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A Culture of Coaching

Coaching builds trust and respect between teammates through an understanding that, while there’s a high level of accountability, that person is deeply invested in helping you grow. Its extends, then, to how teammates grow relationships with our clients and independently grow as professionals...as people. Coaching people is something that should be done constantly and strategically to raise the ability level of everyone around us. While done constantly, it should also be done with the goal of getting someone up to a certain level, on specific tasks, so that they can do those tasks on their own at a high-level eventually. Coaching also teaches and reinforces what actions and details should be focused on the most—which are the most impactful to do extremely well. Coaching should empower the teammates to problem solve independently and learn the process or system that allows them to do a specific function. As a coach/leader/mentor, we must provide the system, knowledge, and tools to give t...
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Effective Learning: The Opportunity

It is no secret that in order to keep improving and growing as an individual that the absolute most important factor is the pursuit of endless learning.  This could be a formal education, like an MBA, it could be new experiences that stretch us, or it could be information that we seek on our own to formulate our own "curriculum".  Each option provides different pros and cons to each individual based on their career, goals, and personal interests.  The important thing is that we hold ourselves accountable to seek these opportunities to improve ourselves and quickly implement new ideas or knowledge into action.  Without strategic action, we don't get improved results, and the our collective results are what is most important.  The goal is to transfer our knowledge into improved output and become part of the top 1% at what we do in whatever area is important to us or makes us happy. Hopefully its both. The amount of information that exists at this very moment is ...
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Weekend Work

The weekend is the best part of the week, right?  No need to wake up early, no commute to work, and no 9-5 taking up the best part of our day.  We have an abundance of free time to relax and be lazy, sleeping in then watching TV while we lounge on the couch.  Maybe we finished off the work week with a happy hour at a local restaurant with co-workers and all shared our relief that the week is done, which is not complete without a "TGIF" post on your Instagram. I consider myself quite lucky to walk into work each day and look forward to the tasks I have ahead of me and the opportunity I have to take my company to another level.  To me, as the National Sales Manager, the growth and development that I can influence an a daily basis is both purposeful and inspiring.  I recognize that this may not be a sentiment shared by everyone while they go to work each day, usually helping someone else achieve their goals, but that's a topic for another post. Now, its S...
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