Success at Work : People Skills : Complaining
Do you know an individual at work who is a chronic complainer? Are YOU a chronic complainer? People don't like complainers. Listening to a chronic complainer gets people depressed. They prefer to associate with people that make them feel good. If you are always complaining about something, people will start... Read More
Top Ten Things You Would Never Hear a Coach Say (or then again?!)
When coaching, it's all about the client, be that as a professional coach, or a line manager/business owner using coaching skills in their own business, with their own people. But it's so easy sometimes to turn the tables and be the client..oh, so easy...:-)Let Me Tell You About My Day... Read More
What I Would Include In A Coaching Book
A coach is an essential figure in providing direction and leadership to his/her team. In sports, coaches are sometimes evaluated on the number of wins they can produce. In a business setting, coaches are evaluated on how efficient they are in providing a healthy work environment for employees.I have never... Read More
Value Based Leadership Coaching
What can I do to be a better coach? The Eight Step Coaching Model describes the process, yet too often the focus is on techniques only. "How can I say it to win my point, get others to do things my way, or convince them?" Focusing only on one technique... Read More
Nourishing Your Network
It takes less effort to keep an existing customer than to gain a new customer.This is Business 101. Corporations focus on acquisition, but they must also focus on customer service and retention in order to be successful.So why don't people apply this philosophy to their personal network? For some people... Read More
Enhancing Life for a Lifetime
Do you often feel lonely, anxious, or even depressed? Is a mid-life or quarter-life crisis threatening your confidence, self-esteem and well-being? Do you yearn for practical advice on enhancing, balancing and bringing new joy to your personal and professional life?Tens of millions of Americans answer a resounding "yes" to one... Read More
Key Questions for a Coaching Conversation
There are 2 key skills that coaches need to be truly effective, the ability to listen (often for what is missing rather than what is said) and the ability to ask the right question at the right time.Now in reality there are no 'right' questions, there are however some very... Read More
What Does It Take To Have It All In Life?
Many people have asked me why I wrote my book, 'The Street Kid's Guide to Having it All', and I realized that some people simply do not believe that it is possible to 'have it all'. Well, I am here as an ambassador to dispel that rumor once and for... Read More
Context is King!
If you've been around the Internet for more than two hours, you've probably heard someone say it or write it. If you haven't, you will.Content is King.What they're saying is that the message is what's important on a web page, not spinning logos or dancing exclamation marks. You'll see it... Read More
Business Career, Executive, Life Coaching Article Mechanisms of the Mind (Achieving Success)
Suppose that the human mind is nothing more than a bio-computer and that the function of this computer is to get its owner exactly what he says he wants.. The computer mind takes what you say very literally. So, if you say you cannot do something, the mind interprets that... Read More
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Living On Purpose
The purpose of life is to live a life of... Read More
A World of Possibility
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Curse of Competence: How Being Good gets in the way of Becoming Great
Just before the storms hit last winter, my father-in-law and... Read More
Time Travel
Let me quote something you wrote. "When you reach the... Read More
Get Out What You Put In!
During a recent coaching session with Mark, I was briefly... Read More
How to Coach Yourself!
Some people are not in a position to work with... Read More
Lovers Remorse
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Handling Disappointment
Disappointment is an inevitable part of home-based business. Clients won't... Read More
Voice Care for Coaches
Coaches rely heavily on their voice to service clients. If... Read More
Increase Your Intelligence With Music
You Are What You Listen ToCan music really help you... Read More
Could You Be A Workaholic?
If you need to put on boots and grab a... Read More
Happiness and Work: Your Life Depends On It.
Early one morning, Robert awoke, made his wife of 41... Read More
You Have The Right
The other day I was having a interesting conversation with... Read More
Different New-Years Resolution - Pass-It-Forward
Every 12 months, as the New-Year rolls around, we all... Read More
Corporate Coaching - Why Coach? C(5)+ED
Is it possible to make a strong "business case for... Read More
Media Underload! The Stress Reducing Psych-Diet
The war, taxes, the economy, increased health problems, crime on... Read More
5 Tips to Improve ANY Performance
Seeking improved performance at work? Wishing you could finally achieve... Read More
Seeing Your Energy At Work
Our bodies are made of pure energy. With Quantum physics... Read More
3 Easy Steps to Low Stress Communication
Life is all about choices. And so is the way... Read More
Communicating with Case Studies
Not long ago, I made a partnership pitch, on behalf... Read More
Creating An Effective Toolbox For Success
WHAT'S IN YOUR TOOLBOX?Think tools are just for builders and... Read More
Growing On G.R.O.W ? A More Specific Coaching Model For Busy Managers
The effective coaching of employees by their line managers is... Read More
What Rules!
