Videotape Your Performance

One of the best pieces of advice for improving at public speaking is to videotape yourself and then watch the video, looking for ways you can improve. This technique is commonly used by the best speakers in the world. But this idea can work for any kind of performance, not just public speaking.

Some Advice for New Coaches

What is the most important thing that a new coach should be aware of? I coach quite a lot of coaches and I'm often asked this question. This is my reply: It would have been all too easy to slip into suggesting techniques to use, best practice to follow and questions to ask when answering this question. Fortunately I held back and on reflection it's clear that the single most important thing that a new coach should be aware of is

Do You Need A Life Coach? What is a Life Coach?

There is much more you could achieve in your life with a Life Coach. A Life Coach is part personal consultant, part sounding board, part manager. Yes, manager. Someone to help you maintain direction, develop strategy, motivation, and goal setting. A coach is often the person, who encourages a professional to succeed, to hire, to fire, to fine-tune a sales pitch, to stretch, set higher goals, boost profits and make better decisions about everything from personnel to strategy.

What is this Tool Used in Organizations Called Coaching?

Coaching is about communication with those around you to create a better environment.

The Importance of Executive Coaching

The importance of executive coaching, why executive coaching services are expanding, how best to use an executive coach.

Changes That Come Your Way

I have just recently come to recognize that I don’t handle change very well, although my husband and friends have told me that for years. I seem to have trouble with changes that are out of my control. And then when I try to change things I want to change, I just don’t know what to do and get bogged down. What do you recommend for my question?

Now Winners Read This

Are you a winner in life? Do you consider yourself a winner at work, hobbies and in caring for your family? Do you wonder why other humans sit around and complain about every little thing and never get anything done, living in mediocrity and self-doubt?

How To Cope With Difficult People

Dealing with all sorts of people is an essential life skill seldom taught anywhere. Here is a way to tackle a difficult people and prevent them from ruining your day or your life.

Employee Assistance Programs - The Missing Link

The importance of Coaching as a means to preventing or mitigating problems within the workplace. The potential return on investment (ROI) more than justifies consideration of this powerful tool for maximizing employee performance and satisfaction.

Spa Breaks For Action!

Spa breaks for action? Yep! You can organize a “spa break” within each day or each week also.

Executive Coaching: Developing Self Confidence

Devloping self confidence is really about being honest with yourself. For instance, just imagine lying to yourself or to someone else and notice what that does to how you feel inside. This article offers an entirely new approach to being honest thereby nurturing your well spring of confidence in ways you could never imagine.

Coaching - a New Persective

Coaches often use the metaphor with clients of 'peeling back the layers of an onion' to represent the process of coaching. Coaching starts at the outside of the onion and step-by-step removes a layer until the core is reached. I would like to offer up a new metaphor - 'Coaching is like renovating a kitchen floor' - truly!! You need to find out what is underneath.

One Last Opportunity

If I had only one last opportunity to share an insight / Life Lesson with my daughter, Amber, what would it be?

3,500 KM on a Gold Wing

I ponder my legacy while experiencing long distance Biker Butt