Tag: coaching

January 18, 2024

One of the greatest benefits of entrepreneurship is the freedom to chart your own path — be your own boss and institute a business culture that reflects your unique leadership sensitivities. That said, such liberty can be a double-edged sword: […]

December 11, 2023

What were you doing before you started your side hustle, and why were you interested in entrepreneurship? Prior to starting my side hustle, I was a licensed social worker for Duke University. I was looking at my salary and realizing […]

December 5, 2022

People are accustomed to thinking of coaches in terms of athletics or the arts, such as a singing coach, a sports coach or even a dialog coach. Coaches teach skills, and they help people perfect them- and you’ll find many […]

August 15, 2022

Sales leaders are frequently looking for ways to increase sales fast — How can we get more sales this quarter? What can we do that will have an impact now? New research provides answers that sales leaders can put into […]

December 16, 2021

Nearly everyone in business knows what ROI stands for (return on investment, for the six of you who didn’t). As entrepreneurs and business leaders, we are always asking ourselves, if I invest my (time, money, or team) in X endeavor, […]

January 20, 2021

As a keynote speaker and executive coach, I am constantly asked by my clients “Rick how effective is virtual training?” The answer depends on several different factors and preplanning is one of the most important factors of all in conducting […]

September 11, 2020

Today, I had the honor of participating in a webcast on coaching, with Lori Richardson, Jason Jordan, and Mike Kunkle. A question that rarely comes up was, “What do you do if a person is uncoachable?” This is one area […]

February 11, 2020

Small business owners tend to invest quite a bit of money into their businesses each year. If you’re new to self-employment or are looking to break into a new field, you may consider hiring a coach to help you succeed. […]

October 4, 2019

While not everyone in the organization is destined for an executive or senior leadership role, there are still many opportunities for employees to develop their leadership skills. Coaching and developing employees to become better leaders is not only essential to […]

September 12, 2019

I sit with management teams discussing Sales Execution Discipline and the importance of a regular coaching and review cadence. Inevitably, during the discussion, one manager has the courage to say what everyone else is thinking: “How do I find the […]

April 25, 2019

Business leadership can be exhausting. So take a break, and indulge and reflect on glorious memories of our National Pastime. It’s springtime in Chicagoland, and thoughts, at least on the north side, again turn toward the perpetual saga of the […]

April 9, 2019

If there’s one thing that today’s companies can agree upon, it’s that employee turnover is expensive. But the costs of replacing an employee go far beyond purely financial considerations. When an employee leaves, there are often knowledge gaps, remaining employees […]

March 6, 2019

Don’t you get frustrated when you’ve told an employee a hundred times what you need them to do, or how they’re supposed to behave, yet it makes no difference? Or even worse, when the person tells you they understand, or […]