Life Coaching Success Ideas

Your team should understand your vision. Most people in this world think they know what it takes to be a good leader, but in reality they have no clue what quality leadership entails. After all, if they were good leaders, then they would be in positions of leadership. If you desire to improve your own leadership abilities through simple tips, read on and get educated. Use your mission to guide the firm and incorporate a sense of values into all you do. Communicate the whole picture while helping others see their part in big ideas. This will also help you find a direction and build stronger connections within your team. Make sure to engage people as a leader. You must learn how to motivate, involve, and excite others. Inspire them to engage their passions, strengths, skills, and creativity in the tasks at hand. Do what you can to acknowledge and appreciate each person's contributions and efforts. You should make them all feel like they did something to move the project forward. Comm...

Research Paper By Mark Bishop (Executive Coach, UNITED STATES) Introduction As I developed both my coaching model and power tool for the certified coaching program at ICA, I spent a good deal of time considering the importance of purpose in life and leadership.  In my experience, many people go through jobs, companies, and careers based merely on what opportunities; roles, companies, or assignments; come available and without sufficient consideration of what makes them happy. I’ve seen many colleagues pursue opportunities because they felt it might be a good career move, without regard to what they enjoy doing and how they want to contribute.   We spend an inordinate amount of time in our working environment; it amounts to more than 13 years of the total lifespan for most adults.  With that much significance on our working environment, it pays to focus on what makes us happy at work and try to maximize that feeling as much as we can over those 13 years! With th...

Proof That BETTERING YOURSELF Really Works Working on your personal development presents challenges, but they are not insurmountable. Striving to live a healthy lifestyle that benefits others consists of many changes. Personal developments that make a difference run the gamut from improving your manners to improving your sleeping, eating and/or exercise habits. The changes you might want to make in yourself can be endless. When you begin your personal development program, you will be surprised by how quickly others take notice and begin to respond to you differently. Learning more about personal development can steer you away from pitfalls and dead-ends on your own path to success. The copious amounts of books and other materials available on the subject are valuable resources. If they provide nothing else, they will illustrate negative examples: Dangerous practices that the committed personal development enthusiast can learn to avoid. We all know how easy it is to say you're going...

Leadership is not something that comes easy to most people. In fact, the majority of people have no idea what it takes to be a good leader. If you are here because you desire to develop leadership skills, or you would just like to know what it takes to be a leader, then continue to the following article. A successful leader needs to maintain a balanced public and private life. Having a good reputation in the community is vital to continued success. Being in a leadership role invites scrutiny, so it is important to maintain humility and exercise moderation. Do not give anyone something to point to that disqualifies you as a leader. Know your competition just as well as you know your own company. Business isn't just about what's happening between the walls in your space. You need to make decisions based off competitive movement. If you can't make decisions because you don't know the competition, then expect your employees to see it as a weakness in leadership. Befriend a ...

Research Paper By Bianca Prodescu (Systems Coach, NETHERLANDS) Systems coaching is becoming a popular trend, due to the need of pursuing long-lasting changes in the behavior that do not negatively impact other parts of the client’s life. The aim is to look beyond quick solutions that only target symptoms and scarce attempts to change aimed to the edge of the comfort zone which is immediately absorbed. In systems coaching, the approach is moving from seeing the coaching relationship as a one-to-one cause-effect solution exploration, towards understanding the client’s relationships system: the team, the department, the family, etc. with the intent of creating awareness and visibility of the impact the environment has on the client. There is still the risk of a simplistic view approach: that the individual is seen as an independent agent within a system that can be fully defined and contained. Thus giving the client the impression that they can engineer any desired change. This...

A few weeks ago, I was participating in the annual Dale Carnegie instructor re-certification and the topic of worry came up. A discussion began on the difference between concern and worry. One of my colleagues pointed out that a healthy business is often referred to as a “going concern.” The implication is that a going concern is something positive, but that a “going worry” wouldn’t be. Most everyone I know (including me) struggles with this distinction in practice. Yet, the technical distinction is fairly clear. Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary defines worry as: to think about problems or fears : to feel or show fear and concern because you think that something bad has happened or could happen And concern as: to relate to (something or someone) : to be about (something or someone) : to affect or involve The bottom line? Concern is what we have when we plan to influence or affect the situation in some way. So, here’s how to address all your worrie...

A good leader is able to serve their employees. You can learn the skills you need to become a helpful and more productive leader. You may learn some new things. Don't let good talent go to waste. If someone is earning huge profits for your company, be sure to promote them, give them a raise, or, if you aren't in a position to do those things, recommend the person to someone who is. If you fail to do this, you might find that the employee has left for your competitor. You need to find the innate qualities in yourself that can help you become a good leader. Although you may not naturally tend toward a leadership role, there is some aspect of your personality that you can develop which will help you to take charge. With time, experience and practice, you can hone your skills and develop your leadership abilities. Leaders aren't afraid to ask questions. If they don't know something, they ask. Follow their example and don't try to pretend that you know everything. It wil...

