“There is no limit” to this behavior–but there are ways to guard against it

What do the Watergate Scandal, the Bible, two modern business books and the International Coaching Federation have in common? They can all help you defeat the behavior that tempts us all. (Shout-out to Josh Wink for our acid house tangent toward the start.) Interested in coaching or training on these topics for you or your team? We’d love to hear …

Woke 1, Woke 2? What’s next after cancel culture?

They Might Be Giants are the USA’s greatest rock band. (Mark said so.) An early lyric of the band gives us a window into hipsters, millennials and cancel culture. But the UK’s best comedy mind (Mark said so) David Mitchell points to a different path. Can our workplaces use his insight before it’s too late? Interested in coaching or training …

Without this, you are doing continuous improvement wrong

The closest English translation is probably self-reflection. But that definition doesn’t really do it justice. Hansei isn’t sitting around thinking about your feelings. It isn’t beating yourself up about something you did wrong. And it definitely isn’t the corporate ritual where everybody sits around a conference table after a bad month trying to figure out who screwed things up. Hansei …

Two simple questions that improve every employee meeting, sales pitch, marketing, etc., etc., etc.

A roofer’s watermelon trick … a game for high-school juniors … what do they have in common?  Something that goes back at least to Aristotle. And it’s something that can help just about every area of your thinking and interacting.  Interested in coaching or training on these topics for you or your team? We’d love to hear from you! Email …

5 Responses to Change: Caring for Your Navigator

Change fatigue is real! In our continuing series, we discuss how even skilled Navigators can burn out when change is constant, incomplete or poorly supported. Sustaining the healthy response requires systems and personal practices that protect energy and dignity over time. Interested in coaching or training on these topics for you or your team? We’d love to hear from you! …

Aphantasia as a super power

Aphantasia: Mike’s lifelong condition–and superpower

A simple test helped Mike realize he was one of perhaps only 4 percent of the world’s population. Since his youth, he had turned it into a superpower. Do you have any in your workplace? Interested in coaching or training on these topics for you or your team? We’d love to hear from you! Email Mike and Mark. Spotify Apple …

Try our free snapshot of your professional life (we vibe-coded it!)

Mark coding with AI–without any experience?  Getting clarity about professional successes worth celebrating and professional opportunities for more fulfillment, balance and satisfaction? Yes to both! Take the Self-Assessment here.  (Adapted from Co-Active Coaching (3rd ed.) © 2011 by Henry Kimsey-House, Karen Kimsey-House and Phillip Sandahl–fourth edition sold here.) Interested in coaching or training on these topics for you or your …