
Coaching Beyond the Persona
In my experience, one of the factors that dictates the level of impact and ease involved in an executive coaching engagement is whether the client

In my experience, one of the factors that dictates the level of impact and ease involved in an executive coaching engagement is whether the client

Clients come with varying desires for what they want out of our coaching – there is more variation than I can list. For example, the

I have invested hundreds of hours of my life into being a client to coaches at the pinnacle of their craft, and thousands of hours

Earlier this week, one of my clients in our second session together realized that she was innocently lying to herself about her future. This brilliant

We all want good feelings. But for a lot of us, no matter what we try to do in order to get them, they seem

Our actions usually flow out of our desire for a better feeling-state. We imagine that we will feel better in the having of something, and

Most personal growth endeavors are like trying to optimize a mask. By reading the books, hiring the coaches, and optimizing your routine, you might unknowingly

The following article was originally published as a guest post for my colleague Clare Norman’s blog. Clare, too, is an ICF Master Certified Coach and I’m

In the refined circles of leadership development, many often rely on a geometry that separates our growth into a chart with two axes: The Horizontal

There is a common myth that when we solve our problems, we will grow. But the truth is the inverse. The standard narrative about progress