Keith E. Webb's Blog

Back in college, my friend Jeff made a list of what he called my “hare-brained schemes” (meaning: wild ideas I’ve tried):

Panning for goldStarting a surf-wear manufacturing companyFlying to Orcas Island in a small Cessna for a prom dateDriving down the West Coast with a friend, a tent, and $100 to see what was thereUsing a sheet pan as the floor of my rusted out VW bug

Creativity and perhaps watching too many Wile E. Coyote cartoons? Pretty safe to say these were ...

Praying for people often involves a few reminders, “Lord, help her to know how much you love and care for her,” a fair amount of encouragement, “Jesus, help him to see that he’s doing his best,” and a sprinkling of advice, “God, I pray she could be bold and talk to her boss, relying on your confidence, to make her case directly.”

At a missions conference last week, I joined with others praying with coaching skills. What I heard included listening, asking, waiting, responding, and partne...

Coaching is a rapidly growing field, but with that growth comes the risk of substandard training programs and false promises.

I’ve been training Christian leaders in coaching skills for 20 years and regularly speak to people who joined training programs from other organizations. Sadly, some have found only after paying and taking their training that the program didn’t live up to the marketing hype. 

I want to help you to be able to do your research and discern which programs over...

The International Coaching Federation coach credentialing exam (formerly called the Coach Knowledge Assessment) is an assessment used to measure coaches’ understanding of the knowledge and skills important in the practice of coaching. If you have good coaching training, with these tips, you should pass the ICF exam with flying colors!

Coaching has become a $2 billion a year industry. The International Coaching Federation (ICF) is the largest coaching association in the world with more than 50,0...

Productivity is getting things done. There are two streams of productivity in which you need to work, at the same time. The problem is, these two streams are at odds with each other. Mastering both is the key to personal and professional productivity.

The first stream of productivity is “doing more, more efficiently.” We calendar, list, batch, and turn off our phones to concentrate. We push through our lists and get a lot of detailed work done. If I didn’t use this kind of productivity...

I keep trying to prove the old adage, “You get what you pay for,” is wrong. I want to pay little, yet get a lot. This a question of cost versus value. By nature we seemed wired to focus on the cost of a product or service. By changing your focus to value instead, you will make better decisions, get better results, and even save money in the end. Here’s how.

I recently grappled with the cost versus value equation regarding my exercise. Over the years, I’ve joined various gyms, bought home e...

My wife and I checked into a hotel in Spain that was built for royalty and now caters to the rich and famous. I felt like I didn’t belong. I kept thinking, “These people can afford to stay here. I don’t belong.”

I tried to dress a bit nicer. Stand up straighter. And eat with my fork in my left hand like Europeans do. But I still felt like an impostor. 

The reality was, whether I paid with points or cash, we belonged. After I got my head around this truth, I enjoyed the hotel experie...

“We’re hiring.” You’re serving more people and have new opportunities for people to partner with you. It takes work to effectively hire someone. Here are the steps I put in place, perhaps they will help you.

In running my organization, hiring is one of my bigger challenges. So little information is exchanged between candidates and the organization it puts pressure on the decision-making process. The candidate tries to judge the position and their abilities to do the work based off your...

Remote training events can be even more effective than their in-person counterparts. But, you can’t just duplicate the in-person event using Zoom. Here’s how to successfully adapt your training events from in-person to remote.

I’ve clocked more hours on Zoom lately than meeting with people in person. There can be too much of a good thing, however. Zoom fatigue is real. I wrote about how to mix your modes of meeting to remain productive. Here, I’d like to address how to make Zoom work for e...

We now have more choices than ever before for how we meet with people. We can meet in-person, by phone, or use video over Zoom or Skype. Too much of any one mode is detrimental. Leaders need to consider their ideal personal modes of meeting mix to remain productive.

Video conferencing is a fantastic tool for communicating. I regularly lead training workshops, hold meetings, and speak with clients all from my home.

But you can have too much of a good thing! Zoom fatigue is a real. It’s...