Executive & Personal Coach
The Open Road Coaching System, is about removing roadblocks and barriers to success, creating an open road from which to move every area of your life forward. This includes your career/business, relationships, and other areas of your life.
I work with executives & professionals who want to operate at peak performance and achieve an entirely new level of success.
Coaching provides real & measurable results
Executive coaching delivers an ROI of nearly six times the initial cost of coaching, according to a study to determine its impact. Seventy percent of the executives surveyed valued the ROI on coaching at $100,000 or more, and almost 30 percent valued the ROI on coaching between $500,000 and $1 million. – survey of 100 senior executives conducted by Right Management Consultants, July, 2004, as quoted by Tony Ro
The following are very valuable tools to add to your own toolbox. They are simple, but not easy. When practiced, tremendous value can be achieved in a short amount of time. I invite you to begin to receive immediate value.
Clearing the Space
We continuously give the products we own maintenance, such as our cars, electrical devices, even our shoes. However, nothing needs maintenance more than our relationships, both personal and professional. At least once a week my wife and I will have a conversation that “clears the space.” Clearing the space is literally a conversation, and it doesn’t take long, but it does take a lot of generosity.
Structure for two people (can be done with more):
Example between my wife and I:
To begin we decide who goes first, let’s say it is me, I am the “asker.”
Before I begin asking questions, I take a moment to appreciate and acknowledge her. It is important to be as generous as possible when appreciating your partner. Then I begin by asking my wife if I’ve disappointed her in anyway throughout the week, and is there anything "incomplete" for her? As I listen to her response I do not argue, defend, or debate, but keep my lips sealed and listen (this is simple, but not easy). After my wife gets it all out, I take responsibility and then apologize where appropriate.
Following that I ask if she wants to be appreciated for anything. I, once again, acknowledge and appreciate her. Finally, I tell my wife how much I love her and how I appreciate having her in my life. After that it is her turn to be the asker. My wife and I have a rule: “never go to sleep incomplete,” we honor that commitment.
Clearing the Space should not be limited to intimate relationships, but used in business as well. Though the structure might be slightly different, the idea is the same.
For example, I coached a first year trader on the Stock Exchange to “clear the space” with a senior trader who had developed animosity towards him. (You can imagine the lack of communication in such a fast-paced environment.) The young trader went from possibly being fired to having that senior trader write his recommendation to The Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he completed his MBA.
