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Hiring a Coach, to those who have not yet had that experience, can be a bit of a mystery. Here are my five easy steps to help you hire your right Coach! Step # 1: Get clear why you are in the market for a Coach.  What’s the situation you are wanting to evaluate or…

A couple of years ago I got the chance to coach a marvelous woman.  We’ll call her Vanessa.  Vanessa was a highly educated, super star in her field.  When she started her career she loved her work.  She loved everything about it.  But 15 years in the thrill had worn off.  She was bored, un-motivated…

Sound hokey?  A bit of an oversell? Actually, not. I’ve coached a few hundred clients in the 10 years since I took my year long training to  become an ICF certified Coach, and I don’t think I’d be lying to say that easily 90% of them would describe their coaching experience as life changing. Change…

Last week when I was visiting my family, my son-in-law gave me a gift. It was a book called “Mindset” by a Psychologist. It’s not a new bestseller or anything… it was published in 2007. But he thought the book might be helpful for my coaching practice. That was a Tuesday morning. Four hours later,…

When you hear the word “soft”, what does it conjure up for you? What words would you use to describe what soft means to you, in your life? What connotation would you attach to the word soft? I had an interesting experience a few weeks ago in a coaching session. My client was describing how…

The other day I was in the midst of a coaching session helping a client sort through a particularly difficult work relationship. She looked at me and asked me a question that kind of surprised me, because it was the kind of question that spoke volumes about her own belief system, her level of self…

A Coaching Lesson from the Client’s Perspective- Samantha One of my recent posts was about some of the lesson’s I’ve learned on my journey as a Coach.  Here’s the next in a series of big lessons learned… Names have been changed to maintain the absolute confidentiality of coaching- a cornerstone of our Code of Ethics.…

I recently read something (honestly, I wish I could recall where) that provided me with some illumination around the differences between decision and choice. So, I offer my ‘take’ on the subject. The word ‘decision’ comes from the latin… the act of or need for making up one’s mind: The root word cis and its…

A Coaching Lesson from the Client’s Perspective- Bob One of my recent posts was about some of the lesson’s I’ve learned on my journey as a Coach. Here’s the next in a series of big lessons learned… Names have been changed to maintain the absolute confidentiality of coaching- a cornerstone of our Code of Ethics.…

One of my recent posts was about some of the lesson’s I’ve learned on my journey as a Coach. This post is about one big learning that a client had as a result of being coached. Her name has been changed to maintain the absolute confidentiality of coaching- a cornerstone of our Code of Ethics.…