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Editor’s Note: Although Black Friday and Cyber Monday are in the rear-view mirror and many have completed a big chunk of their shopping; the coaching world still has some gift suggestions for those looking to buy. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution recommends getting job-seekers the gift of coaching. Those who want that coaching gift-wrapped might want to look at ‚Äö√Ñ√∫Points of You: The Coaching Game,‚Äö√Ñ√π which even comes with a bow. For those shopping for advice, life coaches this week are trying to help people enjoy the holidays more by doing less and focusing your mind. One executive coach even recommends giving the boss a gift he or she might need the most, an honest performance evaluation. ‘Tis the season! ~ Alex Goldsmith
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Executive/Business Coaching
Mentoring Women
December 1, 2008, Human Resource Executive Online – Horsham, PA, USA
In a Q&A with Senior Editor Andrew R. McIlvaine, Annemarie Neal, vice president of talent strategy and executive development at Cisco Systems, shares information on her organization’s Women’s Action Network and offers advice to other companies considering such mentoring programs.
Less is Sometimes Best
December 1, 2008, Human Resource Executive Online – Horsham, PA, USA
“Sometimes, off-site learning is helpful; sometimes, learning from internal folks is called for; sometimes, executive coaching helps,” Tulgan says. “Also, keep rewarding that person so he or she has a good incentive to stick around.”
Firms That Update Business Models Normally Winners
December 1, 2008, Gary Post Tribune – Gary, IN, USA
In my business coaching training practice, I consistently ask the following question to the CEO, “If I were to survey all your employees and ask them to share with me the top three goals for this organization as they perceive them to be, would I receive exactly the same responses in exactly the same order?”
Workplace Coach: Don’t Let Hard Times Take Toll on Staff
November 30, 2008, Seattle Post Intelligencer – USA
To keep A-list players motivated, maintain training or coaching programs targeted to management or leadership development. Cutting these programs sends a message that there are no longer long-term career opportunities, leaving the business vulnerable to having stars picked off by competitors.
Holiday Gifts for Job Seekers and Workers
November 30, 2008, Atlanta Journal Constitution – GA, USA
‚Äö√Ñ√∫Offering to pay for a month or two of professional coaching would be a valuable gift and an awesome investment in someone,‚Äö√Ñ√π said Bob Reissiger, principal of Reissiger Coaching, an executive and life coaching firm in Atlanta. Coaching can run from $100 an hour and up. ‚Äö√Ñ√∫Coaching wouldn’t be an inexpensive gift, but the expense would be returned 10 fold.‚Äö√Ñ√π
Starting Up in a Slowdown
November 29, 2008, Boston Globe – United States
Last week’s event was billed as a “speed coaching” session. Following the speed dating model, entrepreneurs could meet with lawyers and finance professionals, as well as Sam Adams marketing and distribution executives, for 15-minute sessions where they could get answers to a wide range of questions and plot strategies for growing their businesses.
Help for Business Management: Consultant or Coach?
November 28, 2008, Cambridge Network – Cambridge, UK
Many businesses, from sole traders to medium and large organisations, are taking measures against the recession facing us. Read here how a business coach can offer cost effective help for your business.
‘Your Performance Has Come Up Short’
November 28, 2008, New York Times – United States
Ronald Mitchell, chief executive and co-founder of Gotta Mentor, a career mentoring and career coaching company in New York, says it’s a good idea to get everything in writing, so you can quantify the ways your performance has changed.
Top Businesses Honored
November 27, 2008, Telegraph-Journal – Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Vision Coaching was named the winner in the Emerging Enterprise category. Dave Veale established Vision Coaching – a business focused solely on business/leadership coaching – when the management consulting company he already owned received repeated requests for coaching services. What intrigued him was the high caliber of people asking for these services.
HR Feedback for Your Boss
November 2008, Workforce Management – Irvine, CA, USA
When coaching for improvement to the boss as an HR pro, own your observation. Don’t say, “Johnny mentioned that you had an anger problem in the meeting.‚Äö√Ñ√π By putting your observations on someone else, the boss wants to go tackle Johnny, not listen to you about the issue. If you’ve done a good job with positive feedback, your boss will listen to you when you need help from her, even regarding her own actions.
Life Coaching
Living on Purpose: Be Grateful Year Round
November 29, 2008, Vail Daily News – Vail, CO, USA
The story, however, helped me to think about change in the context of life coaching. Sometimes we are eager to move out of a space because we have outgrown it. Like Jamie getting her family into her car, she was done with the space and eager to leave, but had to officially move on. The other person wanted so badly to move into the space, but needed to wait.
Life Coach: The Wisdom of Finding Your Wise Counsel
November 27, 2008, Grand Junction Free Press – Grand Junction , CO , USA
As I looked around the table, I realized that my family had morphed into a Wise Counsel — MY Wise Counsel. These are the people who know me best, care about me most and want to help. They had tuned into my needs and coached me from the various places which I needed to be heard — right here at my dinner table.
PS Coach: Taking Certain Risks is Recommended in Life
November 25, 2008, Middletown Press – Middletown, CT, USA
Anxious individuals believe that eliminating fear and uncertainty will cure their woes. In reality, they must do the opposite: embrace fear and uncertainty and accept their inability to control all they would like to control. Embracing this reality means accepting that life is full of risks and opportunities and that they can’t have one without the other. The paradox to reducing anxiety is to stop trying to control things that they believe cause their anxiety and accept that risks are a vital part of life.
