Cultivating Brilliance
Most people don’t wake up wanting to be mediocre. As children, we design visions of profound success and happiness. Still, one day, we reflect that while we may appear successful to others, we don’t...
View ArticleLeaving the Land of Denial: eBook Launch
Think you could become fluent in Spanish in a one-day workshop? Us neither. How about proficient on piano in one day? Nope. Scientific research tell us, (what you already knew intuitively), that it...
View ArticleUncommon Courage (How to Avoid Creating Off-Sites from Hell)
Can you recall a team off-site meeting where real conversations happened and real work got done? Where everyone felt that the time was well spent? If you are lucky enough to recall such an experience,...
View ArticleConversation Training Wheels
What Now? In a prior post, The TAO of Leadership (Annoying Truths: Ignore at Your Peril) I presented 7 truths (and one bonus truth) that, if internalized, will help you become a leader others want to...
View ArticleAn Unnecessary Disadvantage
Advice You Won’t Find in Just Any ‘Ol Leadership Blog There’s a lot of great advice to women about how to get ahead: how to have it all, do it all, and look great all the while. I would like to add one...
View ArticleChange How You Are, Not Who You Are
Change for Good As an Executive Coach, my job is to help people change for good. Not everyone is ready for such a project. Some people just want everyone around them to change instead. And others...
View ArticleThe Truth About Managing Up
What would it mean to your career, your results, and your well-being if you could influence your boss better? Back when I worked inside big corporations, I wasn’t always skillful at influencing my...
View ArticleTame The Crazy Voice in Your Head
Here’s a fact about our brain that really pisses me off: we have five times as many neural systems for negative thoughts than positive thoughts. Think about it: when was the last time you ruminated...
View ArticleOffer Empathy, Not Sympathy
How do You Handle the Dark Truth? When you have something private and emotionally powerful weighing on you, who do you go to? Hopefully you have someone in your life you can tell almost anything to....
View ArticleWhat’s Your Communication Dance?
Out of Step? Think about a person or group at work that you meet on a regular basis. How would you characterize that meeting in a short phrase? Contentious? Creative? Connected? Soporific? Death by...
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