What’s So Great About Coaching | This Week’s 5 Real-Life Comments

Your 5 real-life weekly comments about coaching are here:

“Even modest improvements can justify hiring a coach…”
- Fortune

“Coaching has given me an energy to put more of the things I want in my life, he says. I can now focus my downtime, which used to be wasted time.”
- The Long Island Newspaper

“In the interview game, coaches can take your play to a new level.”
- BusinessWeek Investor

“Inside every successful business person is an even more ambitious one trying to get out. He or she just needs a little help.”
- Australian Financial Review

“…a coach… a valuable sounding board in today’s crazy business climate.”
- Fortune

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What do you think about this week’s quotes?

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A Course About People | 5 Little Things You Want To Know

We present this week’s 5 snippets of wisdom about people, from the collection by Thomas Leonard, and assembled by his R&D team.

We hope you’ll find them as useful and thought-provoking as always.

Enjoy!

• People do not realize how great they are.
• People want to be special.
• People thrive on love and gentleness.
• People long to belong.
• People want to trust others.

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Let us know your thoughts by commenting below.

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Pamela Slim breaks out (some more) this week… Escape From Cubicle Nation: From Corporate Prisoner to Thriving Entrepreneur

What do you get when you combine

Dilbert + Peter Drucker + Dr. Phil = ??

Unlikely as it may seem visually, the answer is Pamela Slim according to a very funny book review.  Pam is author of the ubiquitous blog and new book of the same name “Escape From Cubicle Nation” due out Thursday April 30.

What a delight to support Pam in the virtual party for her accomplishment.  This one needs some great salsa and eats…a night sky filled with stars and the sound of lots of friends laughing…cue that would you?

And oh. Even though it doesn’t officially launch for a couple days, there’s no harm at all in pre-ordering, the better to get your copy first. It’s a truly supportive, practical book that’s much needed for many. I work with entrepreneurs who’ve already made the leap, but Pam guides those that are on the path to the leap, and that is sacred work.

Check it out here at Amazon or at your favorite bookseller won’t you?

Hip hip hurry, Pam! Much confetti to you!

Michael Port is at it again… Think You Can’t Change The World? Think Again. The Think BIG Manifesto

It took a long time for the review copy of Michael’s fourth book to arrive in the mail. Michael joked that it got stopped at the Canadian border for being political propaganda…

While that may seem like an icky way to describe it, it’s accurate, at least in some respects.

Respect #1: It represents a big risk.

After sticking with some very tried-and-true arenas for his first 3 books…Book Yourself Solid, Beyond Booked Solid and The Contrarian Effect, this book is what many would consider a risk. It’s not a ‘how to’ per se. It has no direct connection to your bottom line. It’s an out-on-a-limb opinion piece shouted from the mountain top for the simple reason that Michael believes, wants you to know why and is entirely transparent about it.

Respect #2:  It’s emotionally charged and authentic.

For that reason it will doubtless piss some people off.  And it will make the blood move faster in the veins of some readers.  If everything is energy, Michael has infused this book with his characteristic boldness, quality of character and fortitude.  The result is a work that will challenge readers to overturn the status quo. You know that feeling you get when the trumpets blare and a call-to-arms is unleashed? That’s the sound effect that’s really needed here.

Respect #3: If it’s your kind of message, you will feel as if you’ve come home after a long time alone.

The reader reviews at Amazon demonstrate this rather remarkably. Clearly, Michael has tapped the conversation taking place in the minds of many to rise up and do something about the stuff that matters.

Check out the gifts and rallying Michael is doing today only, for The Think Big Manifesto.

Big congratulations on your fourth, MP! I’m doing the happy dance for you…

“Enough value in the FIRST CLASS to justify the fee for the ENTIRE 12 months…”

Note: Physical copies of The Full Practice For Coaches 2-Volume Print Book and CD set (shown above) is included for participants in the print program.

“The first class was thought-provoking as well as information-packed! I got enough value just in the first class to justify my fee for the whole year.

I’m looking forward to learning so much more.”

