Recent Articles From EvanCarmichael.com http://www.evancarmichael.com/ http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2586/The-Need-for-Training.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2586/The-Need-for-Training.html The need for professional training is obvious, not just training the new recruits but, more importantly, training the existing trainers and managers in the skills and techniques needed to build an environment in which new recruits can grow and prosper long term. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2586/Coaching-for-profit.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2586/Coaching-for-profit.html Coaching for profit refers to methods and techniques imparted by a coach to people as to how they can earn rich rewards for the efforts that they have put into the business. Coaching is necessary to understand how to maximize the use of various resources in an organization to optimize output. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2586/Coaching-for-growth.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2586/Coaching-for-growth.html Coaching normally refers to the various forms of guiding, questioning, and mentoring, and is not to be confused with the more directional forms of , training and showing the correct path an individual or a group of individuals can take to achieve their goals and develop the specific skills to perform well. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2586/Goal-Achieving.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2586/Goal-Achieving.html So when does a dream become a goal? It is when it changes from an idle ‘wish’ to something you have a passion for, perhaps even an obsession. In fact show me a man who is obsessed with something and I will show you a man with a goal. If you are serious and determined about achieving various goals in your life then you must become passionate about them. However, another important thing about achieving goals is to incorporate FUN. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2586/Personal-Life-Coaching.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2586/Personal-Life-Coaching.html Coaching is a very powerful, collaborative relationship between the coach and a willing individual, which facilitates that individual, through the process of discovery, goal setting and strategic action-planning, in the realisation of an extraordinary result. It is also a body of knowledge, a technology and a style of relating that focuses on the development of that human’s potential. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2586/Keeping-Work-and-Life-in-Balance.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2586/Keeping-Work-and-Life-in-Balance.html It's Work / Life Balance Awareness Week from 1 to 6 September. Are you keeping your life in balance? http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2586/Who-Am-I.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2586/Who-Am-I.html It is important to remember that the quality of our life is determined by the quality of questions we ask ourselves. Some people ask themselves very mediocre questions indeed. For example, “What time shall we go to down the pub?” Others look at someone who has achieved great things and ask themselves “Why not me?”. It is similar to the difference between “I can’t afford it” and “How can I afford it?” http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2586/The-Realities-of-Life.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2586/The-Realities-of-Life.html True balance has little to do with all these things because they are all outside us, and true balance is a state within. Balancing the externals of life is fine for someone who is content with life at the surface. But for many people this is not enough. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2586/The-Article-For-Financial-Advisor.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2586/The-Article-For-Financial-Advisor.html The cost of training and empowering someone efficiently and professionally need not amount to more than one thirtieth of their annual salary or earnings. A tiny investment when considered in the long term. And yet, a great majority of senior management still fail to appreciate the concept that to have a chance you must take a chance. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2586/The-Manager-As-Coach.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/2586/The-Manager-As-Coach.html Today the manager has to take the responsibility of being a coach to his people. He has to see that his team works in proper coordination so as to achieve the desired results within the stipulated time period.