Dealing with your Spouse’s Stroke: Terrill Welch’s Coaching Journey
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Smack! One day you wake up and the next thing you know, you’re at the hospital holding your partner’s hand. They’ve just suffered a brain attack. I recently had the pleasure of talking to one of Vancouver’s coach leaders and trailblazers, Terrill Welch. Despite her success and influence, she has partially closed the doors of […]

Posted on February 9, 2010 by Stephan Wiedner

An Interview with Coach Radio Show Host Julie Cusmariu
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Julie Cusmariu, intuitive consultant, certified life coach, and speaker, is the creator and host of Heart Beat – internet radio with a pulse; ‘Conversations with individuals who live and lead with their heart’.

Posted on February 3, 2010 by Stephan Wiedner

A Scientifically Proven Way to Improve Business Team Performance
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As coaches, we often find ourselves working with clients in middle or upper management positions who are responsible for improving the performance of business teams. Browsing through the Management section of the bookstore reveals literally hundreds of titles dedicated to this very subject. Throughout the decades, these books have recommended everything from incentive-based performance bonuses […]

Posted on January 21, 2010 by Kurt Shuster

Make Commitments Stick by Specifying Place & Time
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Most coaches know about SMART goals 쎃슢쎢슬쎢얓 ones that are Specific, Measurable, Attractive, Realistic, and Time-framed. The idea is that the more a goal meets these criteria, the more likely a person is to achieve it. So the goal 쎃슢쎢슬쎅I will lose weight쎃슢쎢슬쎂슝 could be made SMART by re-writing it as 쎃슢쎢슬쎅I will lose 20 […]

Posted on January 18, 2010 by Kurt Shuster

Future Visualizations to Achieve Goals, Not Just Good, Good, Good Vibrations
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Future visualizations are great emotionally uplifting tools. They allow clients to bask in the possibilities of an open future. While these are great techniques to feel good, clients want to make progress on their goals. Especially if they are paying you for it. Not surprisingly, research concludes that future visualizations can dramatically improve goal achievement […]

Posted on January 14, 2010 by Stephan Wiedner

4 Tips to Strengthen your Coaching Relationship
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What is the glue that holds relationships together? What makes friendships last? It turns out that there is an increasing amount of research being done in this area indicating that strong interpersonal relationships are built on a foundation of well-delivered appreciation toward the other person. Showing appreciation is closely tied to acknowledgment – a coaching […]

Posted on December 15, 2009 by Stephan Wiedner

The Science of Giving
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It쎃슢쎢슬쎢슢s that time of year again, so this week it seems appropriate to dig into the science of giving. You may be surprised to learn that researchers take this topic rather seriously, and a wealth of evidence is emerging that a gift is not just good for the person you give it to 쎃슢쎢슬쎢얓 it […]

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The Single Most Effective Way to Increase Commitment and Accountability
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In last week쎃슢쎢슬쎢슢s blog post, Stephan wrote about the how and why of a simple coaching agreement. The idea is that for coaching to work, you need to put a system or process in place to make sure you and your coach (or client) actually meet for your planned sessions. Yet a common problem expressed […]

Posted on November 17, 2009 by Kurt Shuster

Not taking the time to coach? The how & why of a simple Coaching Agreement
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You understand the benefits of coaching and you want to be held accountable to your weekly action plan. You find a coach or coaching partner but you keep missing your coaching sessions. Or even worse, if you’re the coach, the coachee keeps missing the scheduled sessions. It’s frustrating and disappointing. Like anything, coaching only works […]

Posted on November 5, 2009 by Stephan Wiedner

3 Tips for Giving Advice in a Coaching Relationship
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Have you ever tried giving advice to a teenager? If you haven’t, you can imagine that everything you say is going to go in one ear and out the other. Of course rebellious teenagers are an extreme case but most people don’t respond to unsolicited advice. It’s a waste of good intentions. In order to […]

Posted on October 13, 2009 by Stephan Wiedner