I just had break­fast with one of my clients, the CEO of a global tech­nol­ogy firm. For the past few years we have been work­ing on two pri­mary objec­tives: the fur­ther devel­op­ment of his lead­er­ship team, and his prepa­ra­tion for the next chap­ter of his pro­fes­sional life, as he will soon be retiring.

I am never sure who ben­e­fits more in my coach­ing rela­tion­ships: the client, or me. I have been so for­tu­nate to have coached some of the most amaz­ing peo­ple. I am con­tin­u­ally grow­ing and learn­ing from them as I coach them. I love what I get to do!

Some­thing that my client said this morn­ing really struck me. He told me that all he has ever wanted as a leader was to be known as a guy who did what he said he would do. As a mat­ter of fact, he said this became really clear for him as he wrote his epi­taph when cre­at­ing his first Life Plan with me a few years back.

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