Monday, July 31, 2006

Resource - Short Interviews with Coach Gurus

I have mentioned Nick Askew’s Monday9am.tv before on the blog and highly recommend his little inspirational interviews each week. Last week he had a short interview with Sir John Whitmore that can be found now in the achieves at:
http://www.monday9am.tv/archive/play/12

Whitmore is a former champion professional race-car driver, a businessman, and a sports psychologist who excels today as a management consultant and advocate of "coaching" in business. He will be best known by coaches for his best seller on the subject entitled: "Coaching for Performance: Growing People, Performance and Purpose." He is rather famous for his: constant mantra of "What if? However, it is this week’s interview that I personally found more interesting.

Michael Neill promotes himself is one of the world's leading life coaches, an established broadcaster, an actor, an author, a media commentator, a licensed Master Trainer of NLP. I didn’t know who he was but I certainly enjoyed his views and he definitely looks at issues from a “coach approach”.

Enjoy: http://www.monday9am.tv/fotw/play

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Friday, July 28, 2006

Article: HR.com interview with Catherine Nomura

Catherine Nomura is an expert on entrepreneurship and co-author of the recently published book, “The Laws of Lifetime Growth.” She joined the Strategic Coach in 1998. In addition to her work with the Strategic Coach, she advises purpose-driven entrepreneurs; helping them turn their growing visions into realities. She is also the co-author of “Unique Ability - Creating The Life You Want,” published in 2003.

Here is a list of 10 laws, but remember you do need a free membership to read it.
  • Law #1 is - Always make your future bigger than your past.
  • Law #2 is - Always Make Your Learning Greater Than Your Experience.
  • Law #3 is - Always Make Your Contribution Bigger Than Your Reward.
  • Law #4 is - always make your performance greater than your applause.
  • Law #5 is- always make your gratitude greater than your success.
  • Law #6 is - always make your enjoyment greater than your effort.
  • Law #7 is - always makes your cooperation greater than your status.
  • Law #8 is - Always make your confidence greater than your comfort.
  • Law #9 is - always make your purpose greater than your money.
  • Law #10 is - Always make your questions bigger than your answers.

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Thursday, July 20, 2006

Resources - Recent Books Pubished on Coaching

The following are brief excerpts from Soundview Executive Book Summaries - a great resource that I have subscribed to for over 15 years. There greatest value is all the other subjects that are covered and make great resources for your cients.

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COACHED TO LEAD by Susan Battley
Jossey-Bass © 2006, 250 pages, $24.95 (ISBN 0-7879-8144-3).

In Coached to Lead, Battley outlines the five-step coaching model that she has used for 20 years to design hundreds of high-performance pro- grams for people, groups and organizations.

Step 1: Define. Battley asks her clients, “What will success look like for you?” The answers uncover specific objectives and metrics.

Step 2: Assess. Analyze your business or professional situation. Gather valid, timely and pertinent information you can use when developing coaching plans and activities.

Step 3. Plan. Develop your custom action plan. Establish accountabilities and create a specific to-do list. Battley explains that a major goal might need to be broken down into several component goals.

Step 4. Act. In this phase of execution, certain activities and tasks are accomplished. A coach observes and facilitates progress.

Step 5. Review. Finally, you evaluate coaching results and determine whether goals were attained. Battley explains that a review component can include recommendations for a follow-up strategy so coaching accomplishments are fully realized.

In addition, Battley offers a dozen scenarios that represent sensitive coaching situations as well as the easiest ways to resolve them. Battley completes her tour of executive coaching success by telling those who want to sponsor coaching for others how they can raise
the subject and
enhance a person’s coaching experience.

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POWER MENTORING by Ellen Ensher and Susan Murphy
Jossey-Bass © 2005, 355 pages, $27.95 (ISBN 0-7879-7952-X).

In an effort to help professionals and managers make the most of their careers, management professor Ellen A. Ensher and psychology professor Susan Elaine Murphy have interviewed 50 of America’s most successful mentors and protégés to discover the secrets of great mentoring relationships.

The authors write that there are four differences between their power mentoring approach and traditional mentoring. Power mentoring differs in who initiates the relationship (it is often initiated by the protégé), in the extensive role of tests and challenges, in the prevalence of true reciprocity (both mentor and protégé benefit), and in its generative focus (giving back to the next generation occurs throughout the power mentor’s career).



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Friday, July 14, 2006

Roberta Got Her MCC!

I have just been awarded my MCC (Master Certified Coach) from the International Coaching Federation. In CELEBRATION, I am giving away an Influencing Style Clock Profile. Here is the link but please do NOT give it to anyone else. This is the PERFECT companion to my flag ship product The Platinum Rule as it is using similar continuums.

Send a blank email NOW to: AssessmentsNow@aweber.com

This will ask you to consider opting into my Assessments eZine,which I hope you will do BUT it will also contain the direct link to take the Influencing Profile - no strings. This offer is available ONLY until July 31st, 2006 but the other download will continue.

(Check your inbox for the link to the profile and I hope you will click on the confirmation link as well. If you do,, please add AssessmentsNow@aweber.com to your address book or whitelist to be absolutely certain you receive the download link. If you don't receive the confirmation email with download link within 5 minutes of registering, please check your SPAM box. After doing so, the download location for the complimentary Coaching Styles Profile will be sent to you through email.)

Thanks,

Roberta, MBA, MCC

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Coach approach to "Quiet Leadership"

Here is a radio interview with David Rock, author of the recently published "Quiet Leadership : Six Steps to Transforming Performance at Work" The author also provides a lot of discussion around coaching and the process. Check it out.

Rock provides an overview to his six steps:
  1. "Think About Thinking" (let people think things through without telling them what to do, while remaining "solutions-focused")
  2. "Listen for Potential" (be a sounding board for employees)
  3. "Speak with Intent" (clarify and streamline conversation)
  4. "Dance Toward Insight" (communicate in ways that promote other people's insights)
  5. "CREATE New Thinking" (which stands for Current Reality, Explore Alternatives and Tap Their Energy, an acronym about "helping people turn their insights into habits")
  6. "Follow Up" to ensure ongoing improved performance.
Worth a quick listen but while interesting there isn't anything terribly new. I suspect Rock would agree but he has put a new packaging and language on basic concepts.

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Thursday, July 13, 2006

Resources and Articles - Center for Creative Leadership

The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) sure has spent a lot of energy lately on coaching (as it relates to leadership - I suppose). I figure they recognize a hot topic (floavour of the month) when they see it. Do I sound a little skeptical - well I have had my disagreements with CCL in the past. That said, they put out some great material based on solid research - so who am I to complaint. Here is info on their latest issue.

A Deeper Look at Coaching: Meeting Your Challenges

A recent online poll conducted by CCL revealed some of the challenges leaders face in playing the role of coach to their direct reports and peers. Top on the list was "juggling the coaching role with other roles as a manager," "cultivating candor, trust and dialogue with the coachee" and "dealing with resistance to my feedback." This issue of Leading Effectively follows up on these and other concerns.

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Monday, July 10, 2006

Tools and Tricks - Public Speaking

When speaking publicly, imagine that your audience is hearing impaired. It will force you to slow down, speak up, and enunciate clearly.

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