Workaholics: Wake Up and Schedule the Vacation!
Be honest: are you addicted to work? Do you feel guilty when you’re not working? Does it actually seem stressful to take time off or go...
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Susan Shapiro
May 17, 20163 min read
Leadership: The Science Behind Trusting Your Gut
Imagine getting lost as you drive through an unfamiliar area late at night. You’re faced with a choice: head down a dark road that...
Susan Shapiro
May 9, 20163 min read
Making Peace with Conflict: What Leaders Need to Know
I was definitely surprised by the feedback from my last blog. While I discussed coping with a boss who avoids conflict, I was bombarded...
Susan Shapiro
Apr 18, 20163 min read
How to Cope with a Boss Who Avoids Conflict
When tortoises feel threatened, they retreat into their thick shells to safely wait out the potential crisis. But what happens when...
Susan Shapiro
Apr 11, 20161 min read
Building Your Brain’s Gray Matter: The Unexpected Strategy
Professionals go to great lengths to expand their knowledge and success: taking courses, reading voraciously, networking with industry...
Susan Shapiro
Apr 5, 20163 min read
Feeling Mentally Capsized? The Flip Side of Work/Life Balance
Spoiler Alert: this is NOT one of those work/life balance articles about being consumed by our work and allowing it to invade our...
Susan Shapiro
Mar 28, 20163 min read
Are You Cultivating Real Growth for Your Career?
As a kid, I always loved Spring—especially when my Dad would help us create a garden. He’d guide us to plant seeds in rows and carefully...
Susan Shapiro
Mar 21, 20163 min read
The Shark Tank Principle: The Big Take-Away for Leaders
If you’ve seen the popular TV show Shark Tank, you know the moment I’m talking about. The wildly enthusiastic entrepreneur starts...
Susan Shapiro
Feb 29, 20163 min read
Leaders Sinking? The Surprising Key to Survival
Leaders today are often drowning in a sea of high expectations. If they can’t deliver, their teams (and perhaps their companies) may not...
Susan Shapiro
Feb 8, 20163 min read
Driving Alignment: 10 Best Practices Leaders Can’t Ignore
One of my coaching clients (we’ll call her Cindy) was in trouble. Cindy’s department was responsible for delivering content marketing for...
Susan Shapiro
Feb 1, 20163 min read
Avoid a Leadership Coaching Fumble: 3 Game-Changing Rules
Are you among the millions of people who love to watch the Super Bowl? Office chatter in the weeks leading up to the event often focuses...
Susan Shapiro
Jan 25, 20163 min read
Missed Opportunities: What’s Clouding Your View?
Sometimes good leaders can miss great opportunities. I’m not referring to the wing-it-and-hope-for-the-best managers here; I’m talking...
Susan Shapiro
Jan 12, 20163 min read
Leadership 2016: Prepared to Feed Your Creativity?
“Everything is raw material. Everything is relevant. Everything is usable. Everything feeds into my creativity. But without proper...
Susan Shapiro
Dec 7, 20153 min read
When Recognition Backfires: Are Leaders and Teams Seeing the Same Thing?
It happens all the time: two people look at the same image but see something different. In a business setting, that phenomenon can pave...
Susan Shapiro
Dec 1, 20153 min read
Lessons for Leadership: Moving Past the Hurdles to Happiness
“Happiness doesn’t always make you feel happy. Often, happiness requires you to do things that make you feel anxious, resentful,...
Susan Shapiro
Nov 17, 20153 min read
Aha Moments! 21 Examples of Coaching-Inspired Clarity
We’ve all experienced “aha moments”—those sudden glimpses of insight or comprehension that change everything in an instant. They are the...
Susan Shapiro
Nov 3, 20153 min read
Communicating a Powerful Vision: Is Your Team Committed? Or Just Involved?
Ever heard this saying? When it comes to breakfast, chickens are involved but pigs are fully committed. So what’s the business connection...
Susan Shapiro
Oct 27, 20153 min read
Why Celebrating Success Today Boosts Performance Tomorrow
During my years working at HP, Manuel Diaz was VP of Sales for the Computer Systems Division. During a training event, he spoke to the...
Susan Shapiro
Oct 20, 20153 min read
Too Busy To Notice Success Flying By?
This time of year is exciting for many of us in Texas. (Not just because of football.) The Monarch butterflies migrating from Canada...
Susan Shapiro
Oct 6, 20153 min read
The Dangers of Office Gossip: Pope Francis Weighs In
Pope Francis may not have specifically preached about the evils of office gossip during his recent U.S. visit, but he has often discussed...
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