Coach, Counselor, Consultant, Mentor – Who can help?
Hear this clearly – you are not expected to be the “hero” of every situation. It’s ok to ask for help. Now, that we’ve cleared that up, who do you call? Who is best-suited to help you depends on what you’re facing and the type of help you want. Orientations of the Helping Professions At a very high level, professionals are either telling-oriented or asking-oriented. As the names suggest, they are either going to tell you how to solve the problem or they are going to ask questions and allow you to unearth how to solve the problem. The telling-oriented…
What is Coaching?
This is not the whistling-blowing type of coaching you remember from high school. Coach practitioners (professional coaches) help you clarify your desired outcomes, define your action steps, and measure your progress. Using active listening, encouragement, and open questions, your coach facilitates your progress. Professional coaching is an intentional conversation that empowers individuals and groups to reach their potential – both personally and professionally. Unlike other “coaching” which more closely resembles teaching or consulting, professional coaches are client-centric and focus on client-based solutions. Much is expected of you as the client. You will evaluate, reason, imagine, decide, and implement. What Coaching…
How to Review Your Leadership Style, by Enneagram Type
Goals, purpose, success – all words associated with what you do, how you do it, and why you do it. Although their meaning is unique, the necessity to measure them is universal. Learning how to review your leadership style through the lens of your Enneagram type transforms the way you lead. Type 1: The Reformer Of all the Enneagram types, you are most drawn to self-evaluation. Both as a strength and a weakness, your focus naturally seeks perfection in yourself and the world around you. As you intentionally step into the process of self-review, do so carefully with an ample…
![For the regular days...
Yesterday, we celebrated the mamas. But I have some hesitance about the day on behalf of those for whom the day is hard. For those who will face disappointment, longing, or loneliness.
Here's to regular days, the ones that come right after the "important" days, the days we might feel overlooked or unappreciated.
Here's to Monday mornings when you get up with the sun and get to work, whatever that looks like for you.
Here's to having hard conversations and making hard decisions.
Here's to doing what needs done, whatever that means and wherever it takes you.
Here's to doing what you're meant to do.
[Caroline is traveling with me this week in Guatemala. She's my assistant on this trip.]](https://scontent-ord5-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/280158713_1358881094613296_3621727649573332245_n.jpg?_nc_cat=101&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=duBTgZ_t7EYAX-t81l9&_nc_ht=scontent-ord5-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=AM6HXa8EAAAA&oh=00_AfB0DJU-rZtZ4AiySx_1Z9ZTE9R3FMu7VuAocA5xigGIcw&oe=6493C8EA "Blog")
