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Coach Mentoring + Marketing Prowess = $0 to $15K in Ten Months

May 12, 2012, by Robert Hargrove No comments yet
Mentor Relationship

It may sound like a Ripley’s Believe It Or Not headline: Private school principle in Washington leaves his school and joins the front-lines of capitalism as a business coach; starts with almost zero in the bank, and within ten months is making $15,000 a month.

A little under a year ago, Jonathan Wiggins decided to reinvent himself from an education administrator to a “business guru.” He locked himself away in his house doing a cook’s pantry inventory on all the skills needed, and thought long and hard about how to build a brand in this new arena. He looked at every website he could find on coaching, as well as every book he could lay his hands on. According to Jonathan, “That’s when I stumbled upon Robert Hargrove’s book, Masterful Coaching, which stood out from the crowd.”

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Let’s Create a Coach – Mentoring Relationship

May 10, 2012, by Robert Hargrove No comments yet
master-student

I received a letter inquiring about coaching certification training programs. I thought my answer might be interesting for other people, so have copied it here.

Thanks Chris for your question about coaching certification programs. Let me use a metaphor to answer you. Imagine you went to a master level golf, tennis, or ski workshop for a week. How much information could you absorb in that amount of time that would result in you actually being able to play better? That’s what most coaching certification programs are like. You might consider my Masterful Coaching Coach-Mentoring program which is similar to an apprenticeship with a master level person.

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Advice to a New Coach

April 22, 2012, by Robert Hargrove No comments yet
fatherly-advice

Yesterday, I received a letter from a young man who has a passion for helping people realize their own passions and potentials in life. He came across one of my books, and decided to write to me asking for advice on becoming a professional coach. Let me share with you my answer… Hello Ethan, that’s a real nice story about going to the library and reading my book Making Life Work and all. My other book Masterful Coaching 3rd edition would be a big help to you in getting an orientation toward coaching. I would advise, if you are a young man, to get some real business experience helping others to build a company.

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Divorce is a Drastic Step…Try Counseling First

March 29, 2012, by Robert Hargrove No comments yet
divorce

One of the things I have observed about my top executive clients over the past decade is that over 80% of them have had one or even two divorces. This has resulted, not just in tremendous personal torment for all involved, but also in hard earned fortunes being cut in half. Busy executives also wind up making custody arrangements that permanently alter their relationship with the kids. If you are thinking about the possibility of divorce, step back from your emotions and think again.

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Coaching is Always About the Happiness of the Individual

March 25, 2012, by Robert Hargrove No comments yet
taxi-driver

I do this work out of a bone deep commitment to help people discover the secrets of true happiness, whether I am talking to the CEO of a Fortune 500 company, chatting with entrepreneurs in a garage, or catching a ride with a taxi driver from Heathrow Airport to London. Coaching is simply about engaging people, regardless of their station in life, in a conversation where they open up to you and start talking about dreams and aspirations that, if achieved, would make them immeasurably happy.

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Coaching is Intervening: A Coaching Tale About An Entrepreneur Who Cried “Who Moved My Cheese”

February 10, 2012, by Robert Hargrove No comments yet
cheese

I was coaching a pretty famous entrepreneur yesterday whose name shall be anonymous and who I will call ‘Jack.’ The entrepreneur has made $5 to $15 million yearly for the past fifteen years, but believe it or not, was in a cash flow crunch. This fellow’s business has done brilliantly in the past, but the whole business environment and market has changed so radically that he can no longer afford to be who he has always been, or get the old business model to produce the kind of income it previously did.

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Bob Kraft’s New England Patriots Go to the Super Bowl Again Because of Collective Character

January 24, 2012, by Robert Hargrove No comments yet
Patriots Win

I spent the Sunday evening in Boston watching the New England Patriots defeat the Baltimore Ravens in a close contest which is sending Tom Brady and Bill Belichick to the Super Bowl for the fifth time in ten years, an incredible feat. I admit, I don’t see half the things that happen on the field that a true football intellectual would see, but I do have an eye for what makes a successful organization.

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The First Question I Ask Every Business Leader I Talk To

January 3, 2012, by Robert Hargrove 2 comments
Go Beyond Mediocrity

Why take a path to mediocrity when you can take a path to greatness? I have been reflecting lately on how much of the coaching work I do with business leaders is about helping people climb the ladder to becoming CEO and achieving stellar levels of compensation. This is all well and good, but there is a discrepancy between this and the heart of Masterful Coaching, which is about helping leaders do something to make a difference in their worlds.

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A Voyeur Catches Unguarded Moments on Boston’s Huntington Ave

December 11, 2011, by Robert Hargrove No comments yet
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Growing up in Boston, I often visited Huntington Avenue around Symphony Hall where the father of my friend Kenny had a guitar and drum shop. He would sometimes take us to Jordan Hall at the New England Conservatory of Music, revered by musicians worldwide for its superior acoustics, to hear a jazz ensemble. Yesterday, I visited a blockbuster exhibit at the MFA (Boston art museum) called “Degas and the Nude”. The gloves, or in this case, the tutus of Degas’ ballerinas are off at the new exhibit. Degas and the Nude reveals a more candid, dramatic theme: the beauty of unguarded moments.

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“We Need an Election.” No! We Need Passion and Hustle

December 1, 2011, by Robert Hargrove No comments yet
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I recently returned from a trip to South Korea. Business friends have asked me “How was it? The trip itself went fine…a keynote speech, CEO luncheon, Masterful Coaching Workshop. I noticed about Korea however is that everyone seemed to have so much passion and hustle compared to the people I meet in the USA.

Even though the Korean economy is down right now, everyone seemed to be hustling

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