February 20, 2009 • 11:32 am
The SeattleCoach Training Program is still in its first year and already our hallmarks are quality and community. The (amazing) leaders and managers who are a part of this program fall into three categories:
- some come with the support of their organizations with the goal of returning to build strong internal “coaching cultures,”
- some are considering a new career as a Professional Coach, and
- some are already in a leadership role and are challenging themselves to “raise the bar” on their expertise as a manager.
If you are thinking about your own next steps, call me and we can talk about it.
FYI, the SeattleCoach Training Program includes seventy-four hours of coach-specific training and is accredited by the International Coach Federation.
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February 11, 2009 • 10:29 am
During the 1980s I spent a lot of time in the former Soviet Union, quietly running a student exchange program. In that bloated, bureaucratic police state and economic dead-zone, signs of life kept strolling up to me: Hip, young, hopeful Russians and Ukrainians who risked arrest or deportation just by talking with me and asking to buy my stuff and sell me theirs. The Soviets warned travelers again these “criminals,” and some were. But in general, their essential hustle and optimism in that tough economy were compelling to me. Fast-forward to another tough and unusual economy. We’ve all got less money and more anxiety than we did a year ago, but my phone keeps ringing. With a nod to some of my old Russian and Ukrainian acquaintances, here are a few of the top “Coach-able Issues” I’m working on with people:
- Keeping your job by staying essential.
- Getting really defined and deliberate about what you want to offer and how you want to offer it.
- Staying positive and energized.
- Staying connected to and networked with friends and allies.
As always, I’m leading lots of groups. Good groups are cost effective, supportive and, I believe, a little magical. I’ll be starting more “coach-able issues groups” in the coming month. Be in touch if you’d like to join with other great people to work on some of your own “coachable issues.”
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