When it’s okay to fire the client

Coaching

Almost always my time coaching people is a wonderful experience where they gain insight, address challenges, experience breakthroughs, and take positive steps toward their vision. But there are times when we just don’t seem to get traction. When those kinds of...

Visual processors

Coaching

I’ve been writing a series on my blog about how different people process their thoughts differently. So far I’ve covered audio processors– who process through talking and listening– and what I call artistic/experiential processers– who...

Artistic and experiential processers

Coaching

Yesterday on my blog I wrote about how some people are audio processers. They need to be able to talk– and hear themselves talk– to process their thinking. Others tend to be experiential or artistic processers. Some find that drawing pictures or diagrams...

From ideas to action – different ways people process

Coaching

Every person you coach is different. One important difference is how they process ideas. Some are audio processors. They think best out loud, and talking is the way they process their ideas. As they talk, they gain greater clarity and insight, which then results in...

Formalizing coaching across an organization

Coaching, Leadership, Training

As coaching catches on in an organic way throughout an organization, the benefits begin to speak for themselves. People start experiencing more and more of the power of coaching, tell others, and more people want to get in on it. Demand begins to exceed capacity. Now...

How organic change leads to organizational change

Coaching

So we know from yesterday’s blog entry that trying to institute coaching from the top down most often doesn’t work. Implementation is spotty. You have some key people who won’t participate. Leaders don’t model the behavior. Quality suffers. People start...