Coaching Across Cultures
Buenos Aries, April 2011; I join 21 experienced coaches from Canada, The UK, Argentina, Peru, Chile and Brazil to experience the sought-after material developed by European pioneer Philippe Rosinski and his partner Australian Dina Zavrski-Makaric. Day 1; we’re divided into smaller teams—ours is called The Blue Team, and our brief is to submit a collaborative team project by day 3. […]
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Personal Branding – Own It!
We all have an idea of ourselves that we’d like the rest of the world to see, whether it is perfectly authentic or not. The problem is that for a large number of people, this idea that we hold in our minds, is often where it stays. Getting this version of yourself out to the rest of the world is where the problem begins to manifest, and take on a life of its own. The person we believe we are presenting to co-workers and potential business partners turns out to be someone else entirely, someone you didn’t think you were at all. You find yourself asking: “How did my employees get the idea that I had no hobbies or social interests?” or “Why would potential business associates go with my competitors when I clearly charge a lower fee and deliver on promises?” The answer is this: the person you know you are, is not the person that others see you as. In other words, your internal brand and your external brand are not congruent. This means just one thing: your personal branding needs some attention. […]
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25 Powerful and Generative Questions
“When was the last time you sat through a meeting and said to yourself, “This is a complete waste of time?”. Was it yesterday or even a few hours ago? Why did that gathering feel so tedious? Perhaps its because the leaders posed the wrong questions at the start of the session. Or worse yet, maybe they didn’t ask any engaging questions, and as a result, the meeting consisted of boring report-outs or other forms of one-way communication that failed to engage people’s interest or curiosity.” […]
I work with only a select number of clients at any time. If you think we are a good fit, please email me on motivcoach@gmail.com
Motivation and the ‘Referred’ Coachee
“I can’t see how coaching will benefit me. Things are fine, just a small hiccup, is all. I don’t have the time to be talking with you. I’m only here because they insist. What do you want from me?” Ouch. These words from a recent client are not music to any coach (or manager or leaders) ears. How to proceed? With calm caution. […]
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Observations of life through a lens
For the first time in 5 years I stayed put in my home town for the holidays. With great longing I watch my friends and colleagues jet-set off to foreign lands, as I have been doing before. My envy is born of my wanderlust for vagabonding and relating to the world. But more, so much more, it’s motivated by my love for street photography. I’m one of many photography hobbyists who feels somewhat uninspired by the familiarity of my own world, believing that the photographic content is always greener on the other side. […]
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Discussing the Undiscussables
“Will you share your concern at the next EXCO meeting?”, I ask my client. He looks horrified, “No. This is a taboo subject around here and being the one to raise it again will leave me at risk and unpopular”. But how will you learn from it, I ask? My client is experiencing what many people experience in many organizations— a significant barrier to team learning; the existence of topics that are “undiscussables”. […]
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Beware bringing the Boardroom into the Bedroom
Armed with IPads, e-mail, blackberry’s and laptops, today’s ambitious executive can put to shame our counterpart in the money-grabbing 1980s. Today we can be on call anywhere, anytime. Professional work can be seamlessly carried into the bedroom and, scarily, even the hospital bed. […]
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Is your Uranus in Opposition? (No disrespect intended)
In my experience, a very often (and apparently not-so-unusual phenomenon happens in my coaching practice) —I seem to attract people who are dealing with such similar issues as I am in my life and career. If you’re a therapist, counsellor, boss or friend, you’ve undoubtedly experienced the same—when you client or colleague or friend of report starts to share what they think is their unique personal trauma with you, you think, hey, I know this — this is happening in my life too! I think God is on a mission; to show ourselves to ourselves in every encounter. […]
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Coaches: Do your actions speak as loud as your words?
“After all is said and done, a lot more will have been said than done.” ~Author Unknown This month I was contacted by a coaching colleague in Kwa-Zulu Natal (a coach I do not know – isn’t it wonderful when your marketing systems draw the right contacts to you?). She asked that I contribute to an article request from Weighless Wellness Magazine inviting coaches to expose their own personal habits. The editor wanted to turn the table on 3 Coaches, asking them to share what it is they DO in their own lives. “Walking the talk” and “actions speak louder than words” are 2 clichés they wanted to put to the test here. Quite rightly, since coaches and mentors are in the business of helping our clients to inspect their habits, not so? The magazine wanted to evaluate whether we are indeed living up to Benjamin Franklin’s credo of “Well done is better than well said” […]
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Truth? Growth? Awareness? Can any one word describe the power of exercising the mind?
I’ve recently been inspired by this question asked of me by a colleague, “What is the one word that best describes the outcome of coaching and development for you?”. Dozens of words come to mind! In my inspiration, I posed the same question to other coaching colleagues. It seems they too were challenged to select just one word for the array of benefits that arise as a result of the coaching process. Still searching for my one word, my truth, I grabbed a copy of Mark Forstater’s book ’The living Wisdom of Socrates’, and found myself deep in the musings of one of the world’s most celebrated philosophers (dare I call him a Coach?) for over 2300 years. […]
I work with only a select number of clients at any time. If you think we are a good fit, please email me on motivcoach@gmail.com
I work with only a select number of clients at any time. If you think we are a good fit, please email me on motivcoach@gmail.com