TJC Coaching Inspiration Newsletters

Secrets - Newsletter Number 28 / May 2007
What secret would you most like to free yourself of? Now, imagine opening a book and discovering that a postcard had been slipped between the pages with a stamp, an address, and an invitation to send in your secret. What would you write? Would you trust your secret to the post office, even anonymously? more

Measuring Life - Newsletter Number 26 / February 2007
The other week we traveled to San Diego to attend the memorial for a dear friend of ours. I met John while in college, and he and his wife were the host family for the cute exchange student who was later to become my husband. more

Season's Greetings - Newsletter Number 25 / December 2006
Thanks for a great year! In the course of 2006, our community has started six new businesses, seen its first art show, and had several promotions to the VP level and above including two CEO's. Work hours have been cut, recreation has been had, and relationships have been strengthened - and it's all you.... more

Assumptions - Newsletter Number 24 / November 2006
I just returned from the annual meeting of the International Coach Federation. It's a great time to connect with my colleagues from around the world and spend time with friends who I respect so much that I'm always pleasantly amazed and grateful that I can contribute to them! One of these is a coach I admire tremendously... more

Pre-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - Newsletter Number 23 / October 2006
Pre-traumatic stress disorder is a term I invented on a coaching call with a client anguished about something she was convinced might happen. Even though my label is about as pop-psychology as it gets, in the years since that call, I've seen many clients consumed with pre-living disastrous scenarios... more

Diving Class - Newsletter Number 22 / September 2006
Most everything I ever needed to know about focus I learned one summer at the pool. I was about ten when I took my first diving class. The instructor was a pretty high school student who told us not to look down at the water... more

Exceeding Expectations - Newsletter Number 21 / July 2006
How can something pretty straighforward become truly profound - and what is the lesson for organizational leaders? Based on the deeply impactful results of the simple "I Love to Read" book club the answer is... more

Toe-Curling Vision - Newsletter Number 20 / June 2006
School's Out!
I want to encourage the kids in your life to delight in the sunshine on a lazy summer day with a good book. Send me* an Enjoyment Report about a book by July 4th, and I'll send them a $10 gift card for Barnes & Noble and donate another $10 to Free the Children. I may even put their report on the TJC website... more

Love Reading! - Newsletter Number 19 / May 2006
From now until July 4th, The Juncture Company and I are offering our kids an opportunity for adventure and making a difference as part of the “TJC I Love Reading Club”! For the adventure part... more

Chaos & Clutter - Newsletter Number 18 / April 2006
When I mention chaos and clutter, most people start looking around their offices and either pat themselves on the back or make a note to clean things up - possibly with a blowtorch!

What I'm really talking about are all the things you are tolerating that sap your energy and muddy your thinking... more

E-mail & IQ - Newsletter Number 17 / March 2006
A fascinating clinical study found that the IQ of workers who juggled phone calls, e-mails, text messages and their work fell by 10 points ... more

Healthy Impatience - Newsletter Number 16 / February 2006
If patience is a virtue and we're living and working at breakneck speed, do we have to give up our virtue in the name of profitability? The surprising answer is probably not. more

Human Being in 2006 - Newsletter Number 15 / January 2006
I love beginning a new year –the lull at the end of the year; quiet, thoughtful preparations; and the promise of new and rekindled hopes, dreams and intentions. Most of the time when we look into a new year, we focus on doing. What we will do, achievements we are striving for and milestones we are after.
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Party On! The Pleasures and Perils of Partying With a Coach - Newsletter Number 14 / December 2005
To ring in the new year, we celebrate with family and close friends. We enjoy a fine meal, champagne and entertain ourselves by staging 'No Talent' shows that are as fun for the people 'performing' as those watching.

Now you know you're partying with a coach when, close to midnight, everyone is handed a blank slip of paper and a pen with the following instructions... more

Appreciating that Special Someone - Newsletter Number 13 / November 2005
Just like any parent of a young child, these days I'm training my daughter to appreciate others and their acts of kindness by saying "Thank you". We're all trained to be sincerely grateful for good luck, blessings and gifts from people and the universe. Yet, oddly enough, we rarely get into the habit of thanking ourselves. more

Power, Leadership and You - Newsletter Number 12 / October 2005
This is an excerpt from an essay Michelle contributed to a book on Political Leadership Coaching due out this Spring.

Bill Clinton, Richard Nixon, George Bush, Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey - people who have power are subject to both reverence and distain. They engender great loyalty and animosity based partially on the natural alliance we feel with what they choose to do with their power ... more

Speaking and Listening to The Juncture Community! - Newsletter Number 11 / September 2005
Even though I'm writing this on my laptop while sitting outdoors on a balmy evening ... somehow, my 20 plus years as a student have hardwired my brain so that this season is the beginning of the year... more

Halftime 2005 - Newsletter Number 10 / July 2005
It's July 1st - the start of the second half of the year, and an opportunity to take stock, pat yourself on the back and make any mid-course corrections. Some food for thought... more