For Leaders

One of the biggest shifts on the path to coaching mastery is learning that less is more. When we’re fully...

  Theodore Roosevelt is often remembered not just as a president, but as someone who deeply valued action, effort, and...

Listening Between the Words ICF Core Competency #6: Listens Actively For a long time, I thought good listening meant catching...

    Presence Is the Quiet Skill That Changes Everything in your Coaching!   . We wrote this series of...

In 1906, the Chicago Cubs had the best regular season in baseball history.They won 116 games. Lost only 36. Then...

Letting go is hard—especially if you’re a natural nurturer. But carrying everyone else’s stress isn’t just exhausting; it’s unsustainable. Over...

Yesterday was one of those rare, meaningful moments that Ruthie and I will carry with us for a long time....

3 Ways to Bring Confidence Into Your Next Job Interview This morning I wrapped up a coaching call with a...

Safe to Be: Why Trust and Safety Change Everything in Coaching We created this series of eight songs because the...

Why I’ve Started Taking Way Fewer Notes (and Why It’s Changed Everything) Like most coaches, I used to take a...

By Jamie Slingerland, MCC & Ruthie Slingerland, MCC Lately, Ruthie and I have been looking for ways to move the...

      Ethics is a Relationship: Embodying ICF Core Competency #1 By Jamie Slingerland, MCC & Ruthie Slingerland, MCC...

We see this all the time in mentor coaching:smart coaches, good questions, real care—and still something feels off. More often...

Over the last 10 years of coaching leaders, I’ve noticed a recurring pattern when it comes to giving effective feedback....

Coaching really comes down to one thing: being fully present with your client. A lot of coaches try to get...