by admin | Feb 18, 2025 | Uncategorized
There’s a fascinating story about fleas in a jar that perfectly illustrates how our inner narratives (stories) limit us from living bigger and fuller lives. While fleas can naturally jump up to 60 times their height, when placed in a covered jar for an extended...
by admin | Oct 16, 2024 | Uncategorized
Whether we are aware of it or not, we are constantly making up stories about ourselves and the world around us. These stories have a HUGE impact on our experience. There’s a model that helps to understand how this works – it’s called the Ladder of Inference.The Ladder...
by admin | Oct 16, 2024 | Uncategorized
Podcast Interview I’m honored to have been a guest on Adam Coelho’s Mindful Fire podcast. Listen for some valuable tips on self-coaching to drive your own transformative personal growth. And check out Adam’s prior podcasts and other offerings....
by admin | Jul 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
Self-coaching is flexible. The primary approach that I teach for self-coaching is to identify a self-limiting behavior (SLB) that you want to shift and apply the self-coaching path. Effectively, practice self-observation to find the persistent underlying belief...
by admin | Dec 13, 2023 | Uncategorized
As you may know, Coach Your Self Up is now available as a self-paced on-demand eLearning program. I’d like to share a small slice of it with you. This video is one of almost 40 short and powerful videos in this six-week program that teaches you self-coaching skills to...
by admin | Aug 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
Have You Thought About…?My client was certain he had spoken too much at a recent team meeting where he was the most senior attendee. He asked for feedback about this from a trusted direct report. To his surprise, he learned that the audience loved it and was...
by admin | May 30, 2023 | Uncategorized
What Courage is Being Asked of You Now? I recently attended the Hudson Institute of Coaching’s annual conference and heard an amazing discussion between two wise elders, John P. Schuster and Peter Block. They shared a powerful reminder that we need more courage...
by admin | Apr 12, 2023 | Uncategorized
Podcast Interview I am grateful to Eric Girard for inviting me to be a guest on his podcast, Management Development Unlocked. It’s a short interview packed with ideas about management development and the importance of helping managers learn to be good coaches. You’ll...
by admin | Feb 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
Combatting Confirmation Bias Have You Thought About…? A coaching client of mine is working on being more open-minded to others’ ideas. His manager knows this is his goal. Although my client believes he is making good progress, his manager seems laser-focused on...
by admin | Jan 5, 2023 | Uncategorized
‘Tis the Season It’s that time of year when many of us are setting New Year’s Resolutions for positive changes we’d like to make. A perfect time to remind you that I’m convinced that, “the New Year’s Resolution approach to change” doesn’t work. If you’ve read my...
