“If I have not seen you doing it, I will assume that you can’t do it.” Easy to say … hard to master. Tune in to hear Mike’s recent experience in fine-tuning his training and coaching process. (Spoiler alert: It led to the client immediately selling what scientists label “a bajillion more units.”) Questions? Comments? Ideas for future episodes … …
Our three picks on our third anniversary
Listen here … subscribe on Spotify, Amazon or Apple … or watch below the text. Once a week for three years straight! Mike and Mark share the episodes that most resonated with them and with our listeners. Mike’s picks: Episode 30: Ship it. Just Ship It! Quit listening to the resistance. The resistance is that voice in the back of …
Size matters: Debunking the conventional wisdom of team size with David Adamec
Mark interviews one of the savviest coaches he knows, David Adamec, on his research into the best size for a team. There is a formula … Steve Jobs even had a Rule about it … and Dave wishes he had known all this when he assembled a team to break a Guinness World Record. For more on how David can …
Questions: Not just for coaching (Or: You got to stop saying ”You got to …”)
Do you have a vision or expectation you need your people to embrace? You can tell them … you can push … or you can ask questions that allow them to “trip over the truth.” Questions? Comments? Ideas for future episodes? Email Mike and Mark. Listen here … subscribe on Spotify, Amazon or Apple … or watch below. #coaching #leadership #management …
The coach’s forbidden word?
A short episode about a short word. This one word can be mostly stricken from your vocabulary if you are planning to coach. Questions? Comments? Ideas for future episodes? Email Mike and Mark. Listen here … subscribe on Spotify, Amazon or Apple … or watch below. #coaching #managers #leadershipdevelopment
Price is right: Price’s Law will tell you where to spend your time
It’s the closest our podcast will ever get to math. There is a simple equation that you have seen play out again and again in teams. It closely mirrors research from the Gallup organization–and it tells you exactly what percentage of time you should be spending with each of your employees. Questions? Comments? Ideas for future episodes? Email …
Decorative ninjas and the ability to pause
I came into the kitchen to this. My eldest had an idea to give her siblings (and herself) personalized ninja decorations. (Ninjas are a big deal around here. My generation had Storm Shadow and the other G.I. Joe ninjas. Her generation has Lego’s Ninjago. At least ninjas are still popular.) She wanted to represent each sibling’s hair style and to …
The two questions that help you work with ANYBODY
“I can’t work with this person!” Have you ever found yourself saying this? What if there were two questions you could ask that would allow you to work with literally anybody? The basics In previous posts about the DISC model of behavior styles, I promised that there were two questions that can help you interact and work with others. A …
Leeches, Shakespeare and your personality
Have you ever left an encounter with a customer (or coworker, or family member) really different from you and felt completely drained? Perhaps they seemed really boring. Or too animated. You might have found their amount of details exhausting. Or their lack of them annoying. Maybe it felt like there was a wall between the two of you. Or that …
Coaching feedback tips for kids and adults
Coaching is as simple as providing a child with feedback on his or her drawing. This simple metaphor can help you change your coaching habits–and take some pressure off. You can listen to an episode sharing insights from “Coaching Amplified” here. Questions? Comments? Ideas for future episodes? Email Mike and Mark. Listen here … subscribe on Spotify, Amazon or Apple … …