Expand your learning As a coach, I am always on the lookout for new sources of learning. It is important to stay up on current trends and...

Did you make any New Year’s resolutions? Even if you didn’t, there’s still something oddly liberating about a fresh calendar in January....

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

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

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...

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...

Professionals go to great lengths to expand their knowledge and success:  taking courses, reading voraciously, networking with industry...

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...

If you’ve seen the popular TV show Shark Tank, you know the moment I’m talking about. The wildly enthusiastic entrepreneur starts...

One of my coaching clients (we’ll call her Cindy) was in trouble. Cindy’s department was responsible for delivering content marketing for...

“Everything is raw material. Everything is relevant. Everything is usable. Everything feeds into my creativity. But without proper...

“Happiness doesn’t always make you feel happy. Often, happiness requires you to do things that make you feel anxious, resentful,...

Yes, you read that correctly. Instead of kicking into high gear to increase your personal efficiency and get more done, try doing the...

Face it, decision making can be hard. We sometimes get into the same old thinking patterns, which may not serve us in every type of...

It was the first day of our camping trip at Zion National Park in Utah. As a former Girl Scout, I was rather proud of my...

In this week’s blog, I interviewed Tony Pottle about the business implications of advances in neuroscience. Tony is the Chief Business...

As professionals, many of us spend our days reading. The morning news. An endless stream of emails and text messages. Social media...