Category: Metrics

It’s great to see a trendline.  A rising tide shows progress in the right direction.  Steady consistency shows, well, steady consistency.  Stagnation in the form of a growing gap between reality and the target is a bitter pill, but instructive to know all the same.…

I cringe whenever I hear talk about coaching that derides it as armchair psychology, as just paying someone to blow sunshine up your skirt.  I get it: from the outside, coaching  can appear no different.  After all, those are simply cynical labels for helping a…

Ah, the new year.  It should come as little surprise to hear that coaching bears a faint resemblance to gyms when it comes to January, in that both institutions see a predictable uptick in participation, and it’s one which may or may not last through…

In practice, client is generally count-on-able to be aware of what their number is today, and MAYBE recall where things were last time.  That top-of-mind awareness and recollection is the default state, meaning unless coach puts in place some structure and practice for doing better,…