For the Record, My Views on Coaching

Donna Karlin — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:41:37 -0500

Executive, Political, Leadership, Business, Life Coaching are here to stay. Period. It's not a fad, and Coaches are not here to fix people; Coaching is here to stay. ROI stats continue to rate high when it comes to growing people in their level of excellence and in turn positively impacting the organizations they work for. People such as Jack Welch, Bob Nardelli and Eric Schmidt of Google fame praise coaching to the skies and all say the best thing they ever did was get a coach so why the pushback?

A World of Contradictions

Donna Karlin — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:39:45 -0500

As a leadership Coach I constantly have to ask questions that I feel my clients would benefit on reflecting on and looking at how they answer not just what their answer is. Some of those questions are "Is easier harder?" "Is easier always better?" "Do you have to slow down to go faster?" Do we have to create space in our days so we can 'dance' in real time?

People want their lives to be easier but they're not sure just what that means. It's a vague concept to them and therefore makes their life harder in even trying to answer it.

Change is Personal

Donna Karlin — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:33:23 -0400

Change is personal, no ifs and or buts.

What Do You Have To Give Up?

Donna Karlin — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:47:20 -0400

What do you have to give up?

That is a question I ask my clients and often. What do you have to let go of to succeed? People often hold on to something that no longer serves them because that's what they used to do and it used to work. Thing is, times have changed. People have changed. How people do their work, communicate and collaborate is different. So why in the world would you want to hold onto something that you know is no longer serving you just because it's 'comfortable'?

Dealing With Power and Control Junkies?

Donna Karlin — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 07:55:23 -0400

Are you dealing with power junkies? Control junkies? Conflict junkies? Those hell bent on having power over people, being #1 no matter what it takes or who they have to step on?

Partnering With Leaders

Donna Karlin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:28:36 -0400

Executive Coaching is here to stay. There are no ifs ands or buts about it. When leaders like Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google can say the best advice he ever got was to get a coach, we know coaching isn't going anywhere any time soon.

Wading Through Electronic Stuff

Donna Karlin — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:14:18 -0400

OK, you're a leader of an organization, group, department, team...doesn't matter. You're inundated. You don't know what to look at first, and then there's voice mail on top of it all.

How are you supposed to lead when you're bombarded with all this stuff?

In today's Management tip from Harvard Business Publishing, Peter Bregman talks about two lists you should look at every morning. There is some great stuff in this article but there are other things to keep in mind...

Language to Communication to Filling in the Space with Chatter to...Distraction?

Donna Karlin — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 12:07:12 -0400

We look at language as "a body of words and the systems for their use common to a people who are of the same community or nation, the same geographical area, or the same cultural tradition".

We can be fluent in a language and yet fail to communicate clearly and concisely or tie the listener in knots by speaking around a topic and not saying anything of relevance.

Dishonest Deadlines

Donna Karlin — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:27:27 -0400

People never have time to do things right but they always seem to have time to do them over. Is it by choice? No! They want to be able to do great work but unreasonable demands result in making promises staff just can't keep.

Are You Giving Away Your Personal Power?

Donna Karlin — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:54:11 -0400

The moment we allow someone else to make a decision for us, we're giving away our personal power. That goes for remaining silent when you know you need to speak up or not making a decision at all so someone or circumstances make it for you.

That's where the our personal foundation starts to crack. Cracks turn into craters when one decision or lack of starts a ripple effect which impacts our worlds.