How can I get ahead in my work and career?

Posted on January 23, 2009 by pdncoach

Ah, the American Dream, to “get ahead” of the competition. Really, though, get ahead of whom? The common life question of “getting ahead” makes work sound like a race, so an underlying question must be, “Who are you racing?” If your life is a competition, there will be winners and losers, and you will not always be the winner!
What if you thought of yourself as a leader instead of just a competitor? If you set the course for your own life, how can you lose? How would this new mindset reshape your goals? How would that reroute your quest to obtain your goals? What, specifically, are your goals with your work and career?

“Getting ahead” asks the question
“What must I do?” to compete and win.

Leadership asks the question
“How must I be?” to serve the winners
around me and
create the results we all want.


Leadership is self-expression that adds value through relationships. How are you expressing yourself at work? How are you allowing your career to be an expression of the person you aim to be? How will you add value through your relationships? How are you valuable to others? If you value your career, then explore ways you can express yourself differently to add more value through your work and to the world around you.
To be a winner you must defeat others. To be a leader you must help others succeed.
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What Should I Expect from you as my Coach? Part Three

Posted on January 22, 2009 by pdncoach

So far, I have listed 10 things to expect from me as your coach. Here I conclude my list of basic expectations. I share these with every new or returning client, although I work with each of my clients to ensure our relationship fulfills their unique expectations as well.

  1. Expect me to be here for you. I want to hear it all. If you have a personal problem, are upset with something, are just starting to realize something big, or cannot wait to share a breakthrough, call me ANYTIME. I am your coach each and every day and will continue to be. You can call me, email me, and fax me. I am also a father, a husband, loyal to all of my clients, and active in my communities. If I cannot talk when you call me, we will arrange a time.
  2. And in closing: If at any time either one of us decides to discontinue the coaching relationship, the relationship will be immediately dissolved. You are at free will. I am here to support, assist, mentor, guide, and encourage you but all decisions and actions are ultimately yours and yours alone to make. Many of my clients retain me month after month, year after year. All of my clients know they can count on me long after any formal business relationship ends.

I hope the expectations I share with my clients will help you in choosing a coaching relationship that delivers powerful results, is satisfying and fulfilling. If you are looking to achieve more for yourself, seek to enhance your team cohesiveness and performance, or need to establish or improve a positive organizational culture, then I would like to be your coach. Contact me any time. You can expect me to be there for you.

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What should I expect from you as a coach? Part Two

Posted on January 21, 2009 by pdncoach

Last time, I listed five things to expect from me as your coach and here I list five more.

  1. You will learn a process for crystallizing, planning and achieving personal and business goals, inspiring you to act from a stronger sense of purpose.

  2. You will develop an Action Plan for your goals and develop the skills needed to follow your plan to completion.

  3. If I have a sense about something and I believe you are open to it, I will share with you what I am feeling and make specific suggestions on how to deal with the situation. If I am not sure, I will say so. Always use the best of what I say and use your own judgment.

  4. I will provide fieldwork based on what I sense is needed, where I believe gremlins need to be cleaned up, steps on goals that need to be taken and things that need to be done to take care of yourself. I will also work with you in developing fieldwork appropriate for you at the time. I often request that my clients come up with their own fieldwork.

  5. When I hear a funny tone in your voice, or hear you say something that I just cannot understand or seems off, I will question you about it. Often, it is these small moments that offer the chance to resolve something, move through something or remove something that is standing in your way.

    Next time, I will conclude the list of expectations that I share with any new client.

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