Personal Development

We are all intuitive. As professional coaches, developing your intuition can accomplish two significant things in your coaching practice: It can accelerate growth in your business because you will better know who you work with, who to consider as a client, and when to make referrals to other professionals as needed. It cultivates a sense …read more.

As the global pandemic reached my homeland, Canada, I intuitively added core elements of the ICF Core Competency of Coaching Presence to my stress management toolkit. Those gifts aligned with presence, which we bring when coaching clients, have been  fabulous in optimizing self-care and alignment during this time of uncertainty. “Is present and flexible…dancing in …read more.

You cannot imagine how many times I started writing this post. The Universe continually directing me away from my usual entrepreneur bent and back to the current situation of the “new normal” life of living in the midst of an uncertain world. A world of pandemics, civil unrest, social injustice, climate change and poverty to …read more.

It’s a whole new world out there and we coaches are needed more than ever. But business, as usual, is not that “usual” anymore: Coaches who coached face-to-face have switched over to virtual only. Clients are now working from home and have the added distraction of the rest of their family at home as well. …read more.

A crisis is a sudden, overthrowing experience. Everything is different, and old strategies do not work for you as they used to. The things you knew, the habits you had, the plans you were following—it all falls apart. A small virus, when globally spread, can send your entire team into social distancing, stop the flow …read more.

The Leaders We Need Now We live in daunting times. Leaders at every level are confronted with an array of significant challenges. The extended upheaval of our “business as usual,” due to Covid-19, reduces the profile of other threats. They have not disappeared. Geopolitical tensions, growing concerns about climate change, how we collaborate to recover …read more.

It’s the New Year! You sit down at your table and begin to write the goals you have for the year because well, that’s what you always do. But you could be making a costly mistake, according to Tim Bono, lecturer in psychological and brain sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. The new year is not …read more.

Start Before You’re Ready.  Recently, I saw those words written on the mirror in my cycling class and they struck a chord. They got me thinking about things I’ve done before I was actually ready. I’ve always been a “careful risk-taker,” at times relying more on intuition, than logic and rational reasons.  I’m competitive, and …read more.

As adults, we’ve forgotten that taking risks and falling down was how we learned everything. Now, we don’t risk. We protect the image of competence, looking good and fitting in. For many, a point comes when playing it safe is dissatisfying. We tap into our courage and will. We choose to act, to move out …read more.