(This post is excerpted from The 5 Coaching Habits of Excellent) Your words speak the truth. They reflect your commitments – your promises to act. Whether you have a long conversation with a friend or a business conversation with a work colleague, every word makes a difference. The results of our interactions are rarely neutral;…
Video of zMdRK0ZF1UU Your leadership all starts with your integrity. In fact, it starts and ends with your integrity. If you do not have integrity, no one will follow you. And if no one follows you, you are not leading. I'm reminded of this every day when I read this poem on my son's closet…
(This post is excerpted from The 5 Coaching Habits of Excellent Leaders.) Making early decisions about your priorities provides a double benefit for boosting your personal reliability. For example, you might say that your order of priorities for how you spend your time might be family, work, friends and community. Making that early decision about…
(This post is excerpted from The 5 Coaching Habits of Excellent Leaders.) The past two posts have addressed the keys to Personal Reliability which provides a booster effect for Reliable Coaching. In other words, if you are seen as personally reliable, it is much easier to use the 5 coaching habits of excellent leaders. The…
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(This post is excerpted from The 5 Coaching Habits of Excellent Leaders.) In addition to knowing yourself, having clarity about your priorities also predicts your personal reliability. The most important decision in business, and in life, is to decide what’s most important. So, as a request or an opportunity arises, ask yourself if this is…
Success is a reflection of your commitment to excellence. Just as water reflects your image as you gaze into it, when you look inside yourself, you see who you really are. Your knowledge and success with others is directly related to your self-knowledge. Excellence is built from the inside out. Therefore, reflect on who you…
(This post is excerpted from The 5 Coaching Habits of Excellent Leaders.) Observe all men; thyself most. - Benjamin Franklin The most valuable type of knowledge is self-knowledge. Knowing your tendencies, preferences, values, personal limits, natural gifts and weaknesses helps you make the right commitments and keep them. Aside from personal introspection, a good way…
Whether you coach a sports team, workers, family members or volunteers, the 5 coaching habits will help you inspire reliable performance. The 5 coaching habits address basic human needs, so they work across generations, industries and cultures. The tools that support each habit are simple and actionable. No rocket science, just real-world, proven results. Take a look at…
"When all is said and done, more is said than done." – Aesop, Greek storyteller and author, Aesop’s Fables Reliable people have a high say/do ratio. That’s the ratio of things you say you will do to the things you follow through on and do. In a perfect world, your say/do ratio is 1:1, meaning…