Training for Life
November 25, 2008, Springfield Connection – VA, USA
Glasser develops the in-school jobs and helps students in their transition to post 21 vocational jobs with vendors who provide further coaching, such as Service Source. It provides different levels of support in the hotel, restaurant and office arenas, she said. “The hope is our student will leave here as independent as possible.”
Niche Coaching
A Rogue Wave Can Change a Man’s Life
November 30, 2008, Seattle Post Intelligencer – USA
He has launched a new career in his early 60s, founding the Edge Foundation to provide young people suffering from ADHD with professional coaching of a sort he never had as a kid.
Life Coaching Blogs
Creative Ways to Trim Down Christmas
December 1, 2008, By Joan Oates
Every year around this time, the questions from parents become very similar, usually along the lines of how can we enjoy the holidays more and do less and spend less. Here are a few ideas that others have shared with me.
My Story of Creative Re-Awakening
December 1, 2008, By Stefanie Zizzo
Fast forward to today and you will find me engaging in such creative outlets as writing (articles, a workbook and blog), helping my clients think out of their box, and deciding how I structure my coaching and speaking business.
A Healthy Mind Creates a Joy Filled Holiday Season
November 30, 2008, By In Alignment Coaching
I am here to say that you can be in control by increasing your level of awareness and changing some old habits and thinking that are no longer benefiting you. You will feel empowered to create a holiday that feels fulfilling, rich and joyful.
How To Find a Life Coach – When You Are Struggling Financially
November 30, 2008, By admin
The investment in a life coach can turn out to make major returns in the long term. The life coach has studied, and has answers. They also have a great benefit. The life coach has many clients, so they get to see many different ways of doing things. They know what works and what doesn’t.
Personal Growth Leads to Relationship Growth
November 28, 2008, By Relationship Coach Blog
Are you working on the most important area of your relationship or the easiest? Which one you work makes a big difference.
Five Ways a Coach Can Help You Out of a Rut
November 26, 2008, By Dr. Earl R. Smith II
Focus on Your Customers First. Stop Thinking about Your Customers and Start Thinking about Your Clients. Reconnect With Your Vision. Determine Your Strengths and Your Weaknesses. Get Back in Balance:
Give up Your Righteousness
November 25, 2008, By Matthew
There are six billion people on this planet. Every single person has a completely different perspective. You know that every single person has had billions of experiences. Experience shapes our opinions, judgments, ideals, preferences, and ultimately our view of life.
Executive/Business Coaching Blogs
Movie with a Message
December 2, 2008, By Coach Charrise McCrorey
This movie is a great example of how to live – and die. I was deeply inspired, and needed a tissue or two at the end. My husband might have even gotten a little misty eyed. Thank goodness for movies with a message.
Online Business Coach – The Top 3 Traits to Look For in a Coach
November 30, 2008, By admin
Trait #1: Someone Who Started Where You Are. Trait #2: Someone Who Wants To Help You. Trait #3: Someone Who Actually Teaches.
When Managers Confuse Coaching With Conceding to Your Team
November 27, 2008, By Keith Rosen
Yes, you do need to manage in your own style, as long as that style isn’t the old limiting, toxic, fear based and debilitating management style that I coach managers to stay away from and evolve more into the transparent collaborative leader and coach.
Five Simple Steps To Sensational Marketing
November 26, 2008, By Paul Simister, Your Profit Coach
This makes a great primer if you want to make sure your prospective customers read your marketing messages, understand how they will benefit, have confidence in your ability to do what you say and motivate them to call you.
Find the Right Small Business Coach
November 25, 2008, By Therapy in Transition
Small business coaching is hot. A few years ago the only coaches anyone talked about were sports coaches. But today, PriceWaterhouseCoopers estimates that there are 30,000 business and life coaches worldwide.
Books, Products, & Services
Time Management and the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
November 27, 2008, By Stephen R. Covey
Stephen Covey talks about the four quadrants of time management. It may help you understand the powerful ideas behind Stephen Covey’s concept, if you pick up a pen and piece of paper and sketch out a square divided into 4 quadrants.
‚ÄúPoints of You РThe Coaching Game‚Äù
November 26, 2008, By Mentor Coach
Ah, a personal coach in a box! I opened the package with anticipation. My first reaction was how much it looked like a beautiful gift. The game, which consists primarily of gorgeous photographs on “Points of You” cards with single words on them, along with a book of quotes and action cards, is contained within a simple, yet elegant, burlap-type fabric that closes with a bow.
Publicity Releases
7 Steps to Happiness for This Holiday Season
December 1, 2008, WebWire (press release) – Atlanta, GA, USA
Happiness is not as hard to find if one applies effort and acceptance of the joy of the “simple” things in our everyday life. Things like family, lovers, and friends that like you unconditionally. If one appreciates what one has had rather than what they don’t have, they can find happiness.
Making the Drop Offers Surfing Instruction and Life Coaching in Santa Cruz
November 28, 2008, Surfline.com Surf News – Huntington Beach, CA, USA
Making the Drop – self-actualization through surfing, is a service combining world class surfing instruction and life coaching…
International Coach Federation Is the Source for Finding a Coach
November 26, 2008, MarketWatch – USA
Are you looking to manage your time more effectively, set and achieve goals, foster healthy relationships, or achieve a work-life balance? Each year, thousands of people turn to the International Coach Federation (ICF) to find a personal or business coach who can help them achieve results in these areas and many more.
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