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Team Coaching Competencies – Competency 6

In this blog series, we have reviewed the additional points of skill from ICF’s Team Coaching Competencies 1 through 5 and now are continuing with competency 6. Competency 6: Listens Actively + Notices...

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Your mindset dictates everything

“Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.” – Thomas Jefferson I’ve seen it happen thousands of...

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How to Evaluate a Company Culture

… Operations ManagerThe post How to Evaluate a Company Culture first appeared on OPS Coach.

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Team Coaching Competencies 7 and 8

The last of the blogs in this series, here we review the additional points of skill from ICF’s Team Coaching Competencies for the remaining competencies, 7 and 8. Competency 7: Evokes Awareness +...

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Mark made $800,000 and got his life back (you can too)

This past year has been a huge lesson in something I know to be true: it’s not what happens, it’s how we react to it. You are going to be soooo inspired by THIS story: Mark Strong is an amazingly...

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The Warehouse of the Future is Being Molded by Technology

  When the general public hears the word “warehouse,” they most likely envision a rather low-tech environment. After all, a warehouse is but a large building filled with shelves and boxes, right? That...

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Limiting Beliefs

Limiting beliefs are things we say to ourselves based on assumptions and perceptions of our reality. How does a limiting belief hold us back in life?  We believe what we tell ourselves.  If we tell...

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All of my old “stuff” is coming up!

Many people have massive doubt about their ability to do something really big in this world, including myself (until very recently). They wonder whether they have what it takes or whether they’re “good...

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Language of Limiting Beliefs

Limiting beliefs are beliefs that inhibit us from our full potential.  They constrain us by merely thinking them.  Limiting beliefs are about ourselves, our identity, others, or the world in general....

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Common issues and challenges facing manufacturers in 2021

  We can all agree that 2020 was quite the tumultuous year for manufacturing, and for most every other industry out there. We’ve all had to pivot on a dime to accommodate COVID-19 workplace protocols...

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Hindsight is 20/20 – Positivity in 2020!

by Amy Gamblin – www.HopeOnSolidGround.com A question I posed with multiple clients this year:  “What do you have to be positive about in 2020?” Positivity in 2020?  On the surface level, this almost...

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The Joy is in the Journey

by Deletha Assenmacher – https://www.linkedin.com/in/delethaassenmacher/ I have been told that when my parents chose my name, they envisioned it on a brass nameplate mounted on a mahogany office door....

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The Power of Words

by Dr. Phildra J. Swagger – www.combinedexpertise.com When you know better, you do better. You may recall the childhood rhyme, “Sticks and stones may break bones, but words will never hurt.” This...

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Lessons from 2020 and Looking into 2021

During 2020 the world changed and how we all responded varied in a big way.  We learned to work from home, home school, socially distance, get innovative in terms of earning a living, reinvent careers,...

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Focus on What You Can Control

So much has changed over the past year that many are overwhelmed.  Some talk about high-stress levels or being sad or fighting with friends about the changes.  Then they feel stuck and are unsure of...

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Demand management: When demand exceeds your ability to produce, what can be...

  What do you do when your demand is greater than your ability to meet it? This is one of the big issues some of our clients in the metals industry are facing these days as increased demand is matching...

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Habits and Routines

What are your habits that serve you well?  What habits do you have that hinder you?  What are routines that work well?  What are routines that limit?  Explore these questions for yourself.  Make a list...

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Helpful goal-setting exercise (it works!)

➤ Download your free Boldheart 3-year Goal Card! 2021 is going to be your best year ever. Why, you may ask?  Because I’m going to share with you something I have been doing every year in my business...

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Changing Priorities

Clients change their priorities.  For some, simply exploring what they do want in all areas of their life creates awareness of different priorities.  Tools help clients self-assess what they say is...

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Challenges for the Metals Industry – How USC Consulting Group Can Help (eBook)

  If you’re in the metals industry, you don’t need us to tell you what your challenges are. You’re living them every day, whether it’s your supply chain, the ability to keep up with increasing demand,...

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Toward, Internal, Proactive

How often do people describe their goals by explaining all the things they don’t want?  Pretend you are a travel agent and I come to your office to book a trip.  You ask me where I want to go.  I...

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Flip your money consciousness by doing this

Let’s make money a game, not a stressor, by focusing on IMPACT rather than numbers Sometimes I meet women in business who are frustrated that “It’s not happening fast enough.” They’re looking at the...

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6 Plays That Can Drive Your Business to Operational Excellence (infographic)

  In the ongoing pursuit of operational excellence, do you feel like it’s 1st and goal or 4th and long? The challenges you encounter in business can feel like you’re in the middle of the game with the...

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6 Operational Excellence Strategies to Score the Touchdown Every Time (video)

  All championship-caliber teams are able to transfer plays on a chalkboard to game winning performances on the field. There is a strategy laid out and the players execute that plan to perfection. This...

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Why I invest heavily in myself (and you should too)

“Traditional learning will make you a living. Self-education will make you a fortune.” – Jim Rohn There’s usually one very big difference between highly successful people and people who wish they were...

