Blog Entries from 07/2008

30,000 feet – er excuse me, 10,000 meters – over Germany at the moment, flying home from the European International Coaching Federation Conference in Geneva, Switzerland. Connecting Worlds was the theme of the conference, and I had the honor of being one of its keynote speakers. It came about as one of those simple acts of grace: a timely email from Marijo to Virginia on the very day this intuition-trusting Virginia, organizing a conference for which she was determined to ... Read More

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Q: How, in an actual coaching session, do you recommend physical activities for developing a pattern, beyond just looking over a list of them?

A: It’s a great question, and one that I invite other coaches to share their experience on as well. For in landing on the right practices by which our clients can cultivate this or that pattern, we make the patterns deeply personal for our clients, and HOW we do that is deeply personal for us as coaches. ... Read More

Q: I'm working with a highly discplined business owner who has “making work fun” at the bottom of the activity list. Are there particular things you recommend for people on their own, knowing they see a trade-off between "fun" and getting tasks done.

A: Let me address several questions embedded in here. First, when I coach around activities that people have listed at the bottom of the activity table, I ask them how important those things are to their work right ... Read More

Q: In the Work Behaviors table in the FEBI report, people don't necessarily find their preferred patterns at the top. I had a case where a client's weakest pattern (in overall profile) was among the top in work behaviors. Also she said that she finds work exhausting, which I interpreted as those top couple of behaviors, coming from a weak pattern, required the greatest amount of energy. Was I accurate?