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Work-Life Integration: Great Idea or Dangerous Trend?

December 5, 2009

In the past three months I’ve been to Italy (in person), as well as India and the Phillipines (virtually). On the surface, Italy was personal, India was volunteer work and the Phillipines was for business.  But here’s the thing: very little of what I do these days fits in discrete boxes.
Italy was a trip with [...]

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How to Coach Anyone, Lesson #1

July 3, 2009

Of all the coaching materials that Thomas Leonard produced in his lifetime, the How To Coach Anyone (HTCA) series of 68 lessons is my very favorite. In fact, I’d venture to say that much of what I know about coaching was learned from these lessons.
Although I have electronic copies of HTCA saved on my computer [...]

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How to Coach on Life Purpose

June 4, 2009

In our BACC coaching classes this month we are talking about the value of having a coaching “repertoire” – a set of tools and exercises that you can “pull out” in different coaching circumstances. You can listen to an excerpt of our class below.

 

Below are the class notes on the Life Purpose exercise (adapted [...]

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What is Charge-Neutral? The Opposite of Drama Queen

May 2, 2009

When coaching we strive to be “charge-neutral”.  What does “charge-neutral” mean?  Ruth-Ann Harnisch sums it up as “the opposite of a drama queen”.  She goes on to explain:
Charge-neutral is a tone, an attitude, a way of being. It’s the opposite of a drama queen. It’s the non-judgmental way to approach a client.
Clients don’t need the [...]

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