We are grown up now and as we sit in meetings with other adults it is still happening! Some folks are followers and others lead. Those...

Last week’s post dealt with 10 reasons you may not get along with your boss. What if you are that boss? What’s your role in improving...

When my parents passed away, I felt it would be appropriate to honor them by investing in a student’s future by creating a scholarship...

This is a fixed vs. growth mindset.  Carol Dweck, pioneering researcher on motivation, wrote “Mindset: the New Psychology of Success,”...

A Story of Focus “Hold that plank for one minute,” my trainer said. “No problem,” I thought, because I have two hands and two feet on the...

Ever feel excluded from a key meeting or social gathering? Feels pretty bad doesn’t it? It may bring back memories of what it felt like...

From the moment they’re hatched, sea turtles are hurled into the world to fend for themselves until they’re ready to fulfill their...

Great leaders take an active role in helping their employees grow. A major part of that process? They’ve learned to master the feedback...

You land a new role. Exciting? Yes! But then you realize you’ll be managing people all over the country—or even the world. Time for...

“I don’t understand.” Not the words you want to hear from your clients or your teams. And certainly not the words you want to be thinking...

Fitness trackers provide us with constant, real-time data about the health and efficiency of our bodies—distance walked, calories burned,...

If you’ve worked hard to differentiate yourself by specializing in a certain area, you may run the risk of over-relying on your...

When my coaching clients struggle to move their careers forward, the roadblock usually is not their managers. Or their organizations. Or...

Are you a bulldozer or a Tesla? I promise that question will make perfect sense in less than 60 seconds. Investing the time to understand...

In my last post, I talked about the Fear of Asking for Help (#FOAFH) and how that can damage our careers. Now I want to give you some...

Your manager finally trusts you to lead the big project. That joyful feeling of confirmation is soon interrupted by the queasy reality...

Sometimes accuracy is a requirement, not an option. I was reminded about the importance of precision in business after reading a recent...

“WANTED:  Future leaders to help our organization reach outrageous goals and face challenges we can’t even begin to imagine while using...

If you regularly negotiate to land new clients and projects—or to convince your boss you deserve a promotion—you probably have some solid...

We all experience moments of anger; we’re human. But some people have a hair-trigger temper that takes them from “calm” to “rage” in the...