Tag Archives: ceo coaching

12/26/13

CEO Coaching — Experience

Big Red Car here.  Well we had a great Christmas in the ATX.  Wow, the Investment Banker and the Perfect Daughter are here and the parental units had been skiing in the ‘Boat and just made it back in time to get the tree decorated.  Much fun and much love.  Ahh, On Earth As It Is In Texas!

So The Boss has been thinking a bit about his CEO advisory and coaching business.  At year end he has cataloged a number of conversations and I will be sharing them with you for a few weeks.  A kind of lessons learned primer on how a CEO can effectively use coaching to her best advantage.

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11/5/13

Are You Ready?

Big Red Car here.  Bit gloomy but we have a chance of rain for the next couple of days and that’s a good thing.  We are ready for some rain.

So The Boss is talking to several of his brilliant CEOs and finds a common theme — they express regret that they have not been already doing something that they have just now started doing that is particularly effective.

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10/14/13

Harnessing the Power of a Crisis

Big Red Car here.  We’ve been having a bit of rain here in the ATX.  And that, Old Sport, is a very good thang as we are needing some more water in the lakes just now.

Look here and see this short video of the torrent of water flowing through Barton Springs.  If you don’t know Barton Springs, then you don’t know Austin.

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07/1/13

The Wisdom of CEO Coaching

Big Red Car here.  You may have experienced some access issues to The Musings of the Big Red Car in the last day.  This was a hosting issue that is reported to have been corrected.  The Big Red Car is sorry for any inconvenience

So, The Boss is still in Santa Fe and I am still hanging with the house sitter who is turning out to be a very cool chap, indeed.  I am getting a bit of running time that I did not expect but the young man did not know where the freakin’ gas tank fill fitting is located — BEHIND THE BACK LICENSE PLATE, Son.  Behind the freakin’ back license plate.

Anyway, a few calls were made and all is just fine.  I am filled to overflowing with regular — which is pretty damn hard to find these days — and we are on the road again.

The house sitter was wise enough to “consult” with The Boss and get a bit of coaching. Continue reading →