I'm going through one of those periods where no matter what seminar or event I go to, or what book I pick up to read, I seem to be getting the same lesson. I keep getting reminded of the difference between running a business and being self employed within your own business.

In E-Myth, Gerber explains that the trap of a business owner is in getting stuck in the Technician side of the work and not getting time to be an Entrepreneur.

We all know the saying ' work on your business and not in your… Continue

Last week in Australia there was a High Court ruling that will have an impact on all future liability cases. Here is the situation in brief: Man rides to pub on his motorbike, man has a few drinks, keys to motorbike are handed over to bartender, man has more drinks, bartender gives man back his keys to motorbike, man gets on motorbike and dies in fatal road accident.

Now I am not clear on the details of who said or did what - and even these facts as I have printed may be incorrect - but the ess… Continue

HI Coaches

The Coaching Awards for 2010 will be presented at the Annual ANZI Coaching Conference next year in April in Melbourne. We have 2 categories;

Coach of the Year
Coaching Business of the Year

What do you think the criteria and success measurements should be for these awards?

Hi Coaches

Great news, we've confirmed our Conference for 2010. Melbourne on 29th and 30th April.
We have also started working on a showbag which we'll give to all attendees which will be jam packed with resources for Coaches and we will ensure that the value of the showbag exceeds the cost of your ticket to the conference.

Right now we are busy confirming the speakers and the sponsors, so we wont have the full details for the event until December. But I already know it's going to be a little… Continue

We ran our first supervision event last night and it was a wonderful experience.

It is difficult to accurately define what supervision is and everyone that experiences it, seems to give it a different meaning! Essentially small groups of coaches (4, 5 or 6 ideally) share a coaching concern, challenge, issue, triumph (whatever is forefront of your mind in terms of your coaching) and the other coaches present assist that coach to process/work through/contemplate or to resolve that item.

Learning… Continue