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During my consultants retreat in October where we discussed Agile Chartering, I had a chance to collaborate deeply with a dear colleague and friend Deborah Hartmann Preuss, coaching for effectiveness + joy. Deb and I first met way back in 2008 at the very first Agile Coach Camp in Ann Arbor, MI and we have always stayed connected on-and-off via the Internet. In 2012 we reconnected because I was experiencing some trouble focusing in my professional life, I was not entirely satisfied with the results and I recently learned that she was focusing her career in professional coaching. So, I signed up for eight coaching sessions with over five months and our conversations really helped me get the focus I needed. I highly recommend coaching with Deb if you ever feel stuck or in a rut either personally or professionally.
Deb is such an amazing person and has been doing some very interesting things since we first met in 2008. When talking with her in France, I thought she would be the perfect person to include in our interview series. Here is our conversation.
People often come at times of career change, then experience transformation that extends much further. I recently had a client whose initial agenda was “professional branding,” who happily discovered after two months that our work also improved health and family relationships! Coaching is whole-person work, and I don’t buy this “work-life balance” nonsense. Whatever agenda the client comes with is a whole-person agenda and I hold this big agenda while we head in the client’s chosen direction.