http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Andrew+Neitlich Business Andrew Neitlich Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=220930&ca=Business There are smart businesses and stupid businesses. Smart businesses grow profitably, generate cash flow, increase in value over time, and operate without significant input from the founders. Stupid businesses aren’t set up to do any of these things, and are destined to eventually fail. Following are... Business Andrew Neitlich Sat, 08 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=182198&ca=Business We at The Center for Executive Coaching like to define Executive Coaching broadly as follows: Executive Coaching is an efficient, high-impact process that helps high-performing people in leadership roles improve results in ways that are sustained over time. It is efficient because, unlike traditiona... Sports Andrew Neitlich Sat, 08 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=182196&ca=Sports There is, and always has been, a problem in the world of professional fighting: Unlike almost any other sport, a single entity controls the players. In boxing, a single notorious promoter almost ruined the sport (and arguably did) with the way he managed and controlled fighters and matches. Now, in... Business Andrew Neitlich Sat, 08 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=182197&ca=Business My team of three analysts had just spent three months and countless hours benchmarking a healthcare organization’s productivity to determine the opportunity to improve. We had developed reams of PowerPoint documents with charts comparing the system to dozens of other, similar healthcare systems nati... Business Andrew Neitlich Sat, 08 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=182199&ca=Business Without doubt, for me at least, the most rewarding moment in an executive coach’s day is when a client has a powerful realization and suddenly gains insights about how to be better. This can happen in one of two ways: 1. You ask some great open-ended questions (via what we call “inquiry”) so that th...