How I turned a serious confinement into a madcap escape. And fled my job gracefully.

We often measure our progress by the old tried-and-true metrics. But how do we evaluate success when we’re attempting something even greater?

The real work begins when the session ends. It can be challenging at times, always rewarding, and often fun, too.

Sometimes knowing stuff gets in the way of listening. By setting that aside, we can hear what’s not being said and get to the true work.

We often think we need to know more than we do to get started. The truth is, we can trust the process and figure it out as we go.

Frustrated by the representation of coaching in the BBC series, “A Very British Cult”, I wrote a quick walk-through of what actually happens in a coaching session.