Is Passion for Coaching Enough?

by Dr. Nathan Baxter There is no question that to be great at coaching you have to have “coaching passion.” Meaning, you have an internal natural drive to be intentional in investing in others. This is the one thing that all coaches have in common…...

Should Coaches Answer or Guide?

By Dr. Nathan Baxter, Executive Leadership Coach There is a philosophy in the coaching world which teaches that you never give the client the “answer.” Instead, you guide them and you work together as a team to help them find the answer. Have you ever...

Your Coaching Style: Laser or Flood Light?

By Dianne Baxter When I think about coaching styles, the first area that comes to mind is how different Nathan (my husband and business partner) and I are in our approaches. He’s like a surgeon who goes right to the heart and starts solving problems. I’m...

Your Unique Power

By Dr. Nathan Baxter, Executive Leadership Coach Utilizing your unique coaching style is exhilarating. Discovering it can be a little challenging. We, along with all the coaches we have trained, have guided almost 10,000 people through what we call a “timeline...

Note to Self: You are not the customer!

By Dr. Nathan Baxter, Executive Leadership Coach I work hard every week to create margin just for thinking. For a natural doer, I have found that my thinking can become dulled throughout the year as a result of my exposure to the media monsters: real news, fake news,...

How to keep your coaching edge.

By Dr. Nathan Baxter, Executive Leadership Coach I try not to get too annoyed when I come across coaches and coaching firms that are simply sloppy in their work. It simply doesn’t need to be that way. Clients come to us offering up a portion of their life...

Some Tips for Finishing Well

By Dr. Nathan Baxter, Executive Leadership Coach Most of us want to finish well; however, that doesn’t happen by accident. To finish well, you have to take responsibility and have a plan for finishing well. I know you want to finish well, but do you have a plan...