Is It Time To Talk More About LEADERSHIP Building a trusting relationship with your employees is an important part of being a strong leader. Just because you're the boss does not mean that you are the only leader in the group, or even the smartest person in the room. Say thank you to your employees. Many studies have been done on the power of a thanks given from a manager to his or her employees. It increases productivity, often by a lot. Just a little graciousness really can help extend your power as a leader, so be active about it. Learn your employee's names. A great leader takes the time to learn the names of his or her most immediate staff, and even the names of the top performers under them. It shows them that you care enough about them to know them not just as a worker, but as a real person. Watch out for project creep. This can happen when your project's scope isn't clearly defined. If you have control over the project, resist the temptation to add more project ...

Ginger Hardage is the former senior vice president of culture at Southwest Airlines. She led a team responsible for building and sustaining the organization’s legendary culture and communications enterprise, resulting in 23 consecutive years on Fortune’s list of Top 10 Most Admired Companies in the World. Today, Ginger leads Unstoppable Cultures, a firm designed to help organizations create and sustain cultures of enduring greatness. She facilitates the annual Unstoppable Cultures Fellowship to help leaders of all kinds take practical steps to create the culture that will help their organization thrive. In this week’s episode, Ginger and I discuss the five lies she’s seen to come up again and again in her work with leaders who are struggling with culture. Perhaps most importantly, Ginger emphasizes that leaders need not accept the default culture, but should work to define the culture. Here are the most useful links from this episode: Full audio and show notes...

A Coaching Power Tool Created by Maimon Md. Arif (Transformational Coach, MALAYSIA) Life is an ongoing process of choosing between safety (out of fear and need for defense) and risk (for the sake of progress and growth). – Abraham Maslow Safety vs. Risk Cambridge Dictionary Definition for: Safety : (a noun) a state in which or a place where you are safe and not in danger or at risk: the condition of not being in danger or of not being dangerous: the condition of not being likely to cause damage or harm: the fact of keeping people safe in a particular place: Risk :(a noun) the possibility of something bad happening: to take a risk – to do something that might be dangerous: Human Motivation and Needs Maslow, in his “Hierarchy of Needs”, stipulates that people are motivated to fulfill their basic needs before moving on to their needs for growth. The need for safety is acknowledged as a basic human need. Safety needs include the security of body, of employment, of re...

Strong leadership skills are paramount to creating an effective team and leading an organization to greatness. If you are looking to develop your own skills in order to become such a strong leader, keep reading. Here, we will provide you with a bevy of information that can enhance your leadership capabilities and help to lead you to new heights in the business world. In order to be an effective leader, you must work closely with your team. Listen to them when they talk, encourage individuality and innovation, and let each member of your team enjoy their individual and group successes. Above all, don't ask a member of your team to do anything that you would not be willing to do yourself. When trying to be a good leader, it is important to listen to what other people have to say. Your opinions or ideas aren't guaranteed to be great just because you're a leader. If you listen to other ideas or opinions, you may find that the people around also may have great ideas that could w...

We all know that open communication, trust and respect are important aspects of being a strong business leader. However, how many of us really know how to accomplish these and other vital leadership goals? Keep reading to find some helpful suggestions about becoming the strong leader of a successful business enterprise. Always think about the values that are important to you. Ensure your decisions coincide with your convictions. If a decision is making you ill just thinking about it, do not make it. Some people might have different morals from yours, but you must follow your own conscience. Build trust in your ability to be a strong leader. Let your employees see your work. Don't do everything behind closed doors so that workers have no idea what you actually do. Always be cognizant of your leadership role. Your employees will do as you do, not as you say. Sincerity plays a major part in leadership. The people that you are leading may come to you with problems. These problems shoul...

A Coaching Power Tool By Debora Hofmann, Leadership Coach At the end of last year, our family had to move back from Beijing, China to Frankfurt, Germany. That meant a move across continents in the middle of a pandemic that neither was planned nor wanted by us. It was a huge challenge for me to walk alongside our kids through these tough months following the move, helping them through their emotional ups and many downs. It also meant that we had to face many more months of lockdown, as Germany was finding it much more difficult than China to gain control over the virus. Here are a few of my thoughts from that time: I don’t want to be here. I don’t want to be the stupid mum that is stuck at home having to care for the kids and everyone is just assuming that I’ll keep doing this while business travelers don’t even need to quarantine or need to have negative tests results for staying in a hotel. The measurements are not enough/don’t make any sense. ...