How I Met My Mentor
When I started my coaching practice, I immediately began looking for mentors who were also professional coaches. I met Sydney Rice Harrild, whom I mentioned in Chapter One, shortly after Success on Our Own Terms was published. I was presenting at a women’s business conference at which women business owners were given space to display their products and promotional material. Sydney ended up with an undesirable spot in the back of the room that received little traffic. Undaunted, she picked up her brochures and moved to a highly visible spot in the hallway. As women passed her, she greeted them warmly and handed them her well-designed brochure. I was struck by her demeanor and her material, and thought she might be a good person ...
Get Coaching Yourself to Leadership: Five Key Strategies for Becoming an Integrated Leader now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
