coaching for clarity and courage
A few years back, I wrote a newsletter and I loved it. It was dedicated entirely to helping people find and keep jobs in the international development sector. It was priced affordably so I knew that no one would be […]
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The first reason: I am sending out my next set of postcards for my postcard project this week. If you’d like to receive one, email me – alanna@needsbrave.com – with your address and I’ll put you on the list. The […]
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Sometimes – more often than I want – I have to disappoint my career consulting clients. I hate it. But I am coming around slowly to the idea that my job is to tell people the truth so they can […]
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As you may recall, 2018 is my year for crazy ideas and failure. That’s great to declare and all , but where exactly do I get the crazy ideas? I mean, I have crazy ideas, but not enough to […]
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Specifically, why you might want to coach with me. My focus as a coach is on helping you find clarity and courage. If you feel unhappy at work, but don’t know how to change that, coaching can help. If you […]
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Actually, we don’t have a sponsor. But I do get paid to coach people, and every so often I like to mention that. I’ve done some really fun vision work, helping people imagine exactly the 2018 they want to achieve. […]
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The easiest way to do good year-end giving is to give to an organization you already know and love. Sometimes, though, you don’t have an organization you know and love. Answering these questions will help make sure your giving has […]
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To whoever came by my site over the weekend and read all the posts about Peace Corps. I offer five-dollar coaching to all current and recently returned PCVs (yes, even if you ET’d). You are idealists doing something hard […]
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People ask me, sometimes, what you get from coaching that you can’t get from a conversation with a friend. The short answer: your coach is not your friend. And that’s a good thing. Here’s the long version: As a coach, […]
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A few years back, I wrote a newsletter and I loved it. It was dedicated entirely to helping people find and keep jobs in the international development sector. It was priced affordably so I knew that no one would be […]
In my coaching practice, I get a lot of versions of this question: how do I talk about something unpleasant without upsetting the person I’m talking to? The answer: you can’t. There is no perfect language that will make a […]