Business Coaching

I just finished reading “Coaching for Breakthrough Success” by Jack Canfield and Dr. Peter Chee. It’s a great, in-depth book to help anyone become an impactful coach.

At the very end of the book, they slipped in a brief statement that has BIG ramifications in any organization. Here’s what they wrote:

“Leaders who are effective coaches are able to fulfill their three key responsibilities, which are to establish good relationships, ensure performance, and grow their people to enable sustainable growth.”

Let’s break these down one by one…

Establish Good Relationships

Leadership is about the people you’re leading, not the processes you’re managing.

The better the relationships you have, the better a leader you can be because leadership is about influence and respect. This happens through relational connections.

The challenge is that good relationships take time to establish and maintain. You must make and protect time to engage with your people consistently and intentionally.

Ensure Performance

At the end of the day, producing results matters for all organizations. If your relationships are strong but your outcomes are weak, there will be negative consequences for you and your team.

The best way to ensure performance is to communicate clear expectations, determine key metrics to measure, consistently monitor those metrics, and adjust accordingly.

Grow Their People

People development is a vital yet often overlooked aspect of leadership.

In my observation, this doesn’t happen like it should in most organizations because it’s considered “important but not urgent.”

Leaders who often focus on people development do it reactively rather than proactively.

As a leadership coach, I mostly engage with leaders and teams when they have a problem to be fixed rather than a desire to do the upfront work of preventing problems.

It’s human nature to be reactive, but proactive development of your people is critical for long-term success.

Don’t only do it as a response to problems. Instead, get ahead of the game and develop your people now so they can help you consistently produce better results long-term.

I encourage you to write these three key responsibilities down and then list ideas of how to improve in each area.

If you need help developing a plan or training your people, please reach out. I love helping leaders strategize and break down complex issues into simple strategic action steps.

By the way, I’m excited to announce a brand new workshop offering called Communicate –> Lead –> Succeed.

This is a co-led workshop with my good friend ​Lisa Moser​, who is a phenomenal speaking and communication coach.

​Click here to learn more about it.​

Let me know if you’d like us to work with your team to improve their leadership and communication skills. We’re offering in-person half-day and full-day workshops.

Until next time, make today GREAT!

Whenever you’re ready, here are four ways I can help you:

1. ​The Magnetic Leader book​– Grab your copy of my playbook to consistently attract and retain high-quality team members, customers, and clients.
2. ​Magnetic Leadership video course​ – Learn the 18 Essential Actions to attract and retain high-quality team members. (Enter coupon code “MM50” at checkout to receive a 50% newsletter subscriber discount!)
3. ​Magnetic Leadership Community​ – Join the community of growth-minded individuals focused on leveling up their leadership capabilities. (This is a monthly membership program that includes group coaching, expert interviews, the Magnetic Leadership video course, and bonus training)
4. ​Magnetic Leadership Community for Teams​ – Enroll your team for an 18-month leadership development program that provides a common leadership language and helps foster a thriving, attractive culture.

Pursuing any goal can be both exhilarating and frustrating…sometimes simultaneously.

I’ve discovered that it’s easy to complicate things by trying to have all the answers upfront when we really don’t know what will happen down the line.

Clarity is important because it’s vital to know and define what you want to achieve.

Simplication matters because if you can develop a simple strategic plan with clear action steps, you can accomplish much more in a shorter timeframe.

Think about a project or goal you’re working on.

Are you crystal clear on what you want to accomplish? Is your team?

Have you developed a simple action plan that shows you the obvious next steps to take?

If you answered “no” to either of these questions, I encourage you to go back to the drawing board to give yourself and your team a greater chance of success.

Clarity and simplification may not seem like a big deal at first glance, but when you truly define what you want to accomplish and simplify the steps and process to achieve it, things will go so much better.

Until next time, make today GREAT!

Whenever you’re ready, here are four ways I can help you:

1. ​The Magnetic Leader book​– Grab your copy of my playbook to consistently attract and retain high-quality team members, customers, and clients.
2. ​Magnetic Leadership video course​ – Learn the 18 Essential Actions to attract and retain high-quality team members. (Enter coupon code “MM50” at checkout to receive a 50% newsletter subscriber discount!)
3. ​Magnetic Leadership Community​ – Join the community of growth-minded individuals focused on leveling up their leadership capabilities. (This is a monthly membership program that includes group coaching, expert interviews, the Magnetic Leadership video course, and bonus training)
4. ​Magnetic Leadership Community for Teams​ – Enroll your team for an 18-month leadership development program that provides a common leadership language and helps foster a thriving, attractive culture.

Leaders are action-takers. They have to be because, without action, nothing would get done.

However, it’s easy to get so busy taking action that you can overlook the importance of slowing down to make sure what you’re doing is worthwhile.

Even a few minutes of strategic thinking can speed up your progress by ensuring that you’re not just doing busy work but rather impactful work that will truly lead to growth and progress.

But that strategic thinking doesn’t happen amidst a fury of activity.

Leaders who develop a rhythm of rest, reflection, and strategic thinking go much further than those who don’t.

It’s natural to wake up in the morning and jump on the high-speed treadmill of your job, but it’s not the wisest thing to do.

Reviewing your days, weeks, and months to evaluate what needs to change can make all the difference in the world.

When was the last time you blocked time to truly think about your activities and schedule?

When did you last slow down enough to evaluate how things are truly going?

If this is part of your regular practice, well done!

If you’re like most leaders I know, this is an area to grow in.

If you want to go further faster, schedule times for strategic planning and evaluation.

Once you know what’s going well and what needs to change you’ll be able to make better decisions and accomplish your big goals and dreams more quickly.

Choose to consistently slow down so you can ultimately speed up to get the right things done.

Until next time, make today GREAT!

Whenever you’re ready, here are four ways I can help you:

1. ​The Magnetic Leader book​– Grab your copy of my playbook to consistently attract and retain high-quality team members, customers, and clients.
2. ​Magnetic Leadership video course​ – Learn the 18 Essential Actions to attract and retain high-quality team members. (Enter coupon code “MM50” at checkout to receive a 50% newsletter subscriber discount!)
3. ​Magnetic Leadership Community​ – Join the community of growth-minded individuals focused on leveling up their leadership capabilities. (This is a monthly membership program that includes group coaching, expert interviews, the Magnetic Leadership video course, and bonus training)
4. ​Magnetic Leadership Community for Teams​ – Enroll your team for an 18-month leadership development program that provides a common leadership language and helps foster a thriving, attractive culture.