If Skills & Talents Are Not Producing Positive Results, Then Use The Power of Business Coaching

Does your company or organization have great skilled and talented people, but lack the achievement of desired positive results? Do you have a feeling that you could be more efficient, productive, successful and passionate about your work? Have you wanted to change direction, but simply had no idea where to start or how to do it? If you answered YES to any of these questions, there is good news for you. The answer is the power of coaching. Coaching is about helping people realize their potential. And coaching is about developing good people into top performers. Successful businesses and organizations succeed because they have top talent who are responsible and willing to be held accountable for their personal performance.

Do You Control Your Email or Does Your Email Control You?

Recently while discussing time management issues with my business coaching clients and others, the topic of email and the amount of time we all spend dealing with business (and non-business) email at work. Those discussions gave impetus to this article. Do you ever wonder how many email boxes are in use by organizations all over the world? 100 million? 200 million? According to statistics I read in a recent article, there were an estimated 225 million email boxes in use by organizations in use in the world. Did I hear someone say WOW! We all need to manage our email activities in an efficient manner. Here are 6 tips to help you manage your email activity.

Business Mentoring - Add It To Business Coaching For A Powerful Combination

In today's competitive and challenging business world, everyone looks for an edge, an advantage over the competition. In many cases, business people look to business mentoring or business coaching to give them a competitive advantage. But, I ask the question of why choose one or the other when you can choose and use both! The combination of business mentoring and business coaching provides some very awesome power to those who use both.

Excuse Me, Your Life Is Waiting!

4 Steps to Creating The Life You Say You REALLY Want

How to Give Negative Performance Feedback

Performance feedback can be a lot less painful if you hold regular meetings, balance positive and negative and, most importantly, get your team members to do most of the talking. Good questions asked supportively can encourage them to tell you what they need to improve, how and by when.

The Top Ten Myths And Realities About Business Coaching, According To Your Strategic Thinking Coach

I think it is safe to say that there are many preconceived notions about business coaching. Furthermore, some of these notions really are myths rather than reality. In an attempt to provide some insight into what are the major myths about business coaching, I have developed a list of the top ten myths and respective realities that are counter to each myth.

Ten Most Admired Characteristics Of Successful Business Coaches

Do you know what some of the most admired characteristics are of successful business coaches? Recently I was interviewed for an article on business coaching and was asked what I believed to be the most admired characteristics of successful business coaches. Here are the ten (10) characteristics that I shared with the interviewer in response to their question.

Ten Tips on How To Gain Outstanding Performance From Your Team Through Coaching and Mentoring

Are you witnessing outstanding performances by your employees? If not, are you providing some form of feedback to your employees as to their level of performance and your satisfaction with their performance? Are you doing any coaching or mentoring with your employees? It is very important to know that you need to institute some form of an ongoing program to monitor, mentor and coach your staff on a regular basis if you want to have outstanding performance from them. The age-old argument that owners, managers and supervisors do not have time to mentor and coach and give feedback is dysfunctional and not acceptable. Here are ten (10) tips from your strategic thinking business coach on coaching & mentoring.

Ten Tips For Nonverbal Communications From Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach

Good communication skills are critical skills for anyone wanting to advance in their professional career. Good communication skills also can help you in your personal life. Although we know that verbal and written communication skills are important, research has shown that nonverbal behaviors make up a large percentage of our daily interpersonal communication. In fact, the research shows that 7% of our personal messages are conveyed by words; 38% by tone of voice and 55% by facial expressions and body language. That is why it is so important to become skilled at nonverbal communications.

Achieve Inside Out Results Through an Executive Business Coach

Many ask why the rush to hire an executive business coach? Why does this coaching process work? What does the executive business coach bring to the table?

Why Use a Coach?

When you have someone else to whom you must report, even if you're paying the person, and perhaps especially because you're out of pocket, you tend to stick to the knitting and get more done than you would if you were only accountable to yourself.

Knowing What You Want! New Lessons from Another Great-Niece

Do you know what you want? If you're like many people, may be even most people, in the middle part of life, the answer is probably no!

About Online Counseling

Online counseling is a relatively new therapeutic service. There are many advantages over the traditional in-person face-to-face therapeutic sessions offered in just about every community. And, of course, there are some cons. This article will outline some of the pros and cons of online counseling.

What Is Life Coaching And How Can It Help Me?

What is a Life Coach and why would I want one? Coaching is a relationship-based process that helps people achieve their personal and professional goals faster and with more ease than would otherwise be possible. The primary role of a Coach is to support clients in defining goals, identifying and avoiding roadblocks, and creating action plans based on each client's individual skills, resources, creativity, and wisdom.

Access Empowerment Through Your Breath

Empowerment is your natural state of being. Become more aware of turning your attention to your power by using your breath as a tool.