In my world, YES. Within the context of being a “coach manager” (someone who not only allows others to come up with the solutions but actually facilitates others in creating the solution) you can actually do more harm than good if you ask a bad question. What’s a bad question? In one lunch and learn… continue reading »
Do you remember something called the ‘Bell Curve’ from your school days? When applied to work performance, it basically means that most people (68%) are in the middle and have average quality of work while 16% are high performers and naturally the other 16% are low performers. “We fire all our low 16%” laughingly said… continue reading »
Ever try to coach someone who didn’t trust you? How far did that get? How about when someone you didn’t trust tried to coach you? Felt awful right? As Stephen Covey says “Trust is the glue of life. It’s the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It’s the founding principle that holds all relationships.” When… continue reading »
I hope this letter finds you well! 2011 was a really interesting and wonderful year for me. As you may have already heard (probably from me!) I left my 20 year marketing career and 7 year beloved job at BIC and launched my coaching business full time last August and the year has flown by! I’m… continue reading »
Experiencing High Anxiety when you think about picking a Niche? What exactly is Niche-Phobia, you ask? It’s when you start sweating from every orifice once someone tells you that to get more clients, you need to market to one specific client group (e.g. overworked IT professionals) and offer only one product or service (e.g. Work-life… continue reading »
Here is my virgin run on a video blog (screencapture not flattering!) about my virgin run on my speednetworking. A week of firsts! Whew.. If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to speednetwork, here’s my short take on it. Can you spell sweaty? With Kindness as always, Chala Related articles Networking. Want Results? Do the Work! (sixdegreesmarketing.wordpress.com)… continue reading »
Every Monday, I drop off my 2 year old at a nursery play program for speech delayed toddlers (which he is). He screams and cries even before we get there and it is excruciating to take him there and to let him go for 2 hours while I wait outside the door, hearing his cries…. continue reading »
I have a new client, Andy. He is my ideal client because of only 1 thing–he is fearless. In our first meeting, I gave him a laundry list of a million things to do. Most of them were against his nature, uncomfortable and never before tried things. Things like creating his own video and changing… continue reading »
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