Coaching
Clarify a goal, identify what is getting in the way, focus on the actions that matter, and keep moving toward a result.
Coaching • Mentoring • Teaching • Personal Guidance
You don’t always need a coach.
Sometimes you need someone in your corner.
Experience. Perspective. Questions. And someone who stays with you while you find your way forward.
I don’t simply tell people what to do. I help them think through where they are, clarify what they want, make better decisions, and turn those decisions into action.
Talk With RogerMore Than Coaching
Sometimes the problem is not that you need more information.
Sometimes you need someone experienced enough to listen, ask the question you have not asked yourself, challenge an assumption, share another perspective—and help you take the next step.
I have spent a lifetime beginning again: as an immigrant, fashion designer, manufacturer, entrepreneur, professor, tango teacher, philosopher and author. I have built businesses, taught at New York University, succeeded, failed, changed direction and started over.
That is the experience I bring to a conversation.
I don’t want to run your life. I want to help you see your life more clearly—and decide what you want to do with it.
How I Can Help
Different problems need different kinds of help.
Mentoring
Draw on the experience of someone who has built businesses, changed careers, taught, failed, succeeded and reinvented himself more than once.
Teaching
Understand the ideas, principles and practical tools behind entrepreneurship, leadership, decision-making, philosophy and personal growth.
Personal Guidance
For moments when there is no textbook answer—career change, retirement, reinvention, purpose, a difficult decision, or simply: “What do I do next?”
Is This Where You Are?
The conversation often begins with a question.
I know something has to change—but what?
What should the next chapter of my life look like?
Am I working hard on the wrong things?
How do I reinvent myself without throwing away everything I have learned?
What do I really want now?
How do I turn an idea into action?
What does success mean to me at this stage of my life?
I have choices. How do I make the right decision?
My Approach
Not a formula. A conversation that leads somewhere.
I believe good guidance is personal. It begins by understanding the person—not forcing everyone through the same program.
Listen
Before offering an answer, understand the real question—and sometimes the question behind the question.
Challenge
Look honestly at assumptions, habits, fears and possibilities. Agreement is not always helpful; clarity is.
Stay With It
A good idea is only the beginning. The important part is turning insight into decisions, actions and change.
Practical Results
The original goal remains the same.
Your circumstances may be business or personal, but the work is practical. Together, the aim is to help you:
- Reinvent yourself when the old path no longer fits.
- Discover your goals and find realistic ways to reach them.
- Accomplish more than you might accomplish alone.
- Focus on actions that can produce meaningful results.
- See choices and possibilities that are difficult to see from inside the problem.
For business owners and leaders, this can also include performance, productivity, leadership, strategy, burnout and the challenge of feeling that you are “going it alone.”
The Next Step
You do not need to have all the answers before you begin.
Sometimes you only need the right conversation, the right question—and someone in your corner while you decide what comes next.
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