Dear Coaches, Jobs are found, businesses are built, and careers are made when your clients know how to use the tools of networking.  At Contacts Count we’ve identified The 8 Networking Competencies needed by almost everyone, in every job type at every level, and we’re happy to share them with you.   And hey, why not hone the skills yourself to …

by Charles E Smith, PhD “Coachability” is the willingness to be coached, to listen, to respect instruction and act on it.   Coaching — another set of eyes — lets you see what’s missing, which, if you act on it, could make a big difference. These days, a lot of people know that coaching is a good idea.  They listen to …

What is sustainability as it pertains to coaches and coaching programs? This is one question among many that 40 professionals convened in Washington, D.C. last week (June 24-25) to explore at the ICCO Symposium; a learning event for multiple stakeholders of coaching in organizations.  The beautiful McLean, Virginia office space for the event was generously provided by LMI Consulting.  The …

You probably already know Viki, who has founded an empire of coaching-related businesses, all of which are accessed at getei.com and include The Coach Exchange and Ask The Coach Exchange, the Coaches’ Concierge, and Expert Insights magazine as well as Expert Insight Academy. Viki is pure spirit, and she communicates from a place of such authentic passion, that you can’t …

Shama Kabani is energy personified. If you don’t already know her, I promise you will! She was named one of the Top 25 Under 25 entrepreneurs in North America by Business Week, and Fast Company calls her a “master millenial and online marketing shaman”. She’s a CEO, an author, and star of her own tv show and in this interview …

Hear featured Leading Coach was Leading Coaches’ Academy Faculty Member Gerhard Schwandt, an efficiency expert who coaches about efficiency in the context of energy.  He engaged us in a conversation about how to think about our work flow in ways that allow us to create customized systems for how we work.  What are the hats you wear in your work?  …

Let’s weigh in on a great coaching agenda debate…whose agenda is it anyway?  Below is the write-up from the Coaching-At-Work e-newsletter out of the UK, which does a great job of introducing the issue.  What are your thoughts?  Make sure you are logged in to be able to have a comment box to reply. “Should we as coaches be leveraging …

This article first appeared on Bloomberg Business Week In an edited excerpt from his new book 12 Steps to Power Presence, executive coach John Baldoni writes about what differentiates an “empty suit exec” from one who is a genuine leader. According to executive coach John Baldoni, one of the most popular topics he teaches is leadership presence, which he defines …

The father and son duo come from a long line of healers in their family. Don Miguel’s mother was a healer and his grandfather was a shaman. Miguel chose a more modern route to healing and became an MD and surgeon. After surviving a massive heart attack, he studied his family’s ancient Toltec traditions and is now also a shaman. …

Jory Des Jardins, the co-founder of BlogHer with 20 million monthly unique visitors described blogging as curating, speaking of the new skills required to be a community builder and a conduit for conversation, reminding us “its no longer about controlling the conversation” and that consistent relevance is the new competency needed.  “It’s about how you resonate in the world.” She …