Radio Collars

By Carol Ross | October 16, 2006

During a coaching session, a client stopped to yell at her dog, who had left the allowable range of his radio collar and chased after a squirrel.  The threat of a zap from the collar had not deterred him from going after something enticing and interesting. Everything in front of me is fodder for coaching,…

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An Extraordinary Life

By Carol Ross | October 12, 2006

The following is an article, entitled "An Extraordinary Life," written nearly two years ago.  The opening paragraphs were based on an experience with my friend, Ilene Kouzel, who died this week. “I just want it to be over.” The words were from a colleague of mine, a co-facilitator for a team retreat that we would…

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How God Shows Up

By Carol Ross | October 4, 2006

I was talking with a friend last week and he talked about moving into a new house and how strange things were happening–like dishwashers filling with water when no one had turned it on (could be a leaky pipe but I didn’t want to spoil the intrigue….) Then he joked that maybe the house was…

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Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado

By Carol Ross | September 30, 2006

An update from my last post on the Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado, co-lead by my friend, Frank Nowell. The BCOC recently started their second season and the Rocky Mountain News had a glowing review of their concert this past weekend. Read about it here: http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/music/article/0,2792,DRMN_54_5015927,00.html It’s nice to see that passion does equate to…

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Fully Alive

By Carol Ross | September 25, 2006

Two years ago, I spoke at the annual conference for Net Impact, an organization composed mainly of MBA students and graduate students committed to using the power of business to improve the world. Held at Columbia Business School in New York City, I met a student from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management, Analiza.  We struck…

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