I was in a meet­ing this morn­ing with a few of the part­ners at a great com­pany here in Port­land. The pur­pose of the meet­ing was to assess how coach­ing might help them to improve their cul­ture and their results. They already have a good thing going, and have been the gold stan­dard in their indus­try for the niche they serve.

Like many CEO’s and busi­ness lead­ers today, they are feel­ing a bit battle-weary. The last three years of eco­nomic chal­lenge forced them to make many of the dif­fi­cult busi­ness deci­sions that many of us faced, includ­ing down­siz­ing, cost cut­ting, and fight­ing for sur­vival over the short term. Today, they find that they have weath­ered the worst of the storm, and are now buried with too much busi­ness and too much oppor­tu­nity for their maxed out team.

I know many of you can relate to this story.

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