Brush with the Blues- Jeff Beck
This morning, the air was thick, it was already 88 degrees and I was in the mood for some blues to accompany me on my walk. Jeff Beck fit...
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Susan Shapiro
Feb 14, 20183 min read
Lemmings
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...
Susan Shapiro
May 2, 20173 min read
The Importance of Focus
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...
Susan Shapiro
Apr 13, 20173 min read
Business Advice From the Moose With the Muffin
Strange, but true. There’s an important professional lesson hiding in a popular children’s book by Laura Numeroff. If You Give a Moose a...
Susan Shapiro
Mar 23, 20173 min read
3 Leadership Lessons Learned From Sea Turtles
From the moment they’re hatched, sea turtles are hurled into the world to fend for themselves until they’re ready to fulfill their...
Susan Shapiro
Jan 9, 20173 min read
It’s 2017: Move to the Front of the Line!
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....
Susan Shapiro
Oct 31, 20163 min read
Career Development: Take the Fitness-Tracker Approach!
Fitness trackers provide us with constant, real-time data about the health and efficiency of our bodies—distance walked, calories burned,...
Susan Shapiro
Oct 24, 20163 min read
Is Your Career Suffering From Tunnel Vision?
If you’ve worked hard to differentiate yourself by specializing in a certain area, you may run the risk of over-relying on your...
Susan Shapiro
Oct 17, 20163 min read
Why We Need to Embrace Our Career-Path Curves
When my coaching clients struggle to move their careers forward, the roadblock usually is not their managers. Or their organizations. Or...
Susan Shapiro
Oct 4, 20163 min read
Moving Beyond the Fear of Asking for Help
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...
Susan Shapiro
Jun 21, 20163 min read
The Power of Being Precise
Sometimes accuracy is a requirement, not an option. I was reminded about the importance of precision in business after reading a recent...
Susan Shapiro
Jun 6, 20163 min read
Negotiation Deal-Breakers: When to Walk Away
If you regularly negotiate to land new clients and projects—or to convince your boss you deserve a promotion—you probably have some solid...
Susan Shapiro
May 23, 20163 min read
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...
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
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 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
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 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
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...
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