Category: Action Planning

Got clients who are overwhelmed by all the things they have going on? Of course you do.  Being coached is naturally the stuff of stretching beyond the ordinary and being high-achieving.  As people who are “up to things”, there’s going to be a lot going…

Now that I’ve said my piece around what a boon it is for you to help the seedlings of our ambition take root via generous listening, I now want to give you license to temper that generosity. Because sometimes, when we’re dreaming of what might…

There, I said it.  And by implication, I’m calling out coaching relationships that aren’t action-oriented as unhealthy. I used to think this idea was, well, not necessarily self-evident, but something that clearly must be so if you sat down and thought about it for a…

I’d like to acquaint you with a type of person you are apt to coach, the “Motivated Mere Mortal”. They are distinct from the another variety of person you might get to work with, what I call the “A-Students of Coaching”.  Like the Motivated Mere…

CoachAccountable, the software platform I created to make coaching better, allows both the coach and client the ability to create client action plans.  Either party can type in the what, choose the by-when, and set however many reminders at whatever desired timing. This open-endedness of…

There’s a Warren Buffett truism regarding investing: “to make money you must first survive”. This is self-evident logic, and thus easy to overlook.  But let’s take a beat to look into it, and see how this translates into a certain kind of value you as…

…is something we generally suck at. When it comes to going back on something we said we were going to do, our default is to: Ugh, Tony. Anyway yeah, when it comes to being coached by you, us clients are apt to get excited and…

I let an action item deadline slip.  My coach noticed as much, and sent me a friendly email on the matter.  It said: I’m clear that you are on track to complete the actions we talked about today. That said, how would you like me…

If your clients are up to accomplishing great things with you, they’ll no doubt be undertaking some larger projects: things which aren’t just one-and-done activities, but rather a series of little steps each building towards the overarching goal. If you’re guiding your clients to plan…

As coach, good things are happening if you are sparking ambition in us clients. Symptoms of sparked ambition include: Assuming this process of action planning isn’t mere posturing, such plans and by-when dates are a promise, to you and themselves, that they’ll follow through timely.…