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 …

Mike and Mark cringing

How employees can sabotage, CIA-style

Did you know the precursor to the CIA gave people a manual for turning workplaces in enemy countries into a living, breathing “Office Space?” Are you prepared to protect your workplace against them? Part 3 of 3, where we finally get to the subject of employee sabotage. Spoiler: Office workers get their own entire section in the OSS manual. … …

OSS CIA dysfunctional leader sabotage

The spy’s guide to being a dysfunctional leader

Did you know the precursor to the CIA gave people a manual for turning workplaces in enemy countries into a living, breathing “Office Space?” Are you prepared to protect your workplace against them? Back by popular demand, this is now part 2 of 3: How to sabotage your workplace as a manager! Interested in coaching or training on these topics …

Till Kahrs and Mark Ramsay

Till Kahrs, the Speak Doctor: How communication and focused wooing works

Introducing to the IDTAG audience: our friend, Till Kahrs. It’s impossible to summarize Till with a profession, or an achievement, or a story. But he has a lot of all three. Tune in to hear some amazing stories of his hit songs, his TV appearances and the things he did that allowed him to transition from one success to another. …

Retain your future managers by training them now!

What if you could invest in your future leadership team by inviting them to make impacts on your business today? Introducing a case study: The Future, a workshop series that combines a “Capstone Project” with training, a book club, discussions with experts, and more. Hear how it is helping our clients.  Interested in coaching or training on these topics for …

Was Socrates the original coach?

Plato’s “Meno” gives some clues on how Socrates used a coach approach–in some ways–and predicted the content of the bestseller “Crucial Conversations.” How can you use elements of the Socratic Method? Our “Crucial Conversations” resources can be found here.  Or, interested in coaching or training on these topics for you or your team? We’d love to hear from you! Email …

So what exactly IS coaching?

Last episode, we discussed the scientific evidence that coaching really works. So what exactly is coaching? What does it look like? Is it OK to want training and advice from a coach? How do you pick a good one? We answer these questions and more. Want a copy of the white paper we mention? Or, interested in coaching or training on …