Dr. Earl R. Smith II

By Dr. Earl R. Smith II
DrSmith@Dr-Smith.com
www.Dr-Smith.com

Coaching has become one of the leading leadership-development support strategies in the corporate world. Coaches are regularly deployed to help rising-stars develop more quickly and surely. Other coaches focus on team development and improved project management approaches. Still others – and I am one of these – work with CEOs, Boards of Directors to improve both strategic and tactical planning and implementation. One of the most common issues that I help address is an attempt to get maximum ROI out of the dollars being invested in a coaching program. Read the rest of this entry »

By Dr. Earl R. Smith II
DrSmith@Dr-Smith.com
www.Dr-Smith.com

In our ever-changing world of business, we have to take advantage of all the resources available to us. More and more members of management are turning to executive coaches to aid them in decision-making. Many of my coaching engagements are with CEOs who have decided to tap into my experience and judgment in order to help them more quickly develop their skills and capabilities. These ‘fast-track’ executives have ceased to try to advance simply on their ‘natural ability’ and luck – they are following the path that almost every successful executive has followed – they surround themselves with people who are more experienced than themselves – sometimes smarter and more steady in their judgment – and then learn how to become better in their role within the company. Read the rest of this entry »

By Dr. Earl R. Smith II
DrSmith@Dr-Smith.com
www.Dr-Smith.com

One of the most daunting challenges that a CEO faces is retaining high-value employees. In this highly competitive market, competitors with offers of increases in salaries and benefits are approaching your best people. Occasionally one of my clients will come to me with exactly this kind of dilemma. “How do I retain these people? How do I make them more resistant to these approaches?” Read the rest of this entry »

By Dr. Earl R. Smith II
DrSmith@Dr-Smith.com
www.Dr-Smith.com

Most people have the concepts of impressing your boss and kissing up to your boss confused. No one likes a yes man and that includes management. Impressing your boss is not like that at all; in fact, it could be what lands you that promotion and what separates you from the others in your workplace. Read the rest of this entry »

By Dr. Earl R. Smith II
DrSmith@Dr-Smith.com
www.Dr-Smith.com

Some of my executive coaching focuses on the frustration that clients feel about their unsuccessful efforts to climb the corporate ladder. Many time the burdens they carry and are unnecessary. Coaching helps them overcome these tendencies to self-sabotage. It is tough enough to make it to the corner office – making it tougher makes little sense. Read the rest of this entry »

By Dr. Earl R. Smith II
DrSmith@Dr-Smith.com
www.Dr-Smith.com

The challenge of encouraging employees to do their best at work is a major part of many of my coaching engagements. Here are three ways that CEO’s routinely sabotage themselves and accomplish the opposite: Read the rest of this entry »

By Dr. Earl R. Smith II
DrSmith@Dr-Smith.com
www.Dr-Smith.com

Business Coaches always advise their executive clients to take a hard look at their current business plan to see how they can improve on it for the following year. This also gives them a chance to see if they had reached the goals that they had set. Each New Year brings new opportunities for every corporate business. Having a revised business plan will make those opportunities easier to reach. Read the rest of this entry »

By Dr. Earl R. Smith II
DrSmith@Dr-Smith.com
www.Dr-Smith.com

Over the years, I have done a lot of work with entrepreneurs. As a six-time entrepreneur, I have had lots of direct experience with setting up and building a business. I do not claim to have a corner on wisdom when it comes to getting a business off the ground and shepherding it through those very tough initial years but I have been able to help others navigate the shallows better then I did. There is no substitute for an experienced guide and there is real value in seeking one out before you set foot on the entrepreneurial path. Read the rest of this entry »

Personal growth coaching is a field that’s seen a huge increase in the last five years. Before that, people were forced to rely on counselors and therapists who really were not qualified to coach someone in personal growth as most counselors and therapists are trained in more traditional approaches to growth. And those approaches tend to be centered on the past rather than the now which isn’t always necessary to explore for personal growth. Read the rest of this entry »

By Dr. Earl R. Smith II
DrSmith@Dr-Smith.com
www.Dr-Smith.com

There are times in life when you stop and think. You take stock and try to get your bearings. You may think that have been doing your best and giving 100% to your job or business or personal relationships, but things do not seem to be working. You are not getting the results you expected. When this happens to you, it is a good idea not to go it alone. This is the time to look for a life coach. Read the rest of this entry »