Let’s Seize a Wonderful Opportunity
Post by Randy Hain While I made my living as a coach, I have lived my life to be a mentor-and to be mentored! . . . constantly. Everything in the world has been passed down. Every piece of [...]
Time Always Wins, So Change How You Engage With It
By Randy Hain "The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is." – C.S. Lewis I was chatting with a friend last week who was frustrated with his [...]
When Senior Management Doesn’t Trust
Trust is a powerful word. It just feels good to say it. Go ahead… say it. Don’t be shy. Ignore the guy in the cubicle next to you playing Temple Run on his phone. Trust is part of a list [...]
What are You Afraid of? And What’s It Costing You?
The thing about fears is that we all have them, and they’re typically related to some story we’ve grown up telling ourselves, either as a result of our family of origin or some other monumental event in our lives. The [...]
Your Boss Knows What Your New Job Role Is — Do You?
You’ve done it. Congratulations are in order. You finally landed that job you were after and after an exhausting interview process, you have projects and work that you’re excited about. You’ve met your co-workers, gone through the company orientation, set [...]
Do You Have Too Many Influencers in Your Life?
By Randy Hain "Research suggests that what we think of as free will is largely an illusion: much of the time, we are simply operating on automatic pilot, and the way we think and act - and how we think [...]
Turning Our Vulnerabilities into Something Positive
By Randy Hain If you are reading this post, you are human. You are imperfect, just like me and everyone else you know. I hope you will embrace the obvious truth of this, but also recognize how most of us [...]
5 Things Confident People DON’T Do
For this post I will be taking off my therapist hat and snuggly putting on my executive coach hat. As any executive coach would tell you, a good executive coaching process will highlight what you should “start, stop and continue” [...]
The Journey from “Learning Jobs” to Doing Work We Love
By Randy Hain I have been reflecting on a recent conversation with a young professional I met who is eight months into his first post-college job. He is eager to grow his career and get started doing work he loves, but [...]
Paying Attention to the Normalization of Defects
We all likely remember (or have read about) the tragic explosions of the space shuttles Challenger (1986) and Columbia (2003) and the deaths of all crew members in both accidents. As you may recall, NASA’s investigation into both explosions uncovered [...]