Do business, life, and executive coaches take notes? Recently a discussion on LinkedIn had many opinions and reasons either for or against note-taking. Some believe …
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Interviewing an Executive Coach
When selecting an executive coach, what do you want to know? When the International Coaching Federation (ICF) did a study on the reasons for choosing …
Executive Coaching and Assessments
Are assessments appropriate in business, life, or executive coaching? Talk about a loaded question! First: is it the coach’s role to assess? The straight answer …
Listening Techniques from Coach Training
In good coach training programs, listening techniques are an essential competency to include. What are the barriers to effective listening? One is biographical listening which …
Management Evolution to Executive Coaching
Thinking back thirty years, managers had the approach of “I am the boss so what I say goes and if you don’t like it you …
A Peer Coaching Conversation
Rather than offering ideas to a peer, a peer coach asks questions. When the peer is listened to, asked probing questions, and develops their own …
Coaching Explored
Coaching is a hot topic – people who know what it is understand the benefits and often want a life or business coach, want to …
Executive Coaching – A Conversation
In the blog on Monday was a snippet of an executive coaching conversation. With the executive coach, the client explored what was happening, gaining valuable …
Executive Coaching – A Conversation
What happens in an executive coaching session? Of course each session is unique and is based on what the client chooses to address. Coaches are …
Business Coaching for Success
The majority of small to medium sized businesses in North America invest in a Business Coach. This often means success instead of failure because a …