Coaches Being Mentored
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Truly Accomplishing Goals that Matter
Posted on Jan 27 2012 | Tagged as: Business Owners, Coaches Being Mentored, Executives, Goals, Individuals, Success, Tip of the Week
Coach Andrea’s Intro A couple of weeks ago, I gave a talk to a group of highly enthusiastic and energized business owners in Concord, MA. The time for creating goals for 2012 was upon us. About half of the group raised their hand when asked if they’d already created their goals for 2012. Congratulations was in order! Next, I asked if they believed they would accomplish these goals. Not all of those hands remained raised. This week’s Tip includes the 6 steps I used to help the business owners in Concord, as well as my clients, answer YES I Can! Quote of the Week “We would accomplish many more things [...]
Are You Creating Clarity?
Posted on Jan 20 2012 | Tagged as: Business Owners, Coaches Being Mentored, Executives, Individuals, Leadership, Managers, Success, Tip of the Week
Coach Andrea’s Intro When you delegate a job to one of your staff, why don’t you get back what you asked for? One way to get closer at hitting 100% on your requests is to be clear in your communication. Natalie Manor’s Tip this week is a great reminder about creating that clarity. Quote of the Week “The more elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate.” ~ Joseph Priestley Are You Creating Clarity? By Natalie Manor This is crucial to building a confident communication habit. Make sure that you are clear each and every time you speak and/or write and that the other(s) in communication with you understands [...]
How Many Questions Should You Ask at a Time?
Posted on Nov 18 2011 | Tagged as: Business Owners, Coaches Being Mentored, Executives, Tip of the Week
Coach Andrea’s Intro This week’s Tip by Art Sobczak is a great reminder to only ask one question at a time. Sometimes, in coaching, I get so excited about what the client is telling me that I can start to rattle off a slew of questions. And then I remember, people can only answer one question at a time. Be thoughtful about the question you ask and then listen for the answer. Here in the U.S. next week is Thanksgiving. A very Happy Thanksgiving to you all! Thank you for sharing your ideas, thoughts, feedback, challenges and successes with me. I am honored to be included in your life. There [...]
If You Change the Way You Look at Things, the Things You Look at Change.
Posted on Nov 04 2011 | Tagged as: Business Owners, Coaches Being Mentored, Executives, Individuals, Managers, Tip of the Week
Coach Andrea’s Intro Your mind is very powerful. You know how when buy a new car you start seeing that same car and color everywhere? Were those cars all hiding in their garage a week ago or has your perception changed? You have expanded your awareness, changed the way you look at things, and the things you look at have changed. This week Simon Tyler applies this concept to the areas of your life where you don’t like what you see. Quote of the Week “Only in quiet waters do things mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is there adequate perception of the world.” ~ Hans Margolius If [...]
Success is Supposed to Be Fun and Rewarding
Posted on Oct 07 2011 | Tagged as: Coaches Being Mentored, Executives, Individuals, Success, Tip of the Week
Coach Andrea’s Intro Like Natalie Manor, this week’s Tip author, I, too, have had people come to me who don’t know how to be “successful.” They are working with someone else’s definition of success and when you do this it isn’t inspiring. Our work is to help people create their own definition of success – one that has you jump out of bed in the morning, enthusiastic about going for it! Read further to see that success can be anything you want it to be. Quote of the Week “The truth is that all of us attain the greatest success and happiness possible in this life whenever we use our [...]
Reversing “Buts”
Posted on Sep 30 2011 | Tagged as: Business Owners, Coaches Being Mentored, Executives, Individuals, Managers, Success, Tip of the Week
Coach Andrea’s Intro Michael Neill’s articles always provide a new tool that’s easy to use. This week’s Tip has you turn around the word “but” to help you increase your success. Quote of the Week “Dwelling on the negative simply contributes to its power.” ~ Shirley MacLaine Reversing “Buts” By Michael Neill I believe the credit for this one goes to John McWhirter, a UK-based NLP trainer. I originally came across it as a sales technique for handling objections, but I’ve used it a lot in my own personal development work…. How many times have you heard sentences like this? “I’d like to hear more about your idea, but I [...]
Ha-Ha’s and Ah-Ha’s
Posted on Sep 23 2011 | Tagged as: Business Owners, Coaches Being Mentored, Executives, Individuals, Managers, Tip of the Week
Coach Andrea’s Intro I loved this week’s Tip by Steve Straus! It’s short and sweet and gets the point across quickly about the connection between laughter and inspiration and creativity. Quote of the Week “Laughter is inner jogging.” ~ Norman Cousins Ha-Ha’s and Ah-Ha’s By Steve Straus Laughter has many benefits. One of them is that when you’re laughing you’re breaking through your mental barriers, the barriers to inspiration and creativity. It’s easy to stay in your head and try to figure everything out, but having ha-ha’s opens you up beyond thinking and the limitations of your mind. One ah-ha can be worth countless logical thoughts. If you’re not having [...]
Are You Too Wordy?
Posted on Sep 16 2011 | Tagged as: Business Owners, Coaches Being Mentored, Executives, Individuals, Managers, Tip of the Week
Coach Andrea’s Intro Last week while I was on vacation in NH. I had time for long conversations as life for me moved a bit slower, people listened a bit longer and it was a joy. Coming back to work on Monday, I noticed that I wasn’t so appreciative of the wonderful twists and turns and openings that occur in longer conversations. I wanted people to get to the point! This week’s Tip by Loren Ekroth has me wonder, during these days of 24/7, might a powerful communication strategy for you be to talk less? Quote of the Week “Be sincere; be brief; be seated.” ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt Are [...]
Know When to Cut Your Losses
Posted on Sep 09 2011 | Tagged as: Business Owners, Coaches Being Mentored, Executives, Individuals, Tip of the Week
Coach Andrea’s Intro When I first talk to people about coaching, I tell them we will be creating a vision, setting goals, taking action, measuring performance, modifying actions (as needed) and achieving results. This structure has a built in assessment process to determine whether to continue along a path or modify. This week’s tip, by Marsha Petrie Sue, shares a similar idea: don’t give up, know when to cut your losses and create new goals. Quote of the Week “The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don’t define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, [...]
WIMI – “What Is Most Important?”
Posted on Jul 29 2011 | Tagged as: Business Owners, Coaches Being Mentored, Executives, Individuals, Managers, Tip of the Week
Coach Andrea’s Intro One of my roles as a coach is to help simplify business and life for my clients. While Boston is known as a center for learning and higher education, I find that bringing easy, straightforward tools to my engagements is most beneficial. In this week’s Tip, I share one of my coach’s tools, WIMI. Quote of the Week When you determined what you want, you have made the most important decision of your life. You have to know what you want in order to attain it. ~ Douglas Lurtan WIMI – “What Is Most Important?” By Natalie Manor These four letters and what they represent can be [...]
