Abraham Maslow’s “Hierarchy of Needs” is a great life coaching tool, to apply both to yourself and others. This very well-known m...

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The King’s Speech swept the Academy Awards this past spring, with its spoils including the Oscar for Best Picture. The movie depicts the ascensi...

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A few years back I created a simple, one-page coaching tool for helping people to be more intentional in their professional development. It’s si...

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The best leaders and managers are, at the heart of it all, coaches. Words are a coach’s most potent tool; but far too often, they are misused or...

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Today I wrote and re-wrote a short email response several times. Someone's terse email had upset me, and my instinct was to write back out of emotion....

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One of my key professional passions is to help leaders of organizations create a culture of coaching. What are the key distinctions of such a culture?...

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Today an interesting discussion with a senior leader centered on the topic, “Which needs to come first: leadership competencies or emotional intellige...

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This Memorial Day has yielded an unexpected, indeed memorable outpouring of integrated insights. I love when that happens...and I notice how one seaso...

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