Built upon humility and valuing others, it is a subset of servant leadership. Too often, leaders think that they are responsible for making most, if not every, decision in their organizations. Perhaps their ability to make good decisions has...
Read moreA Coaching Culture: What It Takes, Why It’s Important
Today’s workers often base their job satisfaction on three major factors: Purpose – they want to know how they contribute to society. Partnership – they want connections with the people around them and with the organization. Plan for development...
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One of the best descriptors of a coaching relationship is the analogy of a stagecoach – a coach helps a person move from where they are to where they want to be. As a coach, we help the client make that movement through the combination of...
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This article appeared in IndustryWeek and related newsletters in early June 2021 and was in the top 10 of most-read articles for the month of May and into June. The article proposes a more meaningful way of coaching and guiding team members in...
Read moreA Case Study in the Value of Powerful Questions
This article, describing the impact of a leader who started the new habit of asking questions rather than giving answers, appeared in IndustryWeek magazine and a variety of related newsletters in May 2021.
Read moreA Case Study in the Value of Powerful Questions
“Good leaders ask good questions. The best leaders ask the best questions.” Effective leaders spend much of their time coaching the people around them. They see the value that asking questions provides as they empower people and help in their...
Read moreThe Coach Approach – Intro
The Coach Approach© is a lifestyle or mindset of utilizing questions in conversations to build relationship and/or to help others to grow. It is an other-focused or “one another” approach to relating to the people around us. The Coach Approach...
Read more“Ask Powerful Questions” by Will Wise
While the title of this book makes it sound like a coaching book, it is more about a lifestyle or a process of building meaningful relationships. Ask Powerful Questions: Create Conversations That Matter is a book written by Will Wise along with...
Read more“The COACH Model” by Keith Webb
These days there are many books on coaching. Some of them are targeted for the professional life coach, some for the manager or leader who realizes the value of coaching to build relationships and develop team members, and others for the person...
Read moreThe Power in Powerful Questions
Today, the concept of coaching is familiar to most people and many people might describe coaching as a conversation built around questions. But there are questions and then there are powerful questions. If, in coaching, we hope to help others...
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