Unlocking Potential Quotes

“Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes time. Vision with action can change the world. —Joel A. Barker”
― Michael Simpson, Unlocking Potential: 7 Coaching Skills That Transform Individuals, Teams, and Organizations

“Perhaps the best definition of coaching is “unleashing or unlocking the potential of another human being.”
― Michael Simpson, Unlocking Potential: 7 Coaching Skills That Transform Individuals, Teams, and Organizations

“How”
― Michael K. Simpson, Unlocking Potential: 7 Coaching Skills That Transform Individuals, Teams, and Organizations

“1. Clarify Together At the first step, Clarify Together, you are ready to begin coaching. Start by making sure you have permission to coach the potential candidate, and verify that you have selected a time that works for you both. Clarifying Together is about setting the stage for the coaching conversation and making sure there is alignment about why you are engaging in this process. Here are some questions that may be helpful during this step: What are the most important visions, strategies, goals, or outcomes that you are seeking to accomplish? What are the benefits of going after these anticipated goals and key outcomes? What are the costs or negative consequences of not doing these things? What is the single most important thing to do now to advance toward your goal? What performance gaps, poor behaviors, or challenging issues need to be addressed? On a scale of 1 to 10 (with 10 being the highest), how likely are you to make your goal happen in the time frame you have committed to? How might you alter the plan to move it closer to a 10?”
― Michael K. Simpson, Unlocking Potential: 7 Coaching Skills That Transform Individuals, Teams, and Organizations

“As a coach, your task is to help individuals change paradigms that are holding them back from achieving their potential.”
― Michael Simpson, Unlocking Potential: 7 Coaching Skills That Transform Individuals, Teams, and Organizations

“easy to motivate people in the short term. A persuasive pep talk, an immediate reward, an urgent threat—all these external motivations can move people to action. But they don’t”
― Michael K. Simpson, Unlocking Potential: 7 Coaching Skills That Transform Individuals, Teams, and Organizations

“It’s not the hard work that tires people out—it’s the fog!”
― Michael Simpson, Unlocking Potential: 7 Coaching Skills That Transform Individuals, Teams, and Organizations

“The International Coaching Federation (ICF) has published a set of ethical standards3 for coaches. Among other things, all professional coaches pledge to:”
― Michael Simpson, Unlocking Potential: 7 Coaching Skills That Transform Individuals, Teams, and Organizations

“Every time you open your mouth, you influence the culture of the workplace. You have the opportunity to change and improve employee morale, engagement, and productivity. You can affirm worth and potential by providing encouragement and showing support for your people. You can ignite a fire within people.”
― Michael Simpson, Unlocking Potential: 7 Coaching Skills That Transform Individuals, Teams, and Organizations

“The mindset of a mediocre leader is “My job is to micromanage and control my people to get results.” The mindset of a great leader is “My job is to release the talent, passion, and ingenuity of all our people.”
― Michael Simpson, Unlocking Potential: 7 Coaching Skills That Transform Individuals, Teams, and Organizations

“it is not hard work that causes a person or a team to become tired; it’s the fog or the lack of clarity.”
― Michael Simpson, Unlocking Potential: 7 Coaching Skills That Transform Individuals, Teams, and Organizations

“In the absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it.”
― Michael Simpson, Unlocking Potential: 7 Coaching Skills That Transform Individuals, Teams, and Organizations

“one of our key leadership responsibilities is to help people gain vision and strategic clarity in their jobs, careers, and in their business. Never forget your role as a leader is to help people through uncertainty, darkness, and the fog, so they get to their ultimate destination and achieve success.”
― Michael Simpson, Unlocking Potential: 7 Coaching Skills That Transform Individuals, Teams, and Organizations

“Empathy is not listening to someone in order to advise, counsel, reply, refute, fix, judge, solve, change, agree, disagree, or to figure the person out. Empathy is the ability to accurately reflect what the person is feeling, experiencing, and saying.”
― Michael Simpson, Unlocking Potential: 7 Coaching Skills That Transform Individuals, Teams, and Organizations

“Coaches ask insightful questions that help people gain greater awareness of their situation and help them reframe and creatively explore new and better ways to move forward.”
― Michael Simpson, Unlocking Potential: 7 Coaching Skills That Transform Individuals, Teams, and Organizations

“Build trust. Challenge paradigms. Seek strategic clarity. Execute flawlessly. Give effective feedback. Tap into talent. Move the middle.”
― Michael Simpson, Unlocking Potential: 7 Coaching Skills That Transform Individuals, Teams, and Organizations

“As a coach, your task is to help people break through from one level of performance to another.”
― Michael Simpson, Unlocking Potential: 7 Coaching Skills That Transform Individuals, Teams, and Organizations

“Michael Simpson’s Unlocking Potential is a skillfully written treatise about how you can be a great coach In the book, Michael coaches you on how to be a”
― Michael Simpson, Unlocking Potential: 7 Coaching Skills That Transform Individuals, Teams, and Organizations

“Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes time. Vision with action can change the world. —Joel A. Barker Short-Term”
― Michael Simpson, Unlocking Potential: 7 Coaching Skills That Transform Individuals, Teams, and Organizations

“Ask the individual you are coaching: How much time and effort will you need to commit to pursue this opportunity? What one thing could you do each day that would get you closer to the goal? What habits do you need to form? What habits do you need to change or eliminate? So”
― Michael Simpson, Unlocking Potential: 7 Coaching Skills That Transform Individuals, Teams, and Organizations

“As a coach, your task is to help individuals change paradigms that are holding them back from achieving their potential. The”
― Michael Simpson, Unlocking Potential: 7 Coaching Skills That Transform Individuals, Teams, and Organizations

“Every time you open your mouth, you influence the culture of the workplace. You have the opportunity to change and improve employee morale, engagement, and productivity. You can affirm worth and potential by providing encouragement and showing support for your people. You can ignite a fire within people. To”
― Michael Simpson, Unlocking Potential: 7 Coaching Skills That Transform Individuals, Teams, and Organizations

“What legacy do you want to leave?”
― Michael Simpson, Unlocking Potential: 7 Coaching Skills That Transform Individuals, Teams, and Organizations

“When top talent and future leaders leave an organization, money and precious capabilities walk out with them.”
― Michael Simpson, Unlocking Potential: 7 Coaching Skills That Transform Individuals, Teams, and Organizations

“What have you learned from this situation? What would be the benefit of moving forward? What would be the costs of seeking justice? Do other previous sales leaders really want to go through depositions and relive past injustices? How can you best move forward from this negative situation? What are the benefits? What would you like your future career path to look like? Where are your greatest skills, gifts, and passion going forward?”
― Michael Simpson, Unlocking Potential: 7 Coaching Skills That Transform Individuals, Teams, and Organizations