and I thought, “how appropriate for the work that I do with my career and executive coaching clients”. What speaks to me about this…

You know that old expression “It’s just too good to be true”? Well, I had a client  a while back, whose job experience could pretty much be summed up with that expression. Here’s his story. He was a talented and smart professional, working in a sector he no longer loved.  In fact, he pretty much…

What’s a mindset?  It’s a habitual pattern of thoughts, feeling and behaviors.  It provides us with a frame through which we see and experience the world.   It helps shape our limitations and our possibilities, and helps define our choices and our outcomes. Learner or Judger… do you know how to tell the difference? We’re not…

Whether I’m working with an executive coaching client or a career coaching client, a mentor coaching client or helping a client prep for a job or school entrance interview, I find this quote to be particularly relevant and helpful to my coaching clients.  I encourage you to read it a couple of times over.  “It’s…