Does your professional image need a refresh?
A few months ago, Laura, my web designer & digital marketing expert said it was time for a website refresh. As usual, I resisted. This is the nature of our relationship. She tells me what I [...]
3 Tips to Engage Your Team By Becoming Their Coach
By now every leader has heard the data on team engagement and how a large portion of the workforce is disengaged in their work. Leaders also read the countless posts and articles on the [...]
How do you rate on the politeness scale?
If you feel like you are just part of one, giant mass of people trying to be successful in the world, this week’s video Coaching Minute might be just what you need. As we find fewer and [...]
Three Signs You Are Just Insecure—and Not a Loser
Going through a hard time and feeling less than your confident self? Perhaps its been a while since you felt like yourself at all. What used to work well in your job—or your dating life, or your [...]
3 Tips To Find A Career Mentor
Everyone agrees that getting a mentor is a great idea–but how does one go about doing it? Should you be shopping for a mentor at conferences and saying to every person you meet, “Will [...]
Three reasons some leaders should hold-off on coaching their team
Coaching is the closest thing to a magic wand a leader can get—if a magic wand takes a ton of time and patience and finesse. But seriously, honing your coaching skills and then using those skills [...]
The Road To Leadership HELL Is Paved With Good Intentions [Infographic]
So, let’s talk about leadership blind spots… even though you don’t really have one, of course—or so you think. But that is why they call it a “blind spot,” right? You don’t see it. I prefer to [...]
Leaders–this is why your team might not love you.
I have a lot of empathy for the leaders in today’s work environment. Work just gets busier and more complex and finding good talent is more difficult than perhaps it has ever been. Not only [...]
Are you naturally absorbent or naturally resistant?
Some people are just more sensitive to their environment than others. Some of us cannot endure horror films because we can feel the horror in our every cell of our being–while others can [...]
May is the new December
If you feel insane and out of control you are not alone. This week’s Coaching Minute is for parents and leaders alike.
