About Us
As success mentors and executive coaches we help people gain a greater understanding and appreciation of who they are and what motivates them; this self awareness is critical for leadership development and team collaboration. Through our certified coaching techniques we help people achieve positive, long-term, measurable change in behavior (leadership is all about behaviors) for themselves and their people (and families). We help anyone who is committed to more, and we all want more.
How We Got Started
The first 30 were very successful in a design-oriented architectural practice, so this is a second act. During that whole time we began studying behavior and motivation and understanding what makes people successful, and what prevents them from ultimate achievement, and the simple tools that get us from where we are to where we want to be.
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Absolutely! I have been in Rotary for 30 years and have been a Board member and President. While that makes me an "older" member, I recognize the opportunity for younger members to take leadership roles, yet I still emcee major programs within our Club. There was no better way for me to gain...
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Absolutely! I have been in Rotary for 30 years and have been a Board member and President. While that makes me an "older" member, I recognize the opportunity for younger members to take leadership roles, yet I still emcee major programs within our Club. There was no better way for me to gain valuable friendships and demonstrate leadership. One of the Objects of Rotary is the "means of acquaintance for service," and I count on my fellow Rotarians to help with business development and connections.
Yes, we likely all have faced someone that is perceived as having a difficult personality. We find that there are a number of reasons why: 1. when our behaviors and values are opposite of each other, there tends to be difficulties; 2. likewise (and this is uncannily true), when our behaviors and...
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Yes, we likely all have faced someone that is perceived as having a difficult personality. We find that there are a number of reasons why: 1. when our behaviors and values are opposite of each other, there tends to be difficulties; 2. likewise (and this is uncannily true), when our behaviors and values are closely aligned, there also tends to be difficulties (we rarely want to see total reflections of ourselves...we don't want to be THAT honest!); 3. our lack of appreciative understanding and empathetic awareness. You asked what wisdom should be applied: when we understand the mutual intrinsic worth of everyone (not the unequal extrinsic worth, the size of our 401ks, where we live, the car we drive, etc. because you will always have something more than I do, and me, you), we lose all judgment of others. And this is huge: our personalities are different; they are only difficult because we have judged the other as being difficult rather than simply seeing them for who they are. And most people live in fear and work a second job no one is paying for...to hide. To hide their insecurities, managing other people's impressions of them, worried about what you think, etc. Hiding. When we understand that normal human behavior and mutual intrinsic worth, we can take a different tactic: what can I learn from this person? Why am I finding this difficult? What is it about me that makes this difficult? (Remember, people do things for their reasons, not ours. We just like to make it about ourselves!) How can I support and build into that person? What does that person need from me? Am I willing to create vulnerability-based trust and find a deeper more meaningful way to collaborate? Be well. Steve Haber
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Tom, Like you, I am a coach. I use LinkedIn Profinder as one way to obtain leads; it is not an exclusive way. I have been quite successful in that arena, having picked up a large county government client through it. The downside is that conversion rates can be horrible. I have responded to a...
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Tom, Like you, I am a coach. I use LinkedIn Profinder as one way to obtain leads; it is not an exclusive way. I have been quite successful in that arena, having picked up a large county government client through it. The downside is that conversion rates can be horrible. I have responded to a lot of requests that are never read; that's just part of the deal. One gets better at discerning which requests to pursue and which to not. Getting much better at weeding out those who do not align with my ideal customer. Like anything it takes mastery: fine-tuning an approach that successfully works for you. Hope that helps. Be well. Steve
1 Where/what are you intending to go/do? 2 What are the strategies to get you there? 3 What are the biases and roadblocks (like self-limiting beliefs) that will prevent you from achieving your intentions?
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1 Where/what are you intending to go/do? 2 What are the strategies to get you there? 3 What are the biases and roadblocks (like self-limiting beliefs) that will prevent you from achieving your intentions?
Teacher or Learner? Either. If I'm the best player on a losing team then I have a lot to teach (or have a lot to learn as to why I haven't already), or if I'm the worst player on a winning team then I have a lot to learn. Either way, I have a lot to learn.
