Hey, Coachy Coachy Loves. I’m heading out to San Antonio later today for a DiSC Conference for the week. But first, I wanted to give you my Soapbox Moment. Okay people, here’s what it is. Do Not, DO NOT ask for business from people without giving them something first. You cannot ask people for any kind of business whatsoever unless you have first given them something valuable. I’m not talking some dumbass trinket, either. I’m talking something they can really use, that’s really …
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(Video) Want Clients? Drink Coffee.
Hey Coachy Coachy Loves. I have another Quick Tip for you today on how to get more clients. Today’s Quick Tip for getting more clients is Have Coffee. I know that sounds crazy. But, I literally built so much of my coaching body of work and my client roster off of coffee meetings. Enrolling people over coffee. Coffee is about relationships. Today, I’m having coffee with three different people. I had coffee with one other person on Monday. That’s it this week, four people for coffee. …
Think DiSC! How to Work with the D Style
THINK DiSC! ***How to work with the D style*** PROBLEM: What do you do when a highly direct, aggressive, and fast-paced boss steamrolls your new idea? How do you handle it so it doesn't crush your soul and INSTEAD creates a point of professional (and personal) empowerment? SOLUTION: Remember, boss-woman is likely a "D" behavioral style (her direct, aggressive, and fast-paced nature define her as such). That means she is results-focused and wants action. DO NOT take her comments …
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Think DiSC: How to Work With the C Style
THINK DiSC! ***How to work with the C style*** PROBLEM: Your teammate is incredibly detail-oriented, so much so it drives you kind of crazy. She's always asking questions of your ideas, and you find her to be THE BIGGEST skeptic when new ways of doing things are proposed. She is often the first one there in the morning and the last one to leave at night...and her perfectionistic tendencies are just too much sometimes! You wish she'd just turn off her computer and come have a beer with …
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Think DiSC! How to Work with the S Style
THINK DiSC! ***How to work with the S style*** PROBLEM: Your teammate is such a warm and friendly soul, always the one to bring in cupcakes on someone's birthday or buy the retirement card for all to sign...fiercly loyal and willing to go the extra mile for the team...always. And, yesterday, she stormed out of the office in tears after you told her that were unexpectedly changing some things and needed her brief before Friday. WHA??? Why'd she respond so emotionally? You have no …
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