– Gina Hiatt, Founder, Academic Ladder and the Academic Writing Club

Click here or on the graphic above to access one of only 7 newly-available seats at early-bird pricing*, and be in time for class #2 on Thursday this week.

*Due to some enrolment changes and adjustments between digital and print formats, we’ve unearthed just 7 empty spots in the very small total # of seats for this affordable and energizing program. Don’t delay if one of these is for you…

Presenting the first print volumes of… Thomas Leonard’s Full Practice For Coaches: 100 Time-Tested Lessons From Coaching’s Founding Father

At long last, the 700+ pages of this magnus opus are available in print, fully-indexed and cross-referenced, up-to-date, with Thomas’ writing spirit spilling from each paragraph.

Though I’d be hesitant to do a final tally of the number of hours we’ve invested here (compiling, editing, shaping, etc.) it has been well worth it in order to begin shipping this two-volume, two-CD collection to 5 continents.

If you’re interested in obtaining a copy of this treasured set for yourself, hit reply with ‘PRAX collection’ in the subject line to let us know.  Currently it’s shipping only to members of the Thomas Leonard Success Strategies Program whose fees make this production possible.  When we are able to release it more widely, we’ll let ‘PRAX collection’ respondents know first.

For now, it’s enough to relish the cover, and flip through the pages with a slow-burning happiness.

There are many more such projects to come and I hope you’ll look forward to celebrating them all.

What’s So Great About Coaching | This Week’s 5 Real-Life Comments

Here are your 5 real-life comments about coaching for this week:

“Coaching is the latest and most pervasive evolution in the self improvement industry.”
- Career Confidential

“[Your coach] will guide you to a fuller life or a slimmer figure. Whatever you want. Your weakness is his challenge.”
- USA Today

“[Other companies] offer coaching as a prerequisite to proven managers, in the understanding that everyone can benefit from a detached observer.”
- New York Times

“I think of a coach like a personal trainer who pushes me to lift more weights….”
- St. Paul (MN) Pioneer Press

“The objective, distanced view of a coach can also lead to new ways of looking at issues because the coach’s ideas aren’t limited by politics or a position within the company.”
- Infoworld

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The Harnisch Foundation (501c3) Is…

 Now Hiring A Community Supported Journalist To Actively Cover The Coaching ‘Beat’

As a person of many hats, one of my most enjoyable gigs in the last 18 months has been Director of Strategic Development for the not-for-profit organization founded by Ruth Ann Harnisch called The Harnisch Foundation.

In fact, the HF, as I fondly call it, is undertaking another exciting strategic endeavor for coaching, and coaches.

It’s happening right now.

Based on the belief that independent reporting is essential to bring transparency to the field, the Harnisch Foundation is seeking to fill…

A One-Year Full-Time Paid Position For
A Community Supported Journalist (CSJ)

The full job description, mission and objectives are below, and I invite you to peruse it if only to open your mind to the kind of strategic thinking you can be doing in your work on behalf of your constituency. (You don’t have to be a not-for-profit foundation to take a stand for something, after all; I’m sure Ruth Ann would agree.)

My request of you…

After you’ve read the posting, I ask that you please spread the news of this available position through all the networks at your disposal. 

We are looking for a very special person who will come to represent you and me, and all of us forward-thinking, working coaches, after all.

Will you take a moment to post the position description at your blog, include in your newsletter, hand-forward to people you know, who know people?  If every coach like you does this just once, I’m certain we can find the right person.

Can you tell I really want for us to find the right person?

To easily spread the news, send everyone to http://tinyurl.com/hireCSJ or feel free to forward this email.

When I think deeply about what a CSJ will mean for coaching, my heart beats strongly with happiness.

Thank you for doing your part.

P.S.  What do you hope a Coaching CSJ will cover/reveal/say/provoke/investigate? What questions and answers would become possible with a Community Supported Journalist on board? Think like you’re on the board of directors of the newspaper this person works for. What assignments or stories, would you put on the list for pursuit?

Comments welcome by commenting below, but please forward the description first.

