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I’ve discovered that Joy and Hope are a key part of coaching. Indeed, of the human experience.
After all, why would you work with a coach if you can’t have hope for a better, more joy-filled future? Something you want to improve and change?
Clients usually come to me worrying about a problem. Something feels broken in their life, career, or business. Or they’re looking at an opportunity they’re worried about. So we’re starting at a point which certainly doesn’t feel joyful.
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I’m often shocked by the number of people who are hating their work every day, slogging through the grind. As a leader, wouldn’t you like to do better than that for your people?
Are our lives really just about surviving?
Read the rest of this entry »It seems like I’ve spent my whole career fixing problems. And don’t get me wrong, there are many problems which need solutions.
But there’s something more important about being a leader.
People aren’t problems to be solved. And the challenges they run into aren’t really about that either. It’s much more organic and heart-centered.
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Our dryer broke down yesterday, right in the middle of doing laundry. So I had the joy of sitting in the laundromat feeling quite annoyed.
It’s not like I didn’t have work to do!
But business DOES impinge on personal, and vice versa. If you just got beat up by a customer, there’s a good chance your family is going to feel the aftereffects.
We’d like to think that we can neatly compartmentalize these things.
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RUNNING A BUSINESS sure seems like a lot of work. I don’t want to disregard that.
But if that’s ALL it is, why bother? Go out and get a real job that’s less stress!
Let’s be honest: We do this because we find joy in the mission, the problem-solving, the control. There’s a lot of things which are a pain in the ***, but on the whole there’s a balance toward making the business work.
The Values-Based Business 