How coaching creates a life of purpose and balance

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Now, on to today’s tips…

From the Coaches

Tracy Playle shares her experiences as a coachee and how that changed her life in How coaching gave me a life of purpose and balance.

Steven Schultz offers a simple exercise any coach can use to help their clients get to a critical “aha moment” in How I use a simple 4 block model to teach leaders about talent management.

David OBrien reminds your older clients that it’s never too late to reinvent themselves in Five Years Later - Not Too Old to Choose Happy.

Jonathan Bowman-Perks offers his own take on EQ, why it’s important, and how to build it with clients in How can you develop your EQ.

Debra Sunderland warns leaders that being a superhero at work can sometimes be the worst thing they can do in Are You Showing Up as the Hero In Your Business? 

Kathy Caprino details the many ways bad management can hollow out an organization in How To Assess Poor Managers In Your Organization And Train Better Ones.

From the Operators & Investors

Aaron Harris explains that sometimes founders are raising so much seed money because they’re acting out of fear, not confidence in Raise Less Money.

Hunter Walk reminds founders and investors that failed startups are a rich place to learn about what it takes to make a venture truly successful in Startups Fail All The Time, But Many Could Fail Better By Thinking Beyond the VCs and Founders.

Oh hey, what’s Heyday?

Heyday is an AI-powered thought partner that helps executive coaches be more present with clients. Modern coaches generate automatic session notes, detect patterns from client conversations, and write targeted content with help from Heyday.

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