Job Description: Community Supported Journalist for Coaching

MISSION

To enhance and bring transparency and collaboration to the field of professional coaching, including executive coaching, business coaching and life coaching, to provide a unifying place where the different branches and flavors of coaching find a common place to exchange ideas. 

Independent reporting is essential to bring transparency to the field and help the reader understand what is real and what isn’t.  We don’t seek to set standards or protocols, but to create a place where they can be debated and discussed in a non-partisan way.

SUPPORTING OBJECTIVES

• Create a news-focused, participatory community of experts, audience members and participants overseen by a community-supported journalist (CSJ). The site includes independent reporting, aggregation of other stores, notable research, commentary and user-generated content.
• Engage a social-networking community which makes strategic use of social media tools such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.
• Recruit and inspire a network of multimedia contributors who add to the site’s overall news and information value while also working with an existing pool of contributors.

NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION

The CSJ will report on a variety of coaching subject areas, including executive coaching, business coaching and life coaching. The site will include news of the business of coaching, personality pieces about coaches, coaching related human interest stories, investigative journalism, stories about notable research and stories on coaching achievements, niches and spin-offs.

The work of the CSJ and community’s membership content contributions will appear primarily  online at The Coaching Commons.

The CSJ will serve as one of the site’s staff bloggers, aggregating industry news as well doing original reporting as outlined above.

The Harnisch Foundation reserves the right to place material written by the CSJ in publications elsewhere, and the CSJ retains rights for resale elsewhere. All work will be independently edited.

LOCATION

Applicants must be prepared for a flexible schedule, maintain their own office space or work from home in any U.S. location. Occasional travel to key conferences and events will be a required.

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

The successful application will:

• Have demonstrated experience as a writer, journalist who is well-grounded in the field of coaching.
• Have an engaging writing style with a distinctive voice and tone supported by solid reporting and research.
• Work with a high degree of autonomy and independence.
• Be a self-started, organized, adapt at multi-tasking and yet have well focused task-oriented work habits facilitated by strong time management skills.  
• Possess an understanding of the use of social-media tools such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube to build audiences and create an interactive community.

DURATION

This is a one-year fellowship with a three-month paid trial period.  The fellowship includes a competitive stipend and the possibility of renewal based upon performance. A successful applicant should secure health-care coverage and the Foundation is prepared to adjust the stipend amount based upon this and other necessary expenses.

TO APPLY

To be considered for this position, send a cover letter addressing why you are the right person for this fellowship, a resume, writing samples, evidence of online interactivity participation and evidence of your knowledge of the professional life coaching field.

Send electronically with Subject Heading: (Your Name) Coaching Journalism Application to csjinfo@kennesaw.edu

For more information contact: Leonard Witt, csjinfo@kennesaw.edu

Speaking Of The Coaching Commons, another Harnisch Foundation (501c3) project…

Have You Visited This Special Space Lately?

Among the dialog occurring there:

• What do you do, say, or feel if someone asks “Is Coaching just friendship, for sale?”
• The Emperor’s New Coach Training…

And even…

• The Church of Coaching!

Find the latter mention in the comments section of one of the posts.  The most provocative commenters seem to be particularly attracted to The Coaching Commons. You might feel very at home!

Also, the next Uncommon Conversation – a no-fee teleconference call – is actually later this evening TODAY/Tuesday, on the topic of The Perfect Question, by Lable Braun, an author and thinker I have mentioned to you before.

Go here to register now, or receive a copy of the recording for this sure-to-be deep conversation.

Remember, some of the charm of the space at the Coaching Commons is due because:

1. it’s uniquely non-commercial and not-for-profit
2. it’s unaffiliated with any coach training school or organization and therefore apolitical.

As a result, all manner of open discussion and radical exploration can be pursued – and is. I mean really, look again at the topics above.  Go on, I know you’re just a little curious about what else is there.  To become part of this community, visit and bookmark:

www.coachingcommons.org

A Course About People | 5 Little Things You Want To Know

Here are your 5 little snippets of wisdom about people from the collection by Thomas Leonard, and assembled by his R&D team.  We hope you’ll find them thought-provoking, profound, or even useful as you go through your week.

