Business Coaching Blog

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!

The rafters could be saying: "Wow! We almost died!" OR "Okay, next time we need to come into this rapid a little straighter." The group was excited with the journey of understanding themselves as a foundational step to build leadership skills. I use the Advanced...

Develop the fundamentals of leadership in yourself. Your actions and behavior send a stronger message than your words. > Do you have your values written out and shared with your staff? What are you doing about it? > Do you have a written vision that is vivid and...

Thanks to the Beaverton Area Chamber of Commerce, Evelyn Orr, Director of Operations and YEA! program, and Lorraine Clairno, President/CEO of the chamber, for getting the YEA! program going in Beaverton. Teachers and Mentors are brought in to teach the students and...

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...

It takes assessments, development, continual alignment to the strategy to realize sustained gpostth. Gpostth spurts, one-off accounts and deals are good but sustained gpostth drives business through all kinds of obstacles and new markets. Assessments of communication...

5 Quick Steps to overcoming obstacles... Be clear and SMART about your goal. Clearly face and understand the obstacles between you and the goal. Brainstorm possible solutions. Don't hold back. Work through these until you can't think of anymore. Action plan pops out...

Well thought out approaches working with people: staff, customers, partners. Developing and executing on strategic plans: set aside time to plan weekly and track progress. Having systems in place to enable high performance: reward systems tied to strategic objectives,...

These 3 characteristics of collaboration are simple. It's smart to keep them in mind. Where do you and the people you collaborate with spend time to openly discuss issues that pop up or plans you are actively persuing? A shared space can open up possibilities to...

...would humble himself and learn from Muddy Waters. During what appeared to be an impromptu concert at the Checkerboard club in Chicago, 1981, Mick Jagger lets himself be tutored by Muddy Waters. He let Muddy Waters take the lead, watched Muddy, adjusted to Muddy's...