Hello I Speak Life family I have been thinking about you and how I can be of service in 2024. I'm constantly thinking about adding value and expanding services and…
Remote Work Productivity: Tips for Working from Home Effectively
We are all dealing with the "new normal," which means juggling the demands of working from home for an unforeseen period. While this setup has the potential for increased productivity,…
In todays rapidly evolving business landscape, visionary leaders are more important than ever. These are the individuals who have a unique ability to see the bigger picture, anticipate changes before…
Strong Executive Presence Skills – Mastering Character, Substance, and Style
Executive Presence remains one of the most misunderstood terms in business. The definition of Executive Presence, while many stumble to articulate it, is your ability to influence others, create personal…
Black Life Coach at I Speak Life Coaching – David Shawn Smith
As the Principal Black life coach and founder at I Speak Life Coaching, LLC, I speak to my clients from the perspective of a Black man who has experienced and…
Naturally, you want to be paid what you’re worth. An automatic pay rise used to be the norm. But, nowadays due to the economic situation, you have to toughen up…
It’s easy to take a poor performance review personally. It can feel like a real kick in the teeth, in fact. You’ve worked hard and you aced your job this…
It’s easy to take a poor performance review personally. It can feel like a real kick in the teeth, in fact. You’ve worked hard and you aced your job this…
“The most valuable asset of a 21st century institution, whether business or non-business, will be its knowledge workers and their productivity.”-Peter Drucker, Austrian author How common is it for a…
As we all try to survive in these strange times, work must continue. Communicating at work now entails using remote technology to take part in virtual meetings, deliver conference presentations,…
How to deal with your anger? 3 steps to regain your calm
Who in their life has never got angry? Lamented gestures, inappropriate words, violent attitudes… Welcome to the world of humans! Your excess anger bothers you daily, in your relationship or…
https://vimeo.com/464549501 “Getting off the hinges” “Being furious”…. Anger can be cold like ice, explosive like a volcano, or even invisible and inaudible. Anger has a thousand faces, and its capacity…
Developing A Growth Mindset For You And Your Business
Thankfully, much of your potential is in your hands, although people with a fixed mindset might disagree. If you wish to develop a growth mindset in your personal life or…
I am sure that you have gone through seasons of changes in which uncertainty did not allow you to push correctly. Being a Success Coach in Atlanta, I would even…
Executive Coaching Georgia – Your Leadership In Difficult Times
It is difficult to decide whether to share or not, in the midst of an avalanche of uncertainty and over-information. However, there is a little voice that is always there,…
Seminar buzzwords. That’s all many people think of when they hear “growth mindset”. Fortunately, you know better than that by now… But you probably still have some questions. If you…
So far in this chapter, we’ve looked at mindsets as they involve individual but can organizations and businesses have a mindset, too? If the answer to that is yes, how…
What Is A Mindset? Psychology Today says that a mindset is a “belief that orients the way we handle situations.” Our mindset helps us figure out what is going on…
Our main objective here at the National Coach Academy is to enable aspiring coaches to reach their full professional potential. One of the most effective ways to educate students about…
So, executive presence is not innate. While many factors are vague - who can truly define charisma? - there are some concrete factors involved as well… Executive presence really distills…
All of these traits and abilities can be rounded up into 3 distinct categories: Character Style Substance Your character is who you are, your innermost self. It is made up…
Leaders will all command respect in different ways and executive presence is much the same. While executive presence is a skill that can be learned, there are certain traits that…
Many of the factors that set leaders apart are core personality traits. If you are in a position of leadership, it’s likely that you have displayed these traits and they…
How Leaders Utilize Executive Coaching for Better Business Acumen and Organizational Development
While it’s imperative your executive coach can help you develop self-awareness and lead you down the path to continuous self-development, there’s one element that’s equally crucial… Your coach needs to…
How Executive Coaching Can Teach Emotional Intelligence
As a leader, your personal behavior and emotions can directly impact business results. If you’re a leader ready to commit to executive coaching, chances are both your behavior and emotions…
10 Ways Executive Coaching Can Help Hone Effective Communication
Clear and effective communication underpins the running of any successful organization. If you’re in an executive role, communication takes on many forms. Mastering the art will give you a precious…
How Trailblazing Tech Companies Use Executive Coaching To Stay One Step Ahead
Really, coaching is simplicity. It's getting players to play better than they think that they can. — Tom Landry The rapid pace and the quickly changing face of business today…
Work- Life-Balance is, at best, an elusive ideal and at worst a complete myth according to the Harvard Business Review. I do believe it is attainable. The idea of…
Executive Coaching – 2016 is the year for to achieve the results you always wanted to experience.
