Over 10 years of coaching and I have to admit, I do have some go-to coaching sayings and recommendations/questions that I continue to find really valuable. I thought I would share some of them with you. “You can’t wink at someone in the dark.” This is one of my favorites as if you do not
An executive business coach talks about motivation and what life if like living in Covid-19 and the Corona virus pandemic
As we all know, time is our No. 1 commodity. And as most business professionals will tell you, “I am really busy. I have no time.” As an executive coach working in the extremely fast-paced world of tech, I see a lot of leaders not taking time for professional development or training their managers and executives to
Dear Eli, What do you think are the best ways to negotiate a new job offer? I personally get really nervous and am afraid to ask for more as I’m scared they might take the offer back. What do you think? Carla G. Dear Carla, As you can well imagine, I hear this quite often.
As a business coach I have to look at my professional brand and the professional branding of my clients. With Donald Trump as our new president and as a business professional, how do we want to show up for our personal and business relationships?
“Divorce your story. Marry your truth.” Tony Robbins. I recently came across a video from Tony Robbins where he talks about “The only thing keeping you from getting what you want is the story you keep telling yourself about why you don’t have it…yet!” I believe this quote relates to every one of us both
I recently worked with a top corporate executive and we were having a conversation about feedback. She began telling me, that as a leader, she uses an authoritative style of feedback…sort of “this is the way it is done…do it this way.” As a leader and coming from a non-American culture I became curious…so I
I’ll take “What is Courageous Vulnerability for $1000, Alex!” What is Courageous Vulnerability? Think about a time in your life when you have been courageously vulnerable. A time in your life when you “jumped out of the plane” not knowing what would happen. Maybe it was applying for a specific job. Maybe it was dating
I was walking around Jackson Square in San Francisco recently when I came upon something interesting. Here, in the middle of the city, was Balance Street. Balance Street is a tiny little street with no doors. This itty bitty alley made me think. As a metaphor for life…What would be on your Balance Street on
Stop! You can change your ways AND still get team engagement and better yet…get BETTER RESULTS. CASE STUDY 1: Presentations One of my clients recently came to the table with the concern that her presentations for her team were becoming boring. The challenge she faced was the fact that she would have to present at
ELI BLAIR, MCC - Executive Business Coach