Reflection: Unleash Goodness And Hope

Billy/ August 19, 2021/ People, Philanthropy, Reflection, Uncategorized

This past month has been filled with emotional turns in a way that I can’t recall anything similar. As the month started, like many people I was savoring and enjoying the exploits of the Olympics. Every time the Olympics return, I find myself encouraged and inspired by the stories of individuals overcoming incredible challenges to compete, by the examples of

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Remembering Jeff Giosi And Reflecting On Mortality

Billy/ January 31, 2021/ Fitness, People, Reflection

So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom ~Ancient Hebrew Prophet Memento mori. (Remember that you must die.) ~Ancient Roman/Latin Proverb “So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart. Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view, and demand that they respect yours. Love

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My Coaching Company: Archegos, LLC

Billy/ March 21, 2019/ Coaching, People, Reflection, Training

A few years ago, I began formal education and training to become a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach. After five years of benefitting from a leadership/executive coach with the same training and after multiple discussions with Jamie as well as a few close friends around the possibility of developing and refining this skill, I decided to invest in formal training. As

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CTI Certification

Billy/ March 14, 2019/ Coaching, People, Reflection, Training

After a series of trainings on the Co-Active Model, I decided to take the next step of formal certification to be a Co-Active Coach and help others to live more authentic and enriching lives. I launched into this process last summer, and as part of the process I had to acquire a roster of at paid clients. This led me

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CTI Coach Training: Synergy

Billy/ March 7, 2019/ Coaching, People, Reflection, Training

This training marked the completion of the intermediate training for myself, and for the individuals who had started this regimen with me.  It was a turning point and a graduation of sorts. We had been part of several deep-dive trainings to move into a new arena of self-awareness as well as a new arena of evoking transformation in others. It

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CTI Coach Training: Process

Billy/ February 28, 2019/ Coaching, People, Reflection, Training

My continued formal training to become a leadership/executive coach with the Co-Active Model brought me back to DC for this next stage of my development. It was a mini-reunion with many of the amazing people I had started this journey with, and an introduction to some new wonderful people who were on a similar journey. So much had changed in

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CTI Coach Training: Fulfillment

Billy/ February 13, 2019/ Coaching, People, Reflection, Training

The second phase of my training as a Co-Active Coach commenced with a series of exercises and practices centered around fulfillment. This regimen had a mix of familiar faces along with new coaches in training who were joining in the journey. There was something really special about the group of people I was able to launch into this training with,

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CTI Coach Training: Fundamentals

Billy/ February 7, 2019/ Coaching, People, Reflection, Training, Wellness

As mentioned in another recent post, I launched into formal training approximately a three years ago to be a better Leadership/Executive Coach, and it has been quite an eye-opening journey. Thanks to the hospitality of dear friends and proximity of training locations, Jamie and I were able to travel together almost all of the weekends during which I was receiving

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Reflection: My Goals For 2019

Billy/ January 31, 2019/ Fitness, People, Reflection

Last week I shared a few of my goals for 2018 and how I fared on them, so I thought it might be cool to get a few of my goals for 2019 written down as well. One marked difference for me in 2019 is that I am laying out fewer goals. I feel like my goal-setting routine and regimen is

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A Labor Day Road Trip That I’ll Never Forget

Billy/ September 4, 2018/ People

I had been in conversations with my friends John Hancox and Jake Harriman for a few months about this new organization they were planning to launch, an organization dedicated to the work of addressing extreme poverty in fragile rural communities. Jake had been in Kenya serving in an internship with another organization, and we had all been reading his blog posts about

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