Category: Coaching

Thunderstorms

I read a really cool passage in a book the other day.  It was about when the author was a new consultant that was facilitating how they would better work together.  He had brought a colleague along to coach him through one of his first ever consulting contracts. At first things went well, and then … Continue reading Thunderstorms

What About You?

During this past week I was visiting a prospective new customer and making a presentation to a team of people who were evaluating how our offering would help their business. A part of our offering is quite unique to our industry, and as we got into these aspects I noticed that one member of the … Continue reading What About You?

Mad World

There’s something mysterious and captivating about Gary Jules (cover of Tears for Fears) hit song “Mad World”.  It has an intriguingly simple and beautiful melody.  A single vocal line with no embellishing riffs or runs.  A light, airy feel to the whole production that pulls you into the song and makes you feel really good about it.

Poking The Bear

Diana Schwenk is a brilliant blogger over at Talk To Diana.  She has an interesting device she uses on the weekends called Diana’s Enormous Book of Quotes where she takes a quote she has seen recently and writes of its meaning to her.  Last week her post was entitled Poking The Bear, and co-incidentally touched … Continue reading Poking The Bear

The Golden Goal

I couldn’t resist using this title!  I know it is a soccer expression, but as I’ve said here before, I’m an avid hockey fan and I’m over the top that Canada won the Olympic gold medal for the 3rd time in four tries.  This time, the game winning (golden) goal was scored by Jonathan Toews, … Continue reading The Golden Goal

Let Go!

I can hear the two words “Let go!!” echoing from my childhood to my current moment. Someone wanted something I had, or at least as likely, someone had something that I wanted and we were in a struggle over it.  Someone was shouting “Let go!!” at the other with all the passion they could muster … Continue reading Let Go!