WE’VE MOVED!

Please take note of the move to the new and improved blog hosted by Blogger. All the same great content with your usual life coaching and self-improvement blogs, free assessments, endless coaching tips, news and resources are over at the new place. Come on over, pull up a chair and don’t forget to change all [...]

Read Full Post »

What Life Coaching Isn’t

Recently I had an exchange with a prominent pastor about her misconception of what a life coach is or does, hence the reason I’m writing this blog post. As a faith-based life coach, my #1 aim is to help the other person accomplish what God wants him/her to do/be. I have the privilege of coming [...]

Read Full Post »

The Lost Art of Human Contact

Up until 1990 the traditional phone was the equivalent of e-mail, and employees were always being told to hang up and have meetings. Now if you get a voice contact, it’s cause for celebration. In the age of smart phones, human contact is a lost art. But it’s still king because it engages all aspects [...]

Read Full Post »

Round-Robin Brainstorming: Allowing Everyone to Contribute

Note: This is the Editors’ Choice article from the MindTools November 30, 2010 newsletter. Imagine that you’ve gathered your team together for a much-needed brainstorming session, focusing on the most effective way to market your organization’s next product release. Bill, the most talkative and forceful member of your team, immediately asserts that TV and online [...]

Read Full Post »

Practicing Excellence

It’s not everyday that Christians, especially those in business or positions of leadership, talk about excellence. Nor is it typical for pastors to preach “excellence” from the pulpit. Perhaps they should because the Bible has much to say on this topic:  “Whatever you do,” says the Apostle Paul, “do it all for the glory of [...]

Read Full Post »