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Send us Fan Mail In this interview, we talk with Peter Scott and Pierre Dussault about their article "Futureproofing - Prepare yourself and your clients for constant change." We will discuss the fourth industrial revolution and how coaches are uniquely positioned to make a difference in this new era.  Why coaches do not need to learn the technology but being able to understand what is ha...

Send us Fan Mail Beyond empty posturing and campaign rhetoric that often maintains the societal status quo, practice social transformation that brings adversaries into dialogue through their common humanness. Challenging status quo is first a personal process and always occur within each person’s context and identity. Learn to talk about a potentially divisive issue without dividing, to state cont...

Send us Fan Mail In this interview, we talk with Paul Crick about his article "Tipping Point. The opportunity for reinvention." We will discuss how our relationship to work is changing as a result of the pandemic.  The enforced pause has provided many of us with the opportunity to become more aware of how we spend out time and energy, to question the nature of our ingrained habits and ro...

Send us Fan Mail Join Janet, Garry, and her dear friend, colleague, and global leader, Dr. Josie McLean, Ph. D,. and Co-Founder of the Climate Coaching Alliance, as we explore this context for COURAGE, the mental and moral strength to meet the world as it is with life-affirming compassion. Access FREE resources from Josie: https://the-partnership.com.au/vanguard-conversations/ To effect transforma...

Send us Fan Mail In this interview, we talk with Jennifer Britton about her article Reinventing the Business of Coaching. In this article, we look at how the layers of change have impacted, and continue to impact, the coaching profession. We explore the ongoing evolution from the landscape of technology, industry, business, skills, our client, digitalization and virtualization. Jennifer’s work in...

Send us Fan Mail DeBorah "Sunni" Smith provides transformational executive coaching and consulting around organizational imperatives like leadership development, change management, Conversational Intelligence®, conflict resolution, workplace harassment, cultural competency and "DEI and B" principles.  She functions as an adjunct coach and consultant with the Center of Creative...

Send us Fan Mail Jeb is an executive coach and leadership development consultant based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.  He is the Chief Experience Officer of ThoughtAction, a firm focused on bringing the unique, transformative Results System coaching process to clients and coaches. Jeb focuses on helping organization, teams, and individuals to create the results they desire professionally and persona...

Send us Fan Mail In this interview, we talk with Eileen McDargh about her article "Resilience: It ain't what you think! We will take a look at why resilience is not a crisis-only skill but a life skill that will help us to grow during challenges and provide us with opportunities to becomes stronger and wiser in the process. Eileen McDargh is the CEO of The Resiliency Group. She is an int...

Send us Fan Mail In this interview, we talk with George Anastasopoulos about his book I Love Mondays. Learn to love Mondays because you love what you do, where you do it, and who you do it with. Managers everywhere know the feelings of being overwhelmed, overworked, and underappreciated - like sinking in quicksand. If you find yourself saying “it’s just the way it is,” we’ll show you how to change...

Send us Fan Mail In this interview, we talk with Jennifer Britton about her article Curiosity, Vision, Experimentation, Connection: Helping teams and groups thrive in periods of disruption. Jennifer feels that " helping teams and groups thrive through periods of disruption has become an important part of our role as coaches in helping people continue to thrive in the workspace. " Jennife...

Send us Fan Mail In this interview, we talk with Joe DeGraaf about his article A Coaching Path through DISRUPTION. Joe feels that " disruption is the tree that blocks our chosen road and clears an opening to a new part of the forest. It is the branching off of divergent paths that were never marked on our map and have no indications of which way we should go." Joe is the assistant direct...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we talk with Cheryl Procter-Rogers about her article Disrupting the Disruptors...A Controversial look at AI, ROI and blurred lines. With more than 37 years-experience in the public relations and business arena, Cheryl Procter-Rogers, APR, Fellow PRSA, is currently a PR Strategist and Executive Coach, A Step Ahead PR Consulting and Coaching, a global consulting pra...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we talk with DJ Mitsch........about her article "Who are WE Becoming? The power of language to elevate the conversation." DJ is the Creator of Team Advantage ™ and Founder of Pyramid’s Leadership and Healthcare Coaching Institute. She is a pioneer coach and founding member of the International Coach Federation.  The 2001 Global ICF President, DJ drove ch...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I talk with choice Magazine Editorial Board member Gavin Shaskolsky about his article in our June 2021 issue titled Racism...Owning or denying our rand and power. Gavin is a strategic and results-focused coach and facilitator with extensive experience at executive and senior levels in business. He enjoys transforming and leveraging people capability and organizatio...

Send us Fan Mail Gail has been coaching leaders and aspiring leaders since 2003. Her work is built on the premise paths of ease exist even in the midst of challenge. In addition to her coaching work with individuals and within organizations, Gail is a faculty member with CTI (CoActive Training Institute). Her book, What Matters Now: Lessons on Living with Ease can be found on amazon.com. In our ca...

Send us Fan Mail Alison Whitmire, PCC, is President of Learning in Action, a company committed to revealing derailing blind spots and creating awareness resulting in breakthroughs. She is an authority in Emotional and Relational Intelligence. Today we talk with Alison about her article How Not to Coach Like Your Parents that was published in our March 2021 issue. Watch the full interview on Youtub...

Send us Fan Mail We are excited to share with you the next interview in our “Meet the Author” series featuring Patrick Chapman. Patrick is the founder and owner of Inward Action Coaching. He uses his coaching, conflict management, and mindfulness expertise to help professionals design a more fulfilled and balanced work-life. In this episode, Patrick and I talk about how being present evokes client...

Send us Fan Mail Beverly is the owner and president of Wright Choice Group, LLC , a coaching and business consulting company. Her services focus on leadership and executive coaching, consulting, and the diversity equity inclusion that helps clients achieve business and personal objectives. In this episode, Beverly and I talk about how diversity, equity, and inclusion enrich can your life. Watch th...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I speak with professional transformational coach, author, and subconscious pattern detective, Lion Goodman about his article " It's Time For Trauma-informed Therapeutic Coaching ". We talk about why he feels " it’s time for the coaching industry to confront its original error and shift to a more comprehensive model of whole-system change "...

Send us Fan Mail Janet is a coach, an author, an educator, and a speaker. She invites people to be the cause of a life that most matters and an early adopter for creating a coaching-centered workplace. In this episode, I talk with Janet about her article published in our December 2020 issue titled “The Antidote to Knowing…Cultivate wonder in your life.” I would love to know your thoughts on Janet’...