by Artie Isaac | Dec 26, 2014 | Coaching Topics, Living an engaged life, New Competence
I find that the year-end holidays give me time to daydream about my intentions. And I know that my peer groups will assemble in January for a tradition: each person writes his or her goals on a giant roll of kraft paper on the wall. That roll gets...
by Artie Isaac | Dec 15, 2014 | Uncategorized
What do you think when others check their phones? Last week, I was chairing a group meeting. The group is highly functional: processing deep issues, holding each other accountable, caring for the membership, and nurturing the chair (thanks!). Then The Moment...
by Artie Isaac | Nov 30, 2014 | Coaching Topics, On Creativity
I was in a peer group meeting recently where someone described a bad trend. His revenues were down. Way down. He was against the wall — and had to produce or perish. (I have his permission to post this.) He sought the input of the trusted advisors around the...
by Artie Isaac | Nov 23, 2014 | Coaching Topics
[A note to readers: I haven't been writing much here at Net Cotton Content. I'm sorry. Not sorry to you. Sorry to me. I want to write more. Recently, I told one of my mentors, Matt Slaybaugh, that I had been enjoying the stories of Sholem Aleichem. Matt said,...
by Artie Isaac | Aug 28, 2014 | Coaching Topics, New Competence
This phrase keeps wiggling through my head: "self care." It's a phrase that I had never heard before my Gestalt training during the past year. In my coaching training class, the faculty raised our awareness of the importance of taking care of ourselves,...
