Ellen Donnelly
@ellendonnelly
Ellen Donnelly
Coaching is, by definition, the process of partnering with clients in a powerful, thought-provoking way that brings creativity, insight, and personal development to the client through the discovery, design and follow through on thoughts, beliefs and actions uncovered by the client. While the coach is there to inspire the client through this process
... See moreKassandra Vaughn • The Ultimate Guide to Coaching Questions: 200 Questions You Can Ask Clients About Life, Career or Business
Consumer demand for smaller scale and human-crafted versions of everything will grow in an AI world. While the future of work might lend itself to small business creation, let’s ****not forget the demand side of the equation. We are going to crave artisanal and story-driven sources and experiences. Why? As every big company floods the zone of our a... See more
People would pay thousands of dollars to be a fly on the wall in some of Amy Buechler’s conversations. As a licensed psychotherapist and the first (and only) in-house founder coach at famed startup accelerator Y Combinator (YC), Buechler has mentored countless of its batches, the cohorts of startup founders who made it past YC’s razor-thin
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Gena Gorlin • Startup Lessons From Y Combinator’s Most Sought-after Executive Coach
Coaching - What it is, isn't, the business model of it
founder coaching
In the end, coaching is not about fixing anything. It is about witnessing and aiding people’s efforts to mature so they are more capable and willing to do the work that is in front of them personally, relationally, and/or professionally.
David B Drake • Narrative Coaching: The Definitive Guide to Bringing New Stories to Life
Lots of consumer platforms — everything from Instagram to Youtube to Twitch — didn’t start out as ways for people to make money. They were initially about fun, status, connection and/or fame. They initially started as social networks, but as each grew their users realized they could build income off of them, which changed the trajectory of the comp... See more
D'Arcy Coolican • The ____ Economy
5 Reasons Why Micro-Businesses Will Define the Future of Work
Silicon Valley is obsessed with billion-dollar businesses. We are constantly hyping our unicorns-there are now more than 200 of them. As a result, it is easy to forget that 99.9% of US businesses are, in fact, very small. The US alone has more than 20 million XSMBs (extra small businesse... See more
Silicon Valley is obsessed with billion-dollar businesses. We are constantly hyping our unicorns-there are now more than 200 of them. As a result, it is easy to forget that 99.9% of US businesses are, in fact, very small. The US alone has more than 20 million XSMBs (extra small businesse... See more
Allison Baum Gates • The Rise of the XSMB and the end of corporate jobs that we hate
This is why, once you reach some stability with consistently generating clients and revenue, many indie consultants begin to think about “scaling themselves” - either in the form of hiring staff or in building “passive income” products.
This reflex isn’t bad per se but it’s important to recognize that they are avoiding the real problem. They are avo... See more
This reflex isn’t bad per se but it’s important to recognize that they are avoiding the real problem. They are avo... See more
Narrative Aircover & Compound Narrative
Sorry (Not Sorry), Self-Promotion Doesn't Work
whatworks.fyiTara McMcMullin - Self-promotion doesn’t work