by Jim Struck | Sep 15, 2014 | The Coach Is In Blog
My father was a chemical engineer, very skilled in math and science. His natural affinity is for ‘task.’ I was a much better ‘humanities’ student. My affinity is for ‘people.’ Where those natural tendencies come from is interesting, but not necessary for coaching...
by Jim Struck | Aug 26, 2014 | Articles
While sitting on the beach last week (I know, rough life we leadership coaches lead) I was reading Josh Dykstra’s book Igniting the Invisible Tribe. If you know Josh’s work at all, you know that he has a great way of creating conversation and making you think. In...
by Jim Struck | Aug 18, 2014 | The Coach Is In Blog
Raising confident, independent, and happy children requires us to give up the amount we do for them and help them to be more self-responsible and accountable. Many of you have, or are in the process, of sending children off to school. There are many common themes...
by Jim Struck | Jul 29, 2014 | Articles, Leadership Effectiveness
By Jim Struck How many of you hate conflict? How many of you avoid it whenever you can, if not all the time? How many of you find it affecting how well you lead others? According to the science around the DISC profile I work with, about 86% of the population...
by Jim Struck | May 16, 2014 | Articles, Leadership Effectiveness
Not too long ago I had a director/partner I was coaching ask me what “micromanagement” meant. At first I thought he was kidding. When I asked him why he wanted to know, he said it was because he had been told for years that he was a micromanager and needed to improve....
