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How To Deal With A Pushy Boss We’ve all been thrown under the bus; sometimes from a bad boss. There is some great advice found in this Fast Company article. Here are their suggestions: Consider your actions carefully Stay calm and get the facts Document your side Rally and ally Involve HR […]
Read articleHow Can a Life Coach Help Me? It depends. What do you need? Why this answer? Because any coach worth his salt is going to design a program around the needs of the client. The better question then should be: Will A Life Coach Help Me? Even this question requires greater clarity. However, the way […]
Read articleHow Much Does A life Coach Cost? To answer this question I’d like for you to read this post through the lens of the following two idioms: 1. A thing is worth what someone will pay for it 2. You get what you pay for I worked for Papa John’s International as a Vice President late in […]
Read articleWhat is life coaching designed to achieve? This is another one of those questions that could be answered 100 different ways. The response is more about process than it is about result. Let’s begin with a brief (very brief) comparison of a therapist job description versus a life coach. Life coaching is designed to achieve: […]
Read articleWhat Can Life Coaching Do For Me? The International Coach Federation (ICF) answers, “What is Professional Coaching?” as partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential, which is particularly important in today’s uncertain and complex environment. Hence, this is a unique relationship. Why Does Life […]
Read articleWhat Is A Mentor? Are you looking for an executive mentor or coach? Executive mentors have always been around us. In the second half of the 20th Century People Development became as important as salary and benefits. GE led the charge and the rest of the Fortune 50 followed. GE’s approach was to promote the […]
Read articleWhy Life Coach? Why did you become a life coach? I get this question often. It is the rare person who really knows what a life coach does for a living. So my job begins by educating people as to the day in the life of a coach. Next, I tell them the difference between […]
Read articleWhat Is A Life Coach? What follows is a typical conversation in response to the opening question, “What is a Life Coach?†A Typical Conversation New Friend, we’ll call him Joe: “So Creed, what do you do for a living?†Creed, “I’m a Life Coach and Executive Mentor.†Joe: “What?†(whimsical look) “What is a […]
Read articleHow To Be A Good Salesman It is hard to find a more successful salesman and sales manager than Wayne Lewandowski. Wayne was a client that I spent many a Monday morning 6 AM meeting talking about how he was maneuvering through the waters for greater effectiveness as a leader. While we met at 6 […]
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