Do you want to nail this years projections? Is your business scaling this year and you want to focus on the processes with your goals? Are you that business person…
Executive Coaching- Leadership, Behaviors and Change
Organizational leadership is serious business. Leaders impact the climate, culture and environment of their organizations. Organizational leadership behaviors have a direct influence on actions in the work environment that enable…
” I Speak Life Coaching” Atlanta Solution Based Coaching
‘I SPEAK LIFE COACHING’ OFFERS SOLUTION BASED COACHING AND ANGER MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS FOR EXECUTIVES AND PLAIN FOLKS Posted on July 6, 2015 People often think about doing a lot of…
Oprah has created a phenomenal eight-city tour this summer. Women and some men are filling stadiums to see and experience her and her team of self-help guru's. Those who are…
For Sisters Only, V-103 Atlanta and Mo Ivory/Mo Knows
For Sisters Only, Atlanta GA, Radio Station V-103 Me with Mo Ivory from V-103. I was really happy to bring I Speak Life Coaching to the masses. During the event,…
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpfjXmN4-Rk Well it's the last week of summer which means its getting time to put the boat away, send the kids to school, get the grill ready for tailgating, and…
Tech Firms Dell, and Google uses coaches for young CEOs.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIiwAcnSN1g These stats are from a Stanford University/The Miles Group survey released this month, which asked 200 CEOs, board directors, and other senior executives questions about how they receive and…
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuZIs4n4QWs&list=PLaETCkw7w_Q8bYFQWk6UqxCeFQjtIVBOn We have all been in a position where we had to apologize. The dreaded act of confronting ourselves with our own bad behavior is never easy but it is…
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-jwWYX7Jlo Today, take a few moments to think about your life. In this fast paced world, where everything is available to us in an instant, it is getting harder and…
Hello Friends!!! It is time to celebrate Father's Day. The hallmaark cards are being chosen and gifts are being picked out to be sent on this special and food menu's…
Organizations are utilizing various methods to help develop their leaders over long period of times by implementing one-on one mentoring, peer coaching, team and executive coaching. Using coaching for development…
A Bright Future For Executive Coaching – Who Uses Them
In today's society coaches are being used in the area of communications, relationships, finances and health. Increasingly, individuals and corporations are utilizing coaches to help address growth and long-term success…
The CEO/Executive is built to make companies run and be profitable. They are responsible for carving out and creating a viable future for the entity or enterprise. Responsibilities include people,…
Happy Memorial Day!!! This holiday is about reflecting, remembering, taking a pause, and contemplating. As young children we looked forward to the games, food and playing outdoors with family and…
Each Saturday many people around the globe tune into "Iyanla, Fix My Life on OWN the Oprah Winfrey Network. We have a front row seat as she indulges our curiosity…
Tony Robbins is using powerful tools to help us in our relationships. Relationships are complicated because sometimes we enter them with out a clarity about intimacy, emotional needs and spiritual…
No More Spanks or Squeezing In That Gut!! This is Your Year
Goal Setting and Success Happy New Year, we are excited about what the future holds for you. you ready to move forward with the dreams and hopes you have set…
We are on a journey toward greatness. In this New Year, we hear all about resolutions and revolutions and commercials around weight loss . All of us love those messages…
Good Relationship Advice: Life Coaching: Ask For What you Want
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEzemvfVzG0&feature=plcp Relationships are here to help us grow and expand in our lives. If you want to know more about who you are and what you are made of then…
Atlanta Life Coach Share Ideas For Fall Goal Setting
Planting Good Seeds And Setting Goals In The Fall For Your Harvest httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-HZYrK9PjA&feature=plcp Hi everyone. In this video, I would like to send a personal Fall greeting to all of…
Atlanta Anger Management – 5 Ways To Deal With Anger
Anger can be managed and it can lead to a more positive outcome for all involved. As the stories of athletes , anger and abuse continues, I hope these few…
Executive Life Coaching Atlanta Style Just what can you do right here as well as now? In my work as an executive life coach based in Atlanta, GA, I coach…
The recent upheaval with Peyton Manning being traded by the Indianapolis Colts left many shocked. Although some people saw it coming, there were others including Payton who may have not.…
Part 2 – Online Coaching Around Manhood and Defining It For Ourselves
Defining Manhood For Ourselves - Life Coaching Exercise Hi everyone. Here's the 2nd part of our series on manhood and defining masculinity. If you haven't reviewed part 1 of this…