Hey, we all want to believe that we are caring, empathetic, compassionate folk.  That we pay attention to what others think.  Having these qualities makes the world a better place.  Right? But how about when we go overboard?  When we make decisions for ourselves, based more on what others think than what our heart or…

Last year, I worked for six months with a client who diagnosed himself with “imposter syndrome”. He had a number of skill sets. He appeared to have a pretty high I.Q. His E.Q. appeared to be way above average. He had a good job that paid well. But he hankered for something more, and different…

I had a client who was with me for about three years.  A senior leader in a high profile position, well respected, making lots of money, doing well by anyone’s standards.  Including her own.  But she had hired a coach because she knew she had more to learn about being a better leader.  About raising…

I recently read this quote in a biz magazine, from a senior exec at Shopify. Here’s what they said: “Until recently it was a weird dirty secret that some of the best leaders in the world have coaches. So I’ve become very vocal about it, because I think it’s important. Coaching at Shopify actually started…

True story…I had a client a few years ago. He’d spent over a year seeking a new career in a field he was well trained for. But he found it hard slogging. The harder he tried, the more rejections he received. Eventually his self-confidence fell to a new all-time low. He became kind of desperate.…

Last year, I got to coach a client who, as it turned out, had made many of her previous career decisions out of fear, rather than imagination.  She came to coaching because as she described to me in our first session “ I’m sick and tired of cowering in the corner, fearful of what might…

I gotta say, I’ve had a bit of a rough go of it, medically speaking, this past year. And I know now, first hand, that one of the best “teachers” for appreciation of the simple things in life, is adversity. Our ability to identify and experience the contrast between what we are dealing with and…

We Coaches need to be fairly discerning folks by times. We get called or emailed by folks we have never met and have no knowledge of, asking if they can hire us to be their Coach.  While a first reaction for most of us might be “ well yes, of course, I’m in business aren’t…

I never expected this. My life script, that I had so carefully crafted and was pretty darn sure I was sticking to, did not include this. When the mammogram results showed abnormal cells in June of 2016… when the biopsy came back with the confirmation that I had breast cancer, I pretty much went into…

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: Coaching is partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal…