If intuition is a pedestal, how can I stand on it?
By Ana Polanco What does it mean to be at your coaching edge? For Leadership that Works Coach trainer, Coaching for Transformation grad, and business owner, Ana Polanco, it means following your intuition and allowing a plan to unfold by following its own energy. Having visited LMHQ last December…
Giving Back through Coaching
By Sharon Brown Near the end of my Coaching for Transformation training in 2007, Virginia Kellogg, one of the founders of Leadership that Works, taught a teleclass on giving back. That class touched a place deep inside of me and planted a seed that would soon become a passion….
Everyday Transcendence
By Jagruti Gala I would like to share a story of this natural life-impulse for transcendence from an after-school community learning centre that I have founded and run in Vadodara, India. One of the faculty works extensively with the urban poor. She had a new…
Transforming Health through Coaching: Insights and Advice from a Health Coach
By Karen Florence Establishing and growing a successful coaching practice is like any other endeavor in life. It is a journey, a process, and a roller coaster. It requires effort, patience, urgency, and intestinal fortitude. It also requires keeping your finger on the pulse of…
Learning Doesn’t End with Certification
By Charlotte Morse Certification is a milestone to be celebrated—a notable accomplishment, the end of a program, a goal reached. But certification is just the beginning of your learning as a coach. As you add the Certified Professional Coach or Certified Community Coach designation to…
My Sustainable Client Breakthrough Story: Serving Instead of Coaching
By Sarah Lightfoot My whole body was feeling tingly, as I hung up google hangout after a 90 minute, powerful conversation with my brand new client. I was so excited, because she agreed to a rate that would sustain me, right on the spot! Finally,…
Heart Power From Behind the Wall
By Kanya Likanasudh This past spring, I led a training in Nonviolent Communication (NVC) and Coaching at a prison in Chiangmai, which is in the Northern part of Thailand. Twenty-three prisoners, many with life sentences, participated for five days in April and then five more…
Holy Ghosts
By Bart Erbach A few weeks ago I attended the funeral of Daniel Berrigan, the Jesuit priest and poet who lived his life protesting war and promoting peace. It brought back a lot of memories, and feelings — and questions. I remember my mother telling…
How to Turn Your Multicultural Background into a Competitive Advantage
By Eduardo Delfino People moving into a new country usually undergo the stress to deal with an entirely new cultural environment, which may go far beyond language difficulties, and include behavioral, cultural and religious differences—among others—making a transition much more complex that we can initially…