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...
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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...
Holding space…
Paul M. Michaud MD, CPE When people are going through something difficult there is often a feeling that you have to find the perfect words to say or perhaps that you have to say something just because the silence is uncomfortable. It becomes about you. You are uncomfortable and you want to make that uncomfortable...
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...
A Place for Self
Relaxation is something that looks easy when someone’s good at it, but it takes practice to get there.
What if…Being You is the Right Thing
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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…