You Must Take The Bull By The Horns!

Just, faking it till you make it and hanging in there does not get it don! You must put your expectations in gear and go do what you must do. He who hesitates is lost. Today you're alive. Have no worry for tomorrow. You may not even be here tomorrow. Today is the day to take possession of your life.

Midlife Meltdown: Attract or Avoid?

Reflection on my own choice of a significant relationship at 50 that had me face myself and move on at midlife. I was conscious enough to avoid meltdown, learned a lot about myself, and the challenges of mid-life for women. This article reflects on the warning signs of meltdown and offers ways to avert it.

Coaches' Five Biggest Marketing Problems for Their Coaching Practice

Marketing is the life-blood of your coaching business. If, as a coach you are not marketing effectively, you, quite simply, are not in business. But do you know what the most common marketing problems faced by coaches are? No? Read on...

7 Ways To Avoid Coaching Marketing Paralysis

You're a coach, and you don't have as many clients as you would like. Your marketing is the answer. But what do you deal with first - would it help to know the 7 biggest problems coaches have in marketing? And succinct suggestions to resolve those problems?

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.

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 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.

The Structure of Decision Making - Convincer Strategies Part 1

We all make a variety of decisions every day, varying from the routine to those of great importance. What is most important is that we make the right decisions. In decision making, we all have a point after which we can be convinced of something. To find out how that happens, read on.

Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is - In Our Businesses Today?

The title of this article is derived from the title of a very popular 1960s song by the band, Chicago. It is also a question that needs to be asked in our businesses today. Do you know what time it is in your business when it comes to how much time is wasted in business each year?

Blossoming With The Spring - The Art Of Deliberate Renewal

Today is the day to remember my greatest vision of myself, today is the day to rebirth my self with the Spring. All the seasons have their teachings but springtime is by far the most inspiring. As the world is a flutter with flowers and color, the beauty of Spring inspires us towards our true potential, our ability to bloom and grow.

Powerful Ways To Get What You Want When Working With A Strategic Thinking Business Coach

Do you have any idea about the potential that lies within you? Do you know that you have the potential to achieve your dreams, but there is something that keeps you standing on the sidelines without making a move to get on to the playing field? What are you waiting for and what is holding you back? Perhaps you need the help of a coach, a business coach, and/or a strategic thinking business coach. If you want to unleash the power behind your dreams and get what you want, then take these ten (10) actions with a coach.

Reading Body Language Is A Strategic Skill In Business Dealings

It is essential in today's world of business to be able to read body language. It is a strategic skill that can give you a real advantage in negotiating and in other business dealings. I strongly believe this because of my personal and professional experiences for more than 35 years and because of what modern communication science has to say about body language...

Seven More Reasons Why You Need Business Coaching

The ending of a calendar year is always a good time to reflect upon your business, what was accomplished, what was not accomplished, what went right, what went wrong, where can improvements be made, and so on. With business coaching, you would have a guide to lead you through those questions and more and then coach you in developing goals and an action plan to reach those goals in the year ahead. Business coaching brings great value to business and here are seven (7) more reasons why you need business coaching, from the perspective of a strategic thinking business coach.