Saturday, February 10, 2007

Leadership and Humility

According to business guru, Jim Collins, author of Good to Great and Built to Last, humility is the most important quality of successful leaders, ascribing much of their success to luck, discipline, and preparation rather than genius.

Sunday, February 04, 2007

Coaching is Big Business

Price & Waterhouse just released data on life and business coaching which has grown to a 1.5 billion dollar industry with over 15000 coaches in 27 countries. The average coach is female, has 11 clients at a time, makes about 50k annually. The International Coach Federation (ICF) is the governing and accrediting body for coaches worldwide. Coaching appears to be a part-time business for many who have counseling and consulting primary income. More info later.