Business Coaching

How to Improve Meetings: Better Cadence & Rhythm Years ago, I saw the following advertisement headline: “Meetings, the creative alternative to working!” The faux ad went on to promote all the benefits of meetings: how they allow you to avoid work, let you reconnect with friends, provide an escape from the day-to-day. Most of us…

Should I Hire a Business Coach? If you’re reading this, you very well may be expecting me to answer with, “Yes, and make sure you hire me.”  Well, sorry to disappoint.  The reality is that the answer to that question really depends on the answers to a variety of questions, the first of which is,…

What Makes for a Successful Strategic Plan? A few years ago, I showed up at the kickoff meeting of a strategic planning engagement I’d been hired to facilitate. One of the company owners pulled me aside before the beginning of the session and said, “Look, I don’t believe in these things. I’ve been through a…