I think it goes without saying that having a happy workforce is important. Data shows that happiness is an indicator of the quality of one’s work, especially over time. We know that when people feel part of team that has energy, collaboration, and sense of making a...
Read MoreWe like to think trust is for our personal lives. We can easily know, feel, and build trust when it’s in relation to our children, our friends, our spouses and our family. When we only focus on trust in our personal life, our professional growth suffers. How do we build...
Read MoreBecoming a leader isn’t easy. It requires a lot of patience. It requires building trust. Earning the trust of those around you, and trusting yourself. Leadership requires being honest with yourself and your organization, even when the truth hurts. If you are interested in...
Read MoreI lost my phone while on vacation recently. Somewhere on Heavenly Mountain in Lake Tahoe there’s a phone buried deep under the snow below the chair lift. Seems like bad news right? When I told people, many of them reached for their pockets and purses just to caress their...
Read MoreHave you ever worked for a jerk? How about a boss you loved, respected, admired? Who did you perform better for? We all do better work for someone we trust, admire, respect. And yet, if you took a poll of critical business skills, you’d be hard pressed to come up with a list that...
Read MoreI have created this power tool since focusing and practicing this concept has changed my life in very profound ways. As a mother, wife, daughter, sister, friend and entrepreneur, I play many important roles and have many priorities. Prior to having three wonderful children it...
Read MoreI haven’t ever been a corporate leader. And I know, that’s a little surprising for a coach who spends most of her time talking and writing about being a leader. So, if you chose to read no further, I understand. It’s pitiful. I know. But what I lack in pedigree...
Read MoreI’m not here to pretend that finding purpose is easy or that it can be done in a simple exercise, but thinking about which activities you find most rewarding and meaningful in the past week, what you’re good at and often recognized for, what experiences you’d be unwilling to give...
Read MoreSo what should you do when you hear that a colleague has done something exceptional and you’re not jumping up and down with joy? Here are three simple guidelines: Accept the fact that we all have mixed feelings about other people’s success. Just because you experience a bit of...
Read MoreThe work I do is tough. It’s not neat. It takes muscle and it takes tools. I created a tool I teach clients to use whenever they feel stuck. The “Power Tool” is called Curiosity vs. Criticism. The bottom line is, if you want to be happy, you have stay curious. The answers my...
Read MoreWork/life balance get’s a lot of attention. The problem with balancing is that it requires external circumstances to remain equal and even. This is virtually impossible in a world that is filled with stimulation overload. I encourage you to let go of balancing, juggling and...
Read MoreI haven’t ever been a corporate leader. And I know, that’s a little surprising for a coach who spends most of her time talking and writing about being a leader. So, if you chose to read no further, I understand. It’s pitiful. I know. But what I lack in pedigree...
Read MoreWhat? Imperfect? Yup. A lot of people wear perfectionism and having a “Type A” personality as a badge of honor. The truth is, we have been sold a bill of goods on perfectionism. Many of us confuse it with self-improvement or striving to be our “best self”. Self-improvement...
Read MoreLeadership is big business. We hold our leaders up as celebrities. When they are doing well we portray them as super heroes. When they fail, we knock them down as the devil’s spawn. So many of us are looking for great leadership. We desire to follow leaders because we want to...
Read MoreThe critical challenge of leadership is, mostly, the challenge of emotional bravery. Emotional bravery means setting yourself apart from others without distancing yourself from them. It means speaking up when others are silent. And remaining steadfast, grounded, and measured in...
Read MoreSee here’s the thing. We’ve all been in closets at one point or another. Every. Single. One. Of. Us. Closets are where we go when we feel shame. Denial. Closets are where we go to hide. We try to protect ourselves from getting hurt, being rejected. When we feel we are...
Read More1. Change your story. We all tell ourselves stories about who we are, what we’re capable of, and what we deserve. If we can identify our self-limiting stories (I’m not good enough; I don’t deserve to be happy, life is just meant to be hard, nobody gets everything they want, if...
Read MoreDear Leader, Here are some things I’d like you to know. I’m not lazy. I’m not stupid. I didn’t start out apathetic or disinvested. I appear that way because of years of lectures, motivational speeches and “operational goals” that had no follow through. Leaders who talked about...
Read MoreSome people are born knowing they are special. Maybe an experience showed them they had a special talent, maybe they watched a movie that inspired them, or read a book that enforced in them that they were unique. Honestly, I do think some people have an internal sense and...
Read MoreThere comes a time in everyone’s lives when the path has to change. We are hardwired for growth, but growth, like everything else, is a choice. And so is death. I’ve chosen to die twice now, and I can tell you, it’s a love/hate relationship. In the end I can highly recommend it....
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