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Stop Being a Parrot!
posted: Jun 01, 2019.
Coaches often mistake the competency of active listening as acting like a Parrot. “So can I repeat back to you what I heard you just say.” Stop it! There is
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Team Coaching: The Question That Started It All
posted: Sep 28, 2018.
Team Coaching: The Question That Started It All When working with executive coaching clients, I often hear, “This has been incredibly helpful. Can you also coach my team?” If you are like Read more -
Part 1 of the "Shape-Shifting" Series: A Behavioral Team Coaching Model
posted: Jul 31, 2018.
Introduction to a New Team Coaching Model: "Shape-Shifting" Welcome to the first of my five-part monthly series on the concept and philosophical science of “shape-shifting.” Now, in modern terms the definition Read more -
The Visionary, The Server, The Warrior & The Merchant
posted: Feb 27, 2018.
Successfully guiding organizational change in today’s chaotic marketplace requires not only a new way of thinking but also a new way of leading. The traditional ways of leading organizations served the Read more -
A New Way of Thinking
posted: Jan 09, 2018.
Part 1 of the "New Way of Guiding Large-Scale Organizational Change" Series In my experience as a coach and practitioner of organizational development, I’ve come to understand and realize that to Read more -
What Kind Of Coach Do YOU Want To Be?
posted: Aug 06, 2017.
Recently I was working with some professionals helping them build their skills to become certified coaches. A theme emerged about leadership coaching that I wanted to share with you. I’m Read more -
10 WAYS TO REIGNITE SPIRIT IN THE WORKPLACE
posted: Jun 05, 2017.
When people are asked to implement tangible change but their hearts and minds are not engaged, they take whatever action is required of them, but they do not motivate to Read more -
Part 5 of the "Shape-Shifting" Series: A Behavioral Team Coaching Model
posted: Jun 05, 2017.
Welcome to the fifth and final part of my monthly series on using the metaphor of “shape-shifting” to understand the fluid roles of a coach when working with teams. Each Read more -
Part 4 of the "Shape-Shifting" Series: A Behavioral Team Coaching Model
posted: May 29, 2017.
Melding Art & Science for Transformational Results Welcome to Part 4 of my five-part monthly series on using the metaphor of “Shape-Shifting” to understand the fluid roles of a coach when Read more -
Part 3 of the "Shape-Shifting" Series: A Behavioral Team Coaching Model
posted: May 29, 2017.
Four Factors that Influence a Coach to Shift Behaviors Welcome to Part 3 of my five-part monthly series on using the metaphor of “shape-shifting” to understand the fluid roles of a Read more -
Part 2 of the "Shape-Shifting" Series: A Behavioral Team Coaching Model
posted: Feb 02, 2017.
Three Lessons and Four Types of Behaviors for Coaching Work Teams Welcome to the second installment of my five-part monthly series on using the metaphor of “shape-shifting” to understand the fluid Read more -
Four Roles and Outcomes of a Highly Effective Team Coach
posted: Feb 02, 2017.
If you’ve ever been on a corporate retreat involving scary “trust falls” that left you considering your colleagues in a less-than-trustful light, I have good news: there are better ways Read more -
Interviewing an OD Legend
posted: Nov 30, 2016.
In Whidbey Island, WA to interview #Roger Harrison for the #Pepperdine University MSOD Alumni Founders’ Series. From conducting sensitivity training laboratories during the 1950s to influencing the way organizations and Read more -
Co-Creating the Coach/Client Relationship
posted: Sep 01, 2016.
Almost all of us know the biblical Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have others do unto you. Fewer people know the Platinum Rule: Do unto others as Read more -
What is your favorite Talent Management & Leadership Development Framework?
posted: Mar 07, 2016.
We are glad to share one of our frameworks we use to help clients see how to begin developing or refining their framework. The result of implementing an integrative system Read more
