Christopher J. Colombo MD, CEC, CMC, CPP Positive Psychology…seriously, you? I just finished my training program and certification exams as a Positive Psychology Coach. Folks that know me may find it ironic that I pursued training in positive pscyhology. I’m generally regarded as the cynic or curmudgeon in most of my professional and social groups....
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The Man in the Arena Presses On : Calvin Coolidge, Teddy Roosevelt and My Son
Christopher J. Colombo MD, CEC, CMC, CPP To inspire fellow classmates, create content, ask for/respect feedback, maintain autonomy and teach his old man something… It is why my son is my best client. My son graduated this year with his High School diploma and an Associate’s Degree after being dual enrolled the latter half of...
Recognition and Performance: Another 2×2 table
Christopher J. Colombo MD, CEC, CMC, CPP I had an interesting chat with my son that ended up turning into a decent coaching session. Conventional wisdom is that you aren’t supposed to coach your family, but it turns out that’s really difficult. Before I was a certified executive coach, I coached hockey, cross country and...
Training and Practice are Different: A Rant.
Christopher J. Colombo MD, CEC, CMC, CPP First part of the Rant: Stop using Training and Practice interchangeably. Just stop. Don’t do it. Strap in… this is one of those essays when delivered verbally results in my teenage daughter chortling and muttering “old man shouts at clouds”. In the corporate world, in the military, in...
An Open Letter to my Proteges and Fellow Mentors
Christopher J. Colombo MD, CEC, CMC, CPP How folks respond in a crisis, and how they maintain (or fail to maintain) that drive once the crisis is over truly reveals the best (and worst) of that most important of Venn diagrams: Your inherent character, how you were raised, and how well any work you’ve done...
Followership
Christopher J. Colombo MD, CEC, CMC, CPP “Thanks Coach” That’s a quote from my son, after every practice he’s ever attended. Hockey, Baseball, Cross country, Track & Field, Chess. Yes, you read that right, Chess. He plays several sports competently and competes like his life depends on it, but Chess is for sure “his thing”. Despite...
A Place for Self
Relaxation is something that looks easy when someone’s good at it, but it takes practice to get there.
How often do you tell your teammates that you appreciate them?
Paul M. Michaud MD, CPE “I appreciate you.” I made a habit of communicating my appreciation for my teammates when they do something that I appreciate. I try to do this regardless of how small the behavior may be. Here is my standard… if I think to myself “I appreciated that” I make an effort...
On Defining Mentoring
I haven’t defined Mentoring any more than the Supreme Court has defined obscenity: I know it when I see it. This distaste for an intellectually superficial treatment of a term that describes something so vital, necessary and important is my motivation for the following exploration.
Welcome to Functional Mentoring
We think that Mentoring is a foundational piece of the human experience. It is an art in every sense of the word:People express meaning through mentoring individually and personally
People experience meaning through mentoring individually and personally
Mentoring is dependent on skills…