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We're All Coaches...And Here's How to Become a More Helpful One

Whether it''s your supervisees, coworkers, a friend, your kid, grandkid, romantic partner, or a sports team, we all coach. Alas, too often, we fail to help the other person as much as we'd like.

On Feb. 26, my wife Barbara Nemko and I will share what's worked best for us in coaching people. And we have a bit of experience at that. I've been a career and personal coach to 3,900 people over the past quarter century, directed plays, and coached an East Oakland Boys and Girls Club basketball team. Barbara,  in her role as Napa County Superintendent of Schools and member of the State Superintendent's cabinet, spends a lot of time in that coaching/mentoring role. Join us  for that conversation, plus you can call in for a three-minute career makeover, on Work with Marty Nemko, Sundays from 11 am to noon on KALW, 91.7 FM.

Marty Nemko was called "job coach extraordinaire" by U.S. News and "The Bay Area's best career coach" by the San Francisco Bay Guardian. He has written 20 essays in TIME's Ideas section, and 1240 for PsychologyToday.com. Previously, his career column appeared for six years in the San Francisco Chronicle and then wrote The Big Idea continuing series on WashingtonPost.com and the Working it Out column on TheAtlantic.com. In his 30th year as a career and education advisor, Marty Nemko has served 5,400 clients and enjoys a 96% client-satisfaction rate. He is a part-time instructor of medical students at the UCSF School of Medicine.