Gina Abudi’s bulleted advice for managing stress maps to many of the focus areas coaches help clients work through. Managers who use a coaching orientation in the way they listen and question their people can help individuals identify the sources of their stress and find proactive steps similar to those outlined here to alleviate work-life […]
The only way to learn to ride a two-wheeler is to ride. Training wheels and instruction tips are helpful, but practice, practice, practice is key to success. Businesses invest considerable amounts in training programs, either importing experts or sending people off to outside seminars to develop management skills. Unfortunately, the research shows that they don’t […]
This guest post is by Jane Perdue, founder of Braithwaite Innovation Group and a leadership and women’s issues consultant. Jane is @thehrgoddess on Twitter and can also be found doing elearning at Get Your BIG On. Managers and executive coaches can benefit from the six hat thinking model in formulating questions around a coaching challenge. […]
I was thinking about a California trip I made this past March during days of record and unrelenting rains. I was with my daughter the day we arrived in Santa Barbara, and the downpours had temporarily halted. We had plans to go to the Santa Ynez wine country sometime during our stay. My daughter suggested […]
I recently had the pleasure of chatting with Laurie Lawson and Bernie Siegel on Coach Chat Radio, sponsored by the International Coach Federation — New York City. Laurie and Bernie covered the territory in interviewing me about my experience coaching in the workplace, my book, and my blog. Their questions included: what influenced me to […]
