When we stop our thoughts, we stop the world. When we stop the world we experience peace and mental clarity. According to the research of Dr. Fred Luskin of Stanford University, a human being has approximately 60,000 thoughts per day—and 90% of … Continue reading
Posted in Christine Comaford, Christine Comaford's Blog, Executive Coach | Tagged how to stay calm, inner peace | Leave a commentNow that we’re starting to see signs of economic recovery, it’s key to assess where we’ve been, the mistakes we’ve made, and how to course-correct for the next burst of growth. Here’s the reality: companies make mistakes all the time. … Continue reading
Posted in Christine Comaford, Christine Comaford's Blog, Executive Coach | Tagged CEO mistakes, recession mistakes | Leave a commentWhy do so many businesses struggle with ramping up sales? It’s because they’re pitching, not educating. Seems obvious, right? Wrong. Comparing notes with one of my sales guru pals, Chet Holmes, I knew I had to write this blog. Let’s say … Continue reading
Posted in Christine Comaford, Christine Comaford's Blog, Executive Coach | Tagged cold calling, education-based marketing, high probability selling, lead generation, marketing | Leave a commentGeorge wants to double his company’s revenue this year. He’s been stating this goal for the past 3 years and still hasn’t achieved it. Why? Because it’s not ecologically safe for him to have this outcome. In my blog Why We … Continue reading
Posted in Christine Comaford, Christine Comaford's Blog, Executive Coach | Tagged self sabotage | Leave a commentWhat keeps you up at night? If you’re like 98% of the CEOs I work with your answer will be accountability: how to get it and increase it. Want to double your revenue or net income this year? Get more … Continue reading
Posted in Christine Comaford's Blog, Executive Coach, Executive Coaching, needle movers | Tagged accountability, how to set and achieve business goals, needle movers, team accountability | Leave a commentHow is your company’s communication? Is it tight and efficient and aimed at driving results or increasing connection? Or do team members talk a lot without saying anything meaningful? Of the hundreds of companies I’ve worked with over the past … Continue reading
Posted in Christine Comaford's Blog, Executive Coach, Executive Coaching, leadership | Tagged effective communication, executive communication, how to communicate effectively, Leadership, leadership communication | Leave a commentImage Credit: Justgq.com Somehow over the past few years it became OK to make promises and not keep them. The excuses? We’re too busy or we didn’t know or gosh, we just darn forgot. Wait a sec—we were too busy/unaware/forgot … Continue reading
Posted in Christine Comaford, Christine Comaford's Blog | Leave a commentSuzanne was a human resources manager at an east coast consumer packaged goods company. Why was she always exhausted? Let’s find out. We had Suzanne start a tally. Within the first week nine victims came to Suzanne for rescue. Their … Continue reading
Posted in Christine Comaford's Blog | Tagged Outcome-focused, Persecutor, Problem-focused, Rescuer, Role in company, Victim | 1 CommentAn internet infrastructure company couldn’t crack the Fortune 1000. So they brought a former CIO of Cisco onto their advisory board. Within 6 months their software was in trial at 5 Fortune 1000 companies. 18 months later the company was … Continue reading
Posted in Business Coach, business model, Christine Comaford, Christine Comaford's Blog | Leave a commentHave you ever noticed that handshakes speak their own secret language? If you pay attention you’ll hear them whisper, yell, fret, or fawn. And handshakes of the rich and famous—they’re amplified. I’m at a soirée in New York when I … Continue reading
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