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Teacher or Learner? Either. If I'm the best player on a losing team then I have a lot to teach (or have a lot to learn as to why I haven't already), or if I'm the worst player on a winning team then I have a lot to learn. Either way, I have a lot to learn.
Rotary Clubs are typically looking for speakers. If you go to Rotary.org you should be able to find the clubs in your area along with contact info. I'm thinking that the other services clubs are likewise in search of speakers. Leveraging those might get you the next gig, too. Be well!
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Rotary Clubs are typically looking for speakers. If you go to Rotary.org you should be able to find the clubs in your area along with contact info. I'm thinking that the other services clubs are likewise in search of speakers. Leveraging those might get you the next gig, too. Be well!
Being willing to connect with the person...putting their needs above my own. Showing genuine and authentic interest in the other.
Let them do the majority of the talking. If you haven't read How to Win Friends and Influence People, there is a part that says the person who does the more talking...
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Being willing to connect with the person...putting their needs above my own. Showing genuine and authentic interest in the other.
Let them do the majority of the talking. If you haven't read How to Win Friends and Influence People, there is a part that says the person who does the more talking in a conversation will come away thinking that the other person, who did the lesser talking, is the most fascinating person in the world (or something to that tune). I know it to be true as I have experienced it from both sides.
As a coach I am always looking for opportunities to do what I do, and I primarily accomplish that by asking good questions. Everywhere I go that's what I do.
Be well!
One of my core beliefs is that everyone has significant untapped potential for leadership. This partly comes from Warren Bennis, "Becoming a Leader is Becoming Yourself; it is precisely that simple and at the same time that difficult." and partly from Moxley's book "Becoming a Leader is Becoming...
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One of my core beliefs is that everyone has significant untapped potential for leadership. This partly comes from Warren Bennis, "Becoming a Leader is Becoming Yourself; it is precisely that simple and at the same time that difficult." and partly from Moxley's book "Becoming a Leader is Becoming Yourself."
Sounds pretty cool. But if I am a leader then why am I not leading?
And that gets to the answer: 1. What tools are available that help me gain a better understanding of who I am; and 2. What are the blind spots, biases, and other extrinsic aspects about myself that get in the way?
You deliver those and I think you're providing the value proposition you seek.
Be well!
My lady friend has a chocolate shop in Cincinnati. Customer service is really very simple: we want everyone coming into the shop to leave feeling better than when they first walked in. The selling of chocolate is really secondary to the connections we can make with people. I've had...
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My lady friend has a chocolate shop in Cincinnati. Customer service is really very simple: we want everyone coming into the shop to leave feeling better than when they first walked in. The selling of chocolate is really secondary to the connections we can make with people. I've had transformative conversations with customers through asking them questions I believe might be important to them.
I've been listening to John Maxwell's "Good Leaders Ask Great Questions." What a great way to put the interests of people front and center. Not just merely "How's your day?" but "What's the best part of your day so far?" followed by "How can I make it even better?"
When you truly put the other person's importance ahead of your own, you'll create customers for life!
Hi, Karen! You've asked two great questions. The first is what sort of things do you do to interact with others. I ask questions. John Maxwell's book "Good Leaders Ask Great Questions" has been a wonderful listen in the car. And he focuses on not only the questions that he asks others but also...
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Hi, Karen! You've asked two great questions. The first is what sort of things do you do to interact with others. I ask questions. John Maxwell's book "Good Leaders Ask Great Questions" has been a wonderful listen in the car. And he focuses on not only the questions that he asks others but also the questions he needs to ask himself.
Typically, at networking we ask questions such as what do you do, where are you located, etc. I like to have deeper conversations so after finding out what a person does, I might ask what they enjoy most about what they do. Or, since I'm a coach, I'll ask what might be their biggest challenge. That tends to lead to a deeper conversation, which people will remember. And if we agree to schedule a follow up, that's a great time to exchange business cards.
Being a coach, I enroll people by coaching them. The conversation is what matters. The business card is only a formality...an exchange of contact info.
Be well! Steve
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