The other day on my free coaching call an attendee asked about how to handle someone who is disrespectful.

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And NFL teams are inserting clauses in coaching contracts that call for reduced salaries or even furloughs in the event of a lockout in 2011.

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Employees who call our financial coaching line are regularly asking for our financial planners to compare options for them.

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As word-spotting systems spread, call-centre training schools have started coaching students in gaming the system so they look good under the additional scrutiny.

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The players describe him as a "sponge" and call him Coach Joe, even though he is not allowed to do any coaching.

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