The Rule of 10,000 Hours
I find that people can be pretty hard on themselves when it comes to assessing their own skills and abilities. Being self-critical may help us move toward improvement, but only for about two [...]
Write A letter To Your Future Self
Today’s coaching minute vlog is about a technique used at leadership retreats and spas around the globe. I find it to be a powerful strategy for holding ourselves personally and [...]
How Stress Affects Your Brain
Most of us know that we change a little bit when we are stressed out. Most of us recognize that we get a little edgy or curt when we’re under stress — we may even go so far as to [...]
7 day challenge to keep you focused
The topics of my Coaching Minute blogs/vlogs always come straight from whatever my clients are grappling with and this week is no exception. If you are looking to feel less burned out, less [...]
3 Easy Ways To Expand Your Network Even In A Virtual World
Some years ago, one of my clients returned to her engineering job from maternity leave to find that her role had been demoted. That happened on a Friday. By Monday, she was in negotiation with a [...]
Leaders: Why Your Meetings Suck and What to Do About It
If excruciating meetings were a thing pre-COVID, they are so much worse now that most of us are meeting virtually. My executive coaching clients are reporting that they are booked [...]
Are You A Faux Version Of Yourself At Work?
The political realm creates the perfect backdrop for us to ponder just how congruous our work self really is with our actual self. In the same way that many politicians feel they must present a [...]
Happiness Shortcut To Instantly Lift Your Mood
Experts are estimating that online sales for companies like Amazon are up from 60-100% since COVID reared its ugly little head last spring. Sure some of the increased shopping is convenience and [...]
6 Tips to Improve Brand YOU
If you are looking to get promoted this year, start a business or just be wildly successful at your job, you might want to take stock of “you” as a brand. You cannot fake your way to success (not [...]
How to Not Settle for the Wrong Job
If you have been looking for a new place to work for a while, or you really hate your job (or you are in the middle of a pandemic), it can be hard to resist taking an offer at the WRONG company [...]
