Organizational Prestidigitation
The concept of prestidigitation is central to magic shows. It can involve a sleight of hand or the ability to distract a person while they are looking at a trick, using misdirection. Increasingly, the...
View ArticleBe Kind to Those You Meet on the Way Up
“Be nice to those you meet on the way up because you will meet them on the way down,” is variously attributed to Jimmy Durante, Wilson Mizner, and even Walter Winchell. Whoever said it had a...
View ArticleTake a Walk on the Beach
Ever do some deep and reflective thinking while you were walking or hiking? It happened to me one day some years back when my best friend invited me to walk the beach near our home. It was a Sunday and...
View ArticleDo I Talk Too Much?
One day during a coaching session, an executive asked me, “How do I know if I’m talking too much?” The question had emerged from the results of confidential interviews I had conducted at the...
View ArticleThe Bad Bosses We Carry With Us
I was working with a client one day, appreciating the self-discovery that was taking place for him. He spoke about the ways he had been shaped professionally and how he had been able to function and...
View ArticleForgiveness: Forgiving the Bad Boss
In a recent blog, I related the story of discovery about what was causing a client to be “stuck” in his career. It concerned an incident with a boss whose actions had severely impacted the client and...
View ArticleDo You Hear What I Hear?
As a professional coach, I often use metaphors to help a client visualize or name what challenges or opportunities they face. By way of explanation, consider this: When I attend a jazz session (my...
View ArticleAdjusting Your Course
“I’m making course adjustments,” a good friend and colleague told me the other day, smiling as he spoke. Fascinated, I listened as he went on to provide perspective on what “adjusting course” meant...
View ArticleLiving One Life – A Whole Life
“Gestalt” is described* as “a composition of elements that can only be appreciated as a whole rather than as a sum of its parts.” As a Gestalt-trained coach, I am honored to work with clients to help...
View ArticleRemembering How “Centered” Feels
As humans, we have a limited capacity for recollection, especially in being able to remember what our feelings were like at a specific time. We often try to remember, and yet somehow such emotions...
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