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Tech Skills In Demand in Austin, TX

… Executive CoachingThe post Tech Skills In Demand in Austin, TX first appeared on OPS Coach.

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Making a Difference

The biggest benefits of being a coach, and or a trainer of coaches, are: Working with people that really care about what they are doing and how they are doing it. Working with people that want to make...

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4 Ways Leaders Can Lead in Difficult Times

Editor’s Note: This post has been updated for accuracy and comprehensiveness since it’s original publish date on March 16, 2020. You have been on my mind, all of you. I am referring to those who lead...

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Focus on What You Can Do

One of the things I have been working on over the past year is my chapter for Coaching Perspectives X.   The Center for Coaching Certification publishes a book out each year and the chapters are...

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Boost Leadership Effectiveness with This Book Discussion Guide

As of today, thousands of leaders across the globe have purchased a copy of The Coaching Effect book. We know this because we recently had to replenish our warehouse with a second printing of the book...

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Stuck? Stop working, start thinking

The following is one of my most popular teachings for folks who are ready to get to multiple six figures. Here’s what I want you to know. As your small business grows beyond the startup phase (yay!),...

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Talk Openly, Focus on What You Control, and Value Relationships

Many things are happening on personal and professional levels with the pandemic, protests, etc.  Another stressor – a risky one to discuss – is politics.  Current politics have resulted in people being...

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Focusing on What You Can Do

As a result of the pandemic many are unemployed or newly working from home, and they are struggling to figure out how to manage their day-to-day events.   Balance is getting out of sync.  People are...

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Check your attitude

Today, I’d like to share one of the most important entrepreneurial lessons I’ve learned over my 20+ years in business: success in business is a long game. I met a woman not too long ago who said,...

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Choose and Hold Boundaries

Clients are experiencing new stressors when working from home.  A recent client was struggling with separating work time from family time.  After they finished their work for the day, they continued...

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ICF Converge 2021 Call for Presenting Proposals Window is Now Open!

In October ICF will host its first virtual ICF Converge! ICF Converge challenges both attendees and presenters to push boundaries and explore new subject matter. If you are interested in presenting at...

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Being a Coach

More than one coach has shared their motivation to help others and make a difference.  Choosing to become a coach often hinges on this desire.  Coaches talk about the work time developing others was...

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Is it self-sabotage? Here’s how to find out

I’ve been hearing this one question a lot recently: “Fabienne, what did you actually DO to multiply your income so quickly? How did you get to 7 figures? Can I do it too?” Yes, you can do it too. It...

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Becoming a Coach Trainer

In the previous blog we explored reasons for becoming a coach.  The reasons for becoming a coach trainer add on to that with a focus on supporting other coaches. Coach trainers are coaches with the...

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New Challenges to Operational Efficiencies Because of COVID Protocols

  We’re all aware of the fact that COVID-19 has changed life as we know it in this country (and the world). Because of this pandemic, there is a new level of complexity in everything we do. Whether...

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The Talents of Impactful Coaches

Perhaps you have heard the old tale of a woodcutter who so impressed their king that they were given the most important areas of forest to cut.  In the beginning the volume of cutting was impressive....

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The ‘Perception of Increase’ gets you more clients

“People will go where they are given an increase.” – Wallace Wattles Too many solo-entrepreneurs, especially women, tend to downplay their successes. They either don’t stop long enough to see how much...

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Team Coaching Competencies Series – Competency 1

The International Coaching Federation created competencies for Team Coaching through an extensive process and working with experts.  The Team Coaching competencies are additional points for each of the...

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Tamsin overcame self-doubt and hit $12K a month

Sometimes things in our personal life can affect our confidence and leak into our business life. Tamsin’s story is proof that, once you gain your confidence, you increase your income quickly.  It’s...

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Team Coaching Competencies 2 and 3

In the first blog of this series, we reviewed the additional points of skill from ICF’s Team Coaching Competencies.  Continue here with competencies 2 and 3. Competency 2: Embodies a Coaching Mindset +...

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Stop planning, forget the “How”

The last couple of weeks, I’ve been talking about aiming for MUCH bigger in my business, in my life, and in my purpose. I’ve stretched, looked into the fears of dreaming TOO big (is there such a...

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The State of Manufacturing Operations: Then, Now and What Comes Next

  “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” — Winston Churchill Churchill said this famous line as World War II neared its end. It’s inspiring for many reasons, chief among them the optimism that comes...

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Team Coaching Competencies 4 and 5

The blog series continues with the additional points of skill from ICF’s Team Coaching Competencies with competencies 4 and 5. Competency 4: Cultivates Trust and Safety + Creates and maintains a safe...

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Nel made $300,000 in one month (so can you)

If your business was affected by the pandemic and you’re not sure how to make the pivot to recover, you need to meet Nel, an entrepreneur whose work relies on live performance. With our help, she...

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Moving Past Limiting Beliefs

How can you move past limiting beliefs and move forward to a powerful vantage point in life? Saying the opposite of your negative beliefs in positive language will help you move forward.  Coaches are...

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