The currency of ambition

tend to have. Ambition is one of those things, like money, that can be seen as good or bad depending on how you use it. When it is good, it feeds your drive and actions in a positive way. When it is bad, it can lead to selfish decisions, greed, and your own frustrations with your team for not moving at your elevated pace. 

3 Hurdles Every CEO Has To Overcome

Every CEO Has The Same Hurdles Leading an organization can be challenging. Business is basically people doing transactions so the issues you face are rooted in people. Good news, many CEO’s have the same challenges. Sometimes just knowing you’re not alone, helps. I spent today with Sean McClain at Clearcut in Louisville , KY. and […]

Do You Know The Greatest Coaching Characteristic?

People Feel You Before They Hear You Have you ever been around someone that looked and talked exactly how you think they should but you felt something is just not right?  They seem to carry an image of one thing but in your heart you think, “there’s just something not right here!”  This is because […]

Coaching Questions That Produce Results

Don’t Manage People, Lead People People do not want to be managed but led.  You can manage things, but you can’t manage people.  You manage things you can control and people are not in this category.  I mention in my events I have trouble controlling my dog so how could I ever control you?  Though […]

Harnessing The Hidden Power of Care

People Feel Care John Maxwell says, “People don’t care how you know until they know how much you care.”  I’ve realized that I can make alot of mistakes in dealing with people but if they simply know I care, they will still help me.  As a speaker and trainer, I know that I can’t help people […]

Why I Need Coaching

Why I Need a Coach This past week I was glad to get back in the gym. Since New Years, I’ve been sidelined with a knee injury from a sliding adventure in Iowa over the holidays.  I’ve realized I’m not as young as I once was, because it’s taken me longer than usual to recover. […]

The Coaching Skills Checklist

The Coaching Skills Checklist My wife has taught me that I’m always more efficient when I bring a checklist to the grocery store instead of just randomly purchasing whatever comes to mind.  You know, this works the same with building a team.  Your coaching is always better when you have a checklist or guide to […]

Self-Coaching

In our research on leadership, we’ve discovered that the great leaders have the sensory acuity to self coach themselves.

How to Be a Great Coach to Your Team

Coaching Questions for Your Team The Pull Model is a coaching mindset of high performance leaders that makes all the difference in the world.  Instead of basing your leadership on having to push your team for performance, you can actually use attraction to empower them to fulfill their potential.  Instead of trying to force them […]