Coaching Tips

There’s a lot of talk out there about risk management, and the bottom line is risk is taking a chance, making change. Risk is what got us to where we are now and risk is what will move us forward. Yet in so many ways we have become a risk averse culture. Consider how many…

It’s summer time here in our community. We have had an unprecedented amount of sun and it has induced a bad case of summer laziness. You know: sit on the deck, drink a cool one and let the day roll by. At this point my plan was to exhort you to finish up projects, make…

If you have been a follower of this blog you know that I often address the subject of leadership. Today I am going share with you a conversation I had friend last Friday. We were discussing leadership and how easy it is to do the wrong things. In particular we were analyzing the behaviour of…

Last week I wrote about delegation with some simple steps to follow to make it easier. I have had several comments from folks who readily identify the delegation issues created by others in their lives and not seeing where they had responsiblity. Well, I am here with some bad news. If you are on the…

Delegation is one of those words that comes up frequently and seems to have its own definition depending on who is saying it. The meaning of the word as defined by the free Merriam Dictionary is: :”the act of empowering to act for another” Now that’s about as clear as mud. In simple terms it…

There are lots of ways we use to categorize people in our world. We consider gender, age, size, ethnicity, ability and a host of others, yet there is a category that is not often verbalized. That category is the Starters and the Finishers. What are Starters and Finishers? Well, this is a way of looking…

Procrastination – its one of those words we often don’t want to hear, especially applied to ourselves. I have never met anyone who doesn’t procrastinate. Now given that I have not met even 1% of the people on the planet, it is more than likely that there are people out there who don’t procrastinate. But…

Mac did not have a good day on Monday. He is used to being the boss of the house when it comes to dogs. On Monday, we had company and that included three new dogs into his world. He welcomed the people, but the dogs, not so much. Poor Mac, these dogs did not take…

Mac, you met him in last week’s blog, the Bishon Poodle cross I live with – well Mac has a real problem with dogs and people who walk by our home. He leaps to the back of the love seat, barking and snarking at the poor unfortunates out on the road. I am glad I…

  I am co-parent to a poodle-bichon cross dog who although very intelligent, has patterns of behavior that boggle the mind. He loves to get under to bed to nap. There is not much room between the bottom of the box spring and the floor, so he really has to struggle to get under. To…