Enjoy!

• People don’t know what they really want.
• People need to know that they are not alone in their feelings and experiences of life.
• People have a tendency to fight what is good for them.
• People are unpredictable.
• People leave the most difficult until the end.

If you’d like to receive more snippets each week in your inbox, we invite you to visit us at www.ThoughtsByEmail.com and sign up.

What do you think about this week’s snippets?  We’d love to hear your thoughts!

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What’s So Great About Coaching | This Week’s 5 Real-Life Comments

Here are this week’s 5 real-life comments about coaching:

“…a personal coach is better than a best friend.”
- Sausalito.net

“Coaches work with clients in all areas including business, career, finances, health and relationships.”
- Sausalito.net

“The coaching relationship also has a unique structure…. The coach prods the client to keep to the action plan.”
- The Business Journal

“…coaching relationships… are helping small-business owners improve their business skills, recalibrate their approaches to management, and, often, totally reboot and rebalance themselves as leaders on the job and in the home and community.”
- Nation’s Business

“…increasingly, individuals are turning to coaches for help with every sort of problem.”
- Boston Globe

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A Course About People | 5 Little Things You Want To Know

We hope you’ll enjoy your 5 little snippets wisdom for this week, all from the collection by Thomas Leonard and assembled by his R&D team.

You may find them obvious,  or profound, or even useful.  Or maybe they’ll make you stop for a moment and ponder life.

Here are your 5 snippets:

• People are embracing a life of joy as reality instead of dreaming.
• People who learn to ask for what they want experience less stress and more joy.
• People inherently try to do the right thing.
• People fear change until they understand the opportunities it creates.
• People often want things contrary to their value system until they sit down and really consider what those values are.

If you’d like to receive your personal copy each week in your inbox,  you can sign up at www.ThoughtsByEmail.com.

We’d love to hear what you think.  Please post your thoughts below.

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What’s So Great About Coaching | This Week’s 5 Real-Life Comments

We  hope you’ll enjoy your 5 real-life comments about coaching for this week:

“I first heard about personal coaches… at the same time personal fitness coaches were beginning to flex their muscles. The two fields are related: coaches in both areas help you achieve your potential…. Personal coaches provide powerful professional insights. My personal advice: Get one.”
- Chicago Tribune, 5/17/98

“If you’re thinking of overhauling your career to achieve a more fulfilling life, consider joining the estimated 100,000 Americans who annually enlist the help of some 4,000 personal coaches each year.”
- Money

“Most leaders like executive coaching because: they receive direct one-on-one assistance from someone they respect; they don’t have to leave their offices; it fits their timeframes and schedules; they can see fast results, if they’re dedicated.”
- Training & Development

“The ROI with executive coaching is often very high – especially if you calculate the value of a high-level executive salary and the return-on-improvement in skill level and decision making.”
- Training & Development

“How do you provide career development as a just-in-time, bottomline-driven business activity? For an increasing number of organizations, the answer seems to be executive coaching. In recent years, there has been an explosion in its use.”
- Organizational Dynamics

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License To Tweet Website Launches To A Flock Of Enthusiastic Tweeples At, You Guessed It, Twitter.com | Thomas Leonard Success Strategy #8: Shamelessly Leverage Others

 The lighthearted website we launched this week is a great example of something else Thomas was known for, sometimes controversially, and that was the use of volunteers.

Leveraging others can become a negative thing, but when done right, it is a thing of business elegance, and everyone feels like they got a great deal.  This has come to be known as developing your business evangelists, and by other names, but I call it simply “shamelessly leveraging others” or Thomas Leonard Success Strategy #8.

Shamelessly because when it’s a win on both sides, there need be no shame involved, only joy.

So in addition to visiting www.LicensetoTweet.com to pick up some terrific Thomas Leonard-isms for your tweets, or just plain old  inspiration for yourself, check it out from the point of view of this direct question:

How can you equip other people to enthusiastically align with your cause and help drive it forward?

Visit www.LicensetoTWeet.com now won’t you, and see what else you can decipher between the lines? I look forward to hearing how you apply this for yourself.

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