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4 Big Tips For Making Big Decisions
The beginning of a new year often puts us in a position of making big decisions. We are refining strategy plans, setting business objectives, and determining what changes we want to make, both...
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Soft Skills Are Hard To Find
In a recent article found on LinkedIn, Josh Bersin wrote about the explosive growth in Learning & Development. The report covers many interesting trends in the learning space, but one area that...
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Do You Need To Think More