The sunken place is the land of negativity, generalization, over-personalization, disasterizing, labeling, and inability to see good. It’s the deep limbic ridges of trauma, fear, threat pathways in your brain. Sound familiar?
“I don’t trust my boss.” How often have you heard that as a coach? Gallup has tracked employee engagement for years and in the U.S., 70% of workers are disengaged. Surprised? Not surprised? LinkedIn just released their 2020 Global Talent Trends and they predict the era of employee experience as the key priority for workplace…
Coaching is a non-directive dialogue to support insight and action. Coaching is not advice giving or therapy. Coaching is a life affirming practice that empowers the client to find their own answers and solutions. I have coached 700 professionals in tech from around the world, many from Google. Here is what I’ve learned about their…
I recently read this interview with Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon, where he shares his opinion about the single most important trait of intelligence. Intelligence as the confidence to change your mind in the face of new information and circumstances? I love it and I believe it too! But not because of what you think….
You can’t manage a secret!” Alan Mulally This quote from Alan Mulally is my new favorite mantra. It comes from his time as Ford CEO and helming their legendary turnaround in 2006. I really value candor, openness, and straight talk. With my clients, with my friends, with my leaders, and co-workers. Yes, I am a born…
I recently received this note sent to my leaders – unprompted, unsolicited. Highlight of my year. A few words that I will never forget for the rest of my life. By way of intro, I lead our global partnerships with [redacted company names]. I wanted to proactively reach out to you and share some thoughts…
Did you know that most coaches in the US do not pursue supervision? Doctors do it. Therapists do it. Counselors do it. Europeans do it! Supervision is new to the US coaching industry and is an important way to maintain or elevate the development of your coaching as well as your well-being. “Coaching supervision is…
Do you want to win, or do you want to work something out? Isn’t that a showstopper of a question? I’ve been focused heavily on the power of the reframe with my coaching students and clients and want to introduce the angle of “asking different questions”. It’s no secret that I am a disciple of…
Tim, Sheryl, Omid, Alexandre, Sukhinder, Daniel, Gonzalo, Kate, Kate, Margo, Susan, Larry, Sergey, Eric, O, Anthony, Johnny, Stanley, Richard, Stacy, Anish… I’ve had the privilege of working with and observing closely some of the most successful corporate leaders of our time. Here are three things they all have in common: Humility. So many were unafraid…
It may seem obvious, but helping others with their emotions can improve your own ability to self-regulate and take perspective. New research shows that helping others with their emotions by using perspective taking, reframing, reappraisal (even just over email!) can benefit your very own well-being and decrease the blues (Borre, Morris, Burr, Picard, Ochsner, 2017).So keep coaching!…