The Uber driver asked, “What do you do?” There was dead silence. Why were two erudite executive coaches silent? During our ensuing conversation that evening, Gary Ranker and I both confessed to feeling embarrassed about introducing ourselves as coaches. What’s this about? Gary is well known as a coach for leaders with global responsibilities and […]

Busyness, the ‘state of being busy with many things to do’ dominates our lives. So much so, that we compete with each other to ‘win’ in the busyness stakes. When asked “how are you” we reply “busy, really busy” – in vernacular – ‘flat out like a lizard drinking’. In contrast, in coaching, learning depends […]

Busyness, the ‘state of being busy with many things to do’ dominates our lives. So much so, that we compete with each other to ‘win’ in the busyness stakes. When asked “how are you” we reply “busy, really busy” – in vernacular – ‘flat out like a lizard drinking’. In contrast, in coaching, learning depends […]