Business Coaching Blog

10 conditions—where does your organization stand? Excessive meetings Cover-your butt mentality and decision-making Lack of personal accountability Communication problems Personality conflicts or power struggles Difficulty keeping employees motivated Time management...

I struggled with these same issues and more when running organizations. Each time I blasted through one of the obstacles with an effective approach my team and I accomplished amazing things. When I left the obstacles in place, it just didn't work out as well as it...

You won't find a successful strategy in the sand, so to speak, or in meetings, firefighting exercises and all the other stuff that fills your day and disrupts how your prioritize your time. Yes, you probably do have some sort of a strategy. "Now where did you put that...

You do an assessment (DISC, VALUES, ATTRIBUTES) of the situation—yourself, others, or the organization. You find out what's going on so you can take action.; What are the early 7 indicators you may be out of alignment? Check the ones that applies. Motivation to push...

You probably didn't get to the bottom of some tough issues. Issues that might be lingering and causing your plan to die include: Some or all of your team is not bought into the vision. You don't have a clear crisp vision of where you're going. There's no consistent...

Am I really in this to help or do I just want something from them? Tell me about your situation? What are the desired outcomes you want? Why do you want these? What happens if you don't get them? What does that matter? What stands in your way to getting them? If...

As Stephen Covey details in his book 7-Habits of Highly Effective People...and his recently released slideshare. "You are not your habits...change your habits and you will change your world. To change your habits you must change the way you see the world." In other...

The 5 levels of leadership: Position—people follow you and do what you say because they have to do it. Permission—people follow you because they want to. Production—people follow you because of what you have done for them. People Development—people follow because of...

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Okay. I couldn't help it. I had to get out fishing. Great day relaxing, climbing up and down river canyons for a day of winter steelhead fishing. 45 degrees and raining still makes for nice day fishing!