With summer in full swing these days, I’m finding it a little more difficult to sit down and write for hours on end. I’d rather just relax and soak up some sun. I’m also getting ready to relaunch CEO Bootcamp and I look forward to working with another cohort of eager entrepreneurs. So this […]
A Fresh New Take on Leadership Read More »
As you may know, as an executive and leadership coach, I’ve been working to build and grow my business for two reasons: To help as many people as I can to gain the confidence to build a meaningful business or build a meaningful career. I want to help those people avoid the mistakes I made
This is What Creating Change Looks Like Read More »
A few years ago, I had a client who came to me with a problem he was having with one of his managers. This manager created chaos every time he gave her a project to lead. In this situation, she was about to start an extended absence for maternity leave. My client wanted to
Do your colleagues miss you when you’re gone? How to know if you add value Read More »
Maybe you do. It depends on what you’re looking for and how you will use that information. If you’re taking assessments to learn to be a better version of yourself, then you’ll most likely get value from them. If you find, however, that no matter how many of these assessments you take, you’re never really
Do You Really Need A Personality Assessment to Tell You What You Already Know? Read More »
Early in my career when I was very young I worked for a manager who, in hindsight, was not that great. At the time, everyone loved her. She was engaging, pleasant to deal with, and did her best to lead her team using a traditional management approach. For example, we documented everything we did, there
Does likeability equal competence? Here’s how the two intersect Read More »
Clients who come to me about a disconnect between how others see them and how they see themselves are struggling with communicating an effective personal brand. Recently, a potential client came to me for a consultation on how others see him. He explained that he had been having problems securing funding for his business, hiring
Do you ever feel like you just don’t fit in? Read More »
Every once in a while I come across a client who wants to work with me. After some digging we get to the realization that some problems that have surfaced are a result of a broken, ineffective or bad culture. Whether you’ve grown your company from the beginning and are seeing the employee engagement shift,
For many of my clients, when I ask them, “what does success look like to you?” they’ll give me any number of answers. Some examples of success include excellence in business, taking care of and rewarding your employees, mindfulness, self-awareness, overcoming adversity, internal drive and motivation, or even just doing better today than yesterday. The
Time management is one of the biggest issues business owners and newly promoted employees face on a regular basis. New responsibilities and a new role can be overwhelming, and without some effective guidelines for better time management, stress can take over pretty quickly.
What’s stopping you from fully showing up every day? Three tips to step up your game Read More »
It’s hard to believe we’re finishing up June and heading into July. Besides the fact that time is moving quickly, the end of June marks the end of the first half of 2017. That makes this a great time to assess how far we’ve come with our progress for the year, and redirect if we
Are you losing your momentum? If you want to succeed, you’ll need to adapt Read More »
