As a solution-based coach, I work closely with executives and managers to help them achieve personal and professional goals. The solution-based approach uses focuses attention directly on building solutions for problems instead of analyzing causes of problems and making a diagnosis. Focusing on what is wrong uses people’s energy and distracts them from focusing on their goals.

Being innovative is an important factor of solution-based coaching. I help people discover solutions in distinct ways that fits his or her unique circumstance. This way of working leads to individualized solutions that are owned by the individual.
Once the individual understands the solution-based approach, they can then deal with other problems by approaching them the same way.

As a trusted coach to business leaders, I am known for helping leader’s collaborate their purpose openly, master skills and successfully deliver impactful, yet practical and measurable results.

Cited as an expert in my area of expertise. I have published numerous articles on applying management disciplines to drive business performance and growth. I have spoken at numerous professional and organizational events and quoted in numerous publications.

• I'm Someone's Management Style
  As I was paging through the morning paper, my eyes caught an expression used by a character in DILBERT: "I'm someone's management style." An initial chuckle and nod of the head in agreement were followed by a reflection on those who influenced my own thinking and work practices. (Read more...)
  
• The Making of a Transformational Leader
  After six years as a secondary school administrator, I had enough. The final straw was taking a gun off a student and being reprimanded for not calling the police first. A couple weeks later, after a long fifteen hour work day, I dragged myself home thinking how I would rest my weary body in a well-worn recliner. As I sat in the recliner my mind began to catch up with the rest of me. A clear thought ran through my mind; I had become the highest paid custodian in town. (Read more...)
  
• Not Just a Fist in a Bucket of Water
  A recent metaphoric expression caught my attention while reading a blog in Identity Theft. According to the blog, the expression surfaced during an exit interview. When the interviewer told the employee that employees are like a fist in the bucket; when they leave it’s like a fist being pulled out of a bucket – they are replaced as fast as the space in a bucket when the fist is pulled out. (Read more...)
  
• Employee Engagement Leadership
  We have all had our share of good reads in leadership and a taste of the best, as well as many "could have been better" approaches to leadership development. However, I am not convinced that in those mentioned resources and developmental actions was there much to say about the thinking habits of employees. (Read more...)
  
• A Closer Look at Employee Engagement
  Some frightening possibilities follow! According to research, it is estimated that American businesses may only be operating at one-third of their capacity because of the lack of a true connection with their people. What if banks only opened one-third of their branches each day? (Read more...)
  
• Building a Culture of Employee Engagement in Your Funeral Home
  What if your funeral home staff gave 100% effort at all times? What if your business increased by 15-20% through those efforts? What if your staff came to work ready to really crank things out every day? And what if you didn’t have to feel totally and irrevocably responsible for everything in the funeral home? (Read more...)
  
• How Riveting is Your Workplace?
  In a recent conversation with a colleague, I was told that he is neither hearing business owner’s talk about employee engagement or receiving requests for consulting services to help owner’s design engagement approaches. My initial thought was maybe we are not doing the job of creating awareness and understanding of employee engagement with our client base through speaking engagements, publications and one-on-ones. (Read more...)