Posts by Grammy Mo

In a noisy world full of advice, frameworks, and quick fixes, Choice Theory gives coaches something rare: A real foundation for transformational conversations—without losing your authenticity or your edge. We’re living in a coaching landscape that’s changing faster than most realize. Clients, employees, and teams are harder to engage. People are more reactive, more burned out, and more skeptical of traditional “performance conversations” than ever before. As a coach—or a leader who coaches—you feel the tension: You want to be effective, but you’re tired of feeling like you’re guessing. You want to empower others, but you're not willing to manipulate…

Have you ever had a mentor in your life that could see more in you than you see in yourself? In 1988, I attended Reality Therapy Certification in Phoenix Arizona, where I met my instructor, Jeanette McDaniel. I was young and very nervous about the 15-minute presentation that I needed to do to be Certified.  I worked and worked to get my presentation down to 15 minutes even on the night before I had to give it.   Jeanette truly demonstrated all that I had learned to become certified. She was encouraging and assured me she was sure my presentation…

Many years ago in my nursing profession, I was charged with being in charge in the operating room where I was working. I was very young and had no management or leadership training. I had no clue about the pictures staff had in their head about their work, etc. All I knew was it was up to me to set the time schedules for all staff and to make sure we had supplies and that things ran as they were supposed to.   I did the best I could do at the time with what I knew at the time.…