There are things that we do automatically internally that we... Read More
Fear of Intimacy
Emotional intimacy is one of the most wonderful experiences we... Read More
Business Coaching Legacy: Reflections on What You Want to Leave Behind?
Updating my will has been on my mind for quite... Read More
Your Past and Present Hold Key to Your Future
Knowing more about who you are will give you the... Read More
Do You Want to Make More Money as A Life Coach
There's a lot of coaches out there not making any... Read More
Control, Helplessness, and Love
During my 35 years of counseling individuals, couples, families and... Read More
Coaching for Success
Coaching is perhaps the most effective method of increasing performance... Read More
Mind the Gap
The underground train in London can get you anywhere when... Read More
Drop and Gimme Ten!
Every one of us have dreams, desires and goals that... Read More
Why a Self Help Book May Not Help You
For a self help book to work, we have to... Read More
Hows Your Self-Talk?
You know, what are you saying to yourself? There's always... Read More
How to Deal Effectively with Anxiety
Every human feels anxiety on occasion; it is a part... Read More
More Money & Less Stress?
At 2pm last Wednesday, I got a call from one... Read More
Our Perception Determines Our Experience
Not long ago, I traveled back east to Ohio and... Read More
Successful Implementation of Company Wide Coaching Programmes
Ten years ago I was fortunate enough to be heavily... Read More
Lovers Remorse
Direct Answers - Column for the week of July 29,... Read More
Pecked to Death By Ducks
Ever been in a situation where it seems like minor... Read More
Take a Chance, Win a Prize
I think that we're all probably familiar with the fairground... Read More
Be The One With Something Interesting To Say
How Do You Learn Something New?If you could learn fast... Read More
Is Your Life In Motion?
Ever since the Internet bubble and the 9/11 terrorist attacks,... Read More
Becoming An Empowered Consumer
How many times have you said to yourself?"I just wish... Read More
The Adventure Attitude
Of the 60,000 people who lived to be over 100... Read More
5 Keys to Powerful Communication
As a coach that specializes in marriage, couples and family... Read More
Top Ten Things to Build a Bridge and Get Over
God must love Top Ten lists because she made so... Read More
A Live It
Real change happens only when it becomes part of our... Read More
Floating In Mindfulness: Dealing With Disappointment
Feeling disappointed? It's time to float.The time-honored approach to disappointment... Read More
The Value of Career Coaching and Its Effect on Productivity
Athletes the world over have coaches. Yet, workers whose very... Read More
Things Are Good Because I Say They Are
The subject of positive self talk regarding our goals and... Read More
Avoid the Tendency to Underestimate Your Greatness
As a whole I think there is a sad tendency... Read More
Secrets of Creating Interpersonal Power
If you work with people, as a company owner, manager... Read More
Top Ten Things You Would Never Hear a Coach Say (or then again?!)
When coaching, it's all about the client, be that as... Read More
The Rewards and Risks Of Personal Freedom
We all need to decide whether to "play it safe"... Read More
Seeing Your Energy At Work
Our bodies are made of pure energy. With Quantum physics... Read More
Success: Cant Achieve It By Yourself? Pay A Professional!
So many people go through the motions of trying to... Read More
Have a World-Changing Conversation
I know what you're thinking? "Here I am, completely stressed... Read More
The Student Who Knew Too Much
This article is for those of you who coach or... Read More
Stay Connected To WHY You Are Doing Things
"The more I want to get something done, the less... Read More
Your Silent Voice of Experience
"I can't wait!" she exclaimed over the phone. The anticipation... Read More
Executive Coaching
The higher you climb the ladder in this organization, the... Read More
How To Give Criticism Without Bruising Egos
As responsible employers, parents, and friends, we have an obligation... Read More
The Mid-Life Challenge: Make a Plan to Re-ignite Vocational Passion
Nobody will stop you in the hallway at work to... Read More
Is The Apprentice Bad For Your Health?
If you know who I mean when I say Kwame,... Read More
Why Pacing and Leading is for Wimps!
Okay, you have read some books on body language and... Read More
Forget Resolutions - Craft A Life Theme That Works
How many people do you know who, in January, enthusiastically... Read More
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