When You Lose, Are You Bitter or Better?
Here’s the scenario: life throws you a curve ball. Things don’t go your way. You suffer an embarrassing moment in front of colleagues, your spouse or your kids. You lose the deal, the game, the promotion, or the moment. The other guy wins. You failed. What are your responses? Yes, I believe there is more […]
Be SMART About Your Goal Setting
Whether you’re interested in goal setting tips for you, your business, or to gain a deeper understanding of goal setting to help your clients, this SMART goal setting & Action Planning GUIDE can help.
Leaders: There’s a New Way to Understand Change
Author’s NOTE: I wrote the first version of this article in 2018 – a full 2 years BEFORE the whole world locked down and faced the COVID-19 pandemic. Business has not been the same since. At a recent luncheon, I was involved in a discussion that I find becoming more common. The topic was this: […]
What Are You Waiting For?
There comes a time in life when you’ve done all the thinking, study, analysis, and planning you can do. You reach a decision point. Then it happens. You freeze. You cannot go forward. You’re stuck. The question is then, what are you waiting for? What is it that holds you back, makes you balk? How […]
Who Lights Your Fire?
This quote from W.B. Yeats is a great reminder for those of us in leadership roles. Let me repeat it : Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. ~W.B. Yeats When we try to train our team or build a new product or service, education surrounding the details […]
Don’t Let Opportunity Steal Your Success
Running a business can be hard. If you start out to turn a hobby or a special interest into a business, you will face a whole lot of challenges. Even as you start to gain momentum and create success, there will be things that can derail your effort. One of the biggest and most complex […]
The Unsung Role of Leadership
It is time to dedicate some blog space to a segment of my audience that gets little direct attention. I am talking about females who serve in leadership roles. I always write with an open mind about the topics I share, and I seldom differentiate between male or female. I still believe “leadership is leadership”, […]
Smart Ways to Nurture Trust at Work
Leaders understand the need for having better trust in their organization. It impacts companies of all sizes. However, knowing you need trust and want trust does not make it happen.
Ways to Explore the Power of Your Mind’s Attention and Your Heart’s Affection
Nothing can be more powerful than the exact moment you harness the power of your mind’s attention and your heart’s affection. Projects, life changes, new directions, and many other parts of our life can become monumental successes when these two dynamics come into perfect alignment. “Have you realized that today is the tomorrow you talked about […]
Lessons in Leadership: Soaring with the Winds of Life
When facing challenges at work, consider the ‘winds’ of life.