Increase Your Productivity As A Leader
I have a ton of empathy of leaders of today’s workforce who deal with a level of complexity and information-overload like nothing in the past. Nearly everyone is overwhelmed. One of the [...]
How to Know If You are Getting Bad Advice
We all love giving advice. As a matter of fact, when we give advice we get a little dose of feel-good chemical in our brain–which only reinforces the behavior. But what if you need advice [...]
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 To Deal With A Coworker Or Boss Who Is Out To Get You
Some of you are starting out the year with a bang and much optimism. But others are miserable because a boss or coworker is out to make your life hell. This week’s coaching minute has three [...]
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 [...]
Seven Seconds to Mindfulness
Seeing our late mother’s best friend, Evelyn, was always a wonderful, positive experience for my sister. Evelyn and her family lived in the same state as my sister, and for her, seeing Evelyn was [...]
Leaders Recruit and Retain Simultaneously
So many of my clients are hiring right now that I thought a focus on hiring and recruitment was in order. The only thing worse than unwanted turnover is…well…wait, nothing is worse than unwanted [...]
Six Traits of Extraordinary Achievers
Have you ever had a mentor who did not know they were your mentor? Someone whose standard and approach to life or business is something you aspire to reach? For me, that mentor is Mark Sanborn, [...]
Six Reasons Your Co-Workers Might Dislike You
Proverb: Familiarity breeds contempt. We all have a behavioral blind spot—or two—and we might not realize that our lack of awareness may inadvertently cause some contempt toward us. As a career [...]
