I was interviewed recently on Michigan Business Network’s “Business Beat” show by Chris Holman.

We discussed:

• What I do as a coach, and the purpose of coaching.
• The importance of focusing on strengths versus weaknesses.
• The key areas I concentrate on with clients: communications, relationship-building, leadership / management, and coaching.
• The current economy and a new focus on entrepreneurialism and “economic gardening”.

To listen to this six-minute interview, simply click the “play” button below.

You can find more interviews with me on the Podcasts and Videos page on my coaching website.

“When you’re presented with the opportunity to improve someone’s life, to help them go through a particularly difficult challenge, to engage with great comrades and achieve a noble mission – what could be luckier?”

– Unknown cadet, quoted by Jim Collins, business consultant and author

Image from The National Guard.

Today’s quote is a call to action. It is a call for you to channel your inner coach. It’s a call to help those around you realize their most cherished goals or simply navigate their worlds a bit more smoothly.

To begin with, view this supportive process as a personal scavenger hunt in which these individuals already have the answers or resources they require within them.

Should you discover that what they need is not within arm’s length, please do help them find the missing pieces outside of themselves. These may well include what you can bring to the situation.

Exercise:

Select one person in your personal or professional world to help achieve their most noble mission. They will be lucky to have your support and I bet you will feel lucky too.

This is an excerpt from my appearance on BlogTalkRadio’s show On the Dean’s List, with host Dean la Douceur.

In this seven minute clip, we discuss:

• My work coaching other coaches (you can find out more about this here).
• The coaching business and what you should look for when bringing in an outside consultant or coach.
• How to establish whether a coach or consultant is credible and competent.
• The tools and resources that I offer on my website – and why I’m willing to offer so much for free.

Simply click below to play the audio file:

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If you’d like to hear the whole of my interview with Dean la Douceur (37 minutes), please click here to visit my Podcasts page. You can listen to it online or download it.

This is a seven-minute excerpt from my appearance on BlogTalkRadio’s show On the Dean’s List, with host Dean la Douceur. In it, Dean and I discuss: