Category: Action Planning

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.…

I had a coaching session that left me eager to get back to work that day. And I’m not talking anything like an “Ugh, this session is dragging, can it please be over so I can get back to the other stuff I need to…

Who doesn’t like a high-five? Seriously, that may sound like a trite thing, but a high-five is great.  I’m not talking about the watered-down, patronizing variety; like an over-excited camp counselor who’s giving out enthusiastic high-fives to eight-year-olds for managing to put their shirt on…

If we’re talking about meaningfully engaging with the coaching process, however they showed up in the last conversation is just the tip of the iceberg. Because no matter how enthusiastic they were, the real impact comes only from applying that coaching, to life as lived,…

Notice in your sessions how often clients will say something that rhymes with:“Yeah, I really should…” or“I think it would be great if I got in the habit of…”. They might even use more committed language, like:“I’m going to…”,“I gonna start…” or even“I will…” Whether…