<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!-- generator="wordpress/2.2.3" -->
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>J. Fickley Consulting</title>
	<link>http://jimfickley.com/wordpress</link>
	<description>a professional development and coaching firm</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:05:05 +0000</pubDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3</generator>
	<language>en</language>
			<item>
		<title>Soundtrack for Life</title>
		<link>http://jimfickley.com/wordpress/?p=92</link>
		<comments>http://jimfickley.com/wordpress/?p=92#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 03:37:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jim</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jimfickley.com/wordpress/?p=92</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you would look through my playlists you would find that my favorite music is movie soundtracks.  They play while our family enjoys life together.   I relax to them. I think and journal to them. Often, I even run to them.  Just like in the movies a great score helps capture [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://jimfickley.com/wordpress/?feed=rss2&amp;p=92</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>A Picture Paints A Whole Lot of Words</title>
		<link>http://jimfickley.com/wordpress/?p=90</link>
		<comments>http://jimfickley.com/wordpress/?p=90#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jim</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Life Coaching]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jimfickley.com/wordpress/?p=90</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently I found an old jacket in the closet from when I was coaching football.  I guess the coaching thing has never left my system. I&#8217;m enjoying it as much as I ever have.


Enough said.
]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://jimfickley.com/wordpress/?feed=rss2&amp;p=90</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Smartest One In the Room (pt 2)</title>
		<link>http://jimfickley.com/wordpress/?p=88</link>
		<comments>http://jimfickley.com/wordpress/?p=88#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2007 21:39:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jim</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership Coaching]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Team Development]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jimfickley.com/wordpress/?p=88</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the last post I talked about the leader who establishes himself as the smartest one in the room by asking &#8220;what needs to be done?&#8221; Asking works! This isn&#8217;t just a theory. We are wired to respond to it and research shows, it is a fact.
Marshall Goldsmith, a leading executive coach, reviewed leadership development [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://jimfickley.com/wordpress/?feed=rss2&amp;p=88</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Smartest One In the Room</title>
		<link>http://jimfickley.com/wordpress/?p=87</link>
		<comments>http://jimfickley.com/wordpress/?p=87#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:17:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jim</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership Coaching]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Team Development]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jimfickley.com/wordpress/?p=87</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the last 20 years I&#8217;ve been around leaders of all shapes and sizes - with a wide range of skills and abilities.  Some of them were charismatic.  Some of them were  great decision makers.  Some had the ability to convey their thoughts concisely and convincingly. Some of them, strategically or [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://jimfickley.com/wordpress/?feed=rss2&amp;p=87</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Soft Skills of Leadership - Listening</title>
		<link>http://jimfickley.com/wordpress/?p=86</link>
		<comments>http://jimfickley.com/wordpress/?p=86#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 14:08:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jim</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Life Coaching]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Leadership Coaching]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Team Development]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jimfickley.com/wordpress/?p=86</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Has this ever happened to you?  You&#8217;ve gone down the hall and into your boss&#8217;s office hoping to talk about something that you&#8217;re concerned about.  The minute you begin to speak he grabs his Blackberry and starts to compose a message.  As you continue and as he finishes he glances at his [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://jimfickley.com/wordpress/?feed=rss2&amp;p=86</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>What is a Coach?</title>
		<link>http://jimfickley.com/wordpress/?p=85</link>
		<comments>http://jimfickley.com/wordpress/?p=85#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2007 15:07:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jim</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Life Coaching]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jimfickley.com/wordpress/?p=85</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This morning I was researching some things for a client and found this quote again about what a coach does on the International Coaching Federation web site.  I&#8217;ve spent a lot of time talking about coaching in recent months but this is a great definition.  
&#8220;Coaching is partnering with clients in a thought-provoking [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://jimfickley.com/wordpress/?feed=rss2&amp;p=85</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Questions - the Art of Self Evaluation</title>
		<link>http://jimfickley.com/wordpress/?p=83</link>
		<comments>http://jimfickley.com/wordpress/?p=83#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:05:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jim</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jimfickley.com/wordpress/?p=83</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It seems as though I have always been bent toward self evaluation.   I&#8217;m constantly asking myself the questions like “how am I doing?”…”where am I going?”.   If I can hold back the tendency to strive and overly analyze, these times of looking in mirror have usually moved me in good directions.
A [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://jimfickley.com/wordpress/?feed=rss2&amp;p=83</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Wish I Would Have Said That . . .</title>
		<link>http://jimfickley.com/wordpress/?p=77</link>
		<comments>http://jimfickley.com/wordpress/?p=77#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 04:28:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jim</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Life Coaching]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jimfickley.com/wordpress/?p=77</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I love quotes . . . especially when I know that the person probably lived a life that was congruent with their words.  While I love quotes I typically never pass them along.  I think its because, in the back of my mind, I remember the thousand of emails that I got in [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://jimfickley.com/wordpress/?feed=rss2&amp;p=77</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Adding Value to Others</title>
		<link>http://jimfickley.com/wordpress/?p=75</link>
		<comments>http://jimfickley.com/wordpress/?p=75#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 16:49:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jim</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Leadership Coaching]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jimfickley.com/wordpress/?p=75</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Last week I attended Catalyst Leadership Conference.  I have never seen John Maxwell in person.  I&#8217;ve heard recordings of him and read one or two of his books. Honestly, he&#8217;s never been on my radar.  However, listening to him in person, seeing his heart for young leaders and people in general was [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://jimfickley.com/wordpress/?feed=rss2&amp;p=75</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Coaching Couples from Good to Great!</title>
		<link>http://jimfickley.com/wordpress/?p=74</link>
		<comments>http://jimfickley.com/wordpress/?p=74#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:47:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jim</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Life Coaching]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jimfickley.com/wordpress/?p=74</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many couples think that they have to be in a mess before they get outside help.   However, many couples are benefiting from an &#8220;objective, encouraging third party - a life coach&#8221;.  This month Christianity Today is running an article/interview that they did with my current coach, Chris McCluskey.  In the interview [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://jimfickley.com/wordpress/?feed=rss2&amp;p=74</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
