Author: Coach Pete
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Sometimes leaving the family business is the best answer
I see many family business participants struggling to find both personal and family peace. They get so enmeshed in their family history and dynamics all of which becomes almost like a straight jacket in…
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25 Years of Deliberate Practice!
I frequently discuss deliberate practice as the key to success. I’m happy to report that my wife Karen and I celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary this month! A successful (thriving) marriage is a result…
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Opportunity to Sharpen Your Coaching Skills
If you were learning how to become a master carpenter, you would see every job as a chance to learn something new. It is the same in coaching. In fact each situation you put…
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Do Not Wait Because…
Do not wait because you are not confident how the coaching will turn out! Undoubtedly, the number one thing I hear from leaders as to why they did not coach someone, even though there…
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Time and Place
Remember the old sayings, there’s a time and place for everything. While it is best to err on the side of being very active in your coaching, great coaching leaders are smart about when…
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“Openings” for Coaching
When we teach our coaching leader course, we help leaders be on the lookout for openings for coaching. Those are the moments where the coaching leader sees an opportunity for a “coaching moment.” As you…
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Coach Early and Coach Often!
There are many ways and places to coach, but I want you to err on the side of over-coaching, not under-coaching. Repetition is the key to success. Every time you coach, you are building…
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Ready, Set, Go!
Until now, I talked about why you should coach. You have been prepared to become a coach. You have been given a coaching process and now what happens? Nothing. Truthfully, too many times leaders…
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Deliberate Practice – Set Written Goals!
The more I study the top performers, the more I realize success is all about doing the little things consistently. Larry Fitzgerald just had another amazing season for our Arizona Cardinals. We continue to hear that he…
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Love What You Do!
One of the most interesting things Steve Jobs said was, “the ONLY way to do your best work is by doing something you love.” I agree and I see people who have lost…
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Family Business Dysfunction or Just Normal Family?
I had the pleasure to meet Judi Cunningham, the Executive Director of the Business Families Centre at UBC. Judi and her team are creating some of the best educational programs for both business families and the…
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Coaching Pitfall – Toxic Culture
Similar to overemphasis on money, in these organizations there are a variety of other, either historical or environmental issues, that have the place so sick that the coaching has no room to breathe, get…
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