Category Archive: Coaching

2 Ways to Be Water for the Thirsty

Tired people stagger through the desert looking for a drop of relief.

Use your experience to provide water.

Use your experience to give water to the thirsty.

3 Rules for Being Yourself at Work

You stumble into success when you practice being yourself.

It happened to me when I stopped trying to impress people.

7 Ways to Maximize Social Butterflies

People are frustrating.  Accept people for who they are so you can maximize their gifts and minimize their weaknesses. 5 people who drive leaders nuts: Leading social butterflies: Social butterflies relish relationship but… Continue reading

How to Not Do Anything Stupid with Your New Team

A young manager with a new team is like an ant pushing an elephant. It’s smart to be concerned. My friend Stan Endicott tells managers who ask for advice, “Don’t do anything stupid.”… Continue reading

Why Stephen King Felt Ashamed

Miss Hisler summoned Stephen King to the principal’s office because he had written and sold a horror story to his classmates. He earned over nine dollars in one day. Each copy went for… Continue reading

Four Essentials For Developing Your Leadership

Thanks to John Parker Stewart and Daniel Steward for this guest post. The great hotel founder, J. Willard Marriott, once said, “You can’t improve 1000% in one thing, but you can improve 1%… Continue reading