Being ACCOUNTABLE is the greatest gift you can give yourself in 2021! I work with high performers every day who are highly accountable – to their work, boss, team, and to achieve outcomes for their organizations. But not all are accountable to...
Read moreAre you in the Driver’s Seat of your Career?
When people hear I was with the same company for 25 years, they assume I was content, complacent even…for certain, I didn’t like change. Nothing could be further from the truth. I am certain I didn’t grow my career from an entry level...
Read moreWhy do the Pros Need a Coach?
I was talking to one of my executive clients recently about a female leader on his team. After approaching her about working with a coach, she wasn’t quite sure how to take his recommendation. But to him, a successful executive who had...
Read moreWhy Can’t I Focus?
According to the well-known motivational speaker, Tony Robbins, Your life is controlled by what you focus on. So, what if you can’t focus on anything these days? I imagine that life might feel a bit out of control. This is a big theme across many...
Read moreIs Your Mindset Holding You Back?
The wrong mindset might be the very thing holding you back from achieving your potential. I see this time and time again with my clients. It doesn’t matter what specific goals they set for themselves – career change, job shift, promotion, better...
Read moreIs this YOUR defining moment?
This global health crisis has caused many of us to pause and re-evaluate what we want in our lives and careers. Are you ready to take small steps toward change?
Read moreWho Is Leading Best?
Where I see leaders with fundamental awareness and #authentic appreciation for the emotional and physical toll that #socialdistancing and shelter-at-home is taking, is where I am see the greatest stories of connected and...
Read moreCOVID-19: How Should You Lead?
The United States is in a state of emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic. If your organization wasn’t already crisis planning, they certainly are now. For the past week, I have been watching the “message from our CEO” emails, the social posts...
Read moreDo What You LOVE!
I had a boss who used to say… If it was supposed to be fun, they wouldn’t call it work. ~Boss Now that certainly sets an interesting tone. If work can’t be fun then it is…unpleasant? boring? dreadful? Isn’t it better to figure out how to...
Read moreSMART Goals Aren’t So Smart!
New Decade, New Beginning I don’t know why but there is something different about starting this new year. There’s no doubt I’ve had a lot of change the last couple years – left my 25 year corporate career, started my own coaching practice, wrote...
Read moreStop just writing the check and sit in the seat!
Last week I graduated from the Governing for Nonprofit Excellence (GNE) program at Harvard Business School. It was a privilege to represent CASA (Community Action Stops Abuse), the nonprofit organization where I sit on the board. I was 1 of 50...
Read moreGood to GREAT Leadership
It has been a little over a year since I left my corporate job and started my own coaching and consulting business. Now outside the 4 walls of the same company I spent 25 years, I have a much broader perspective of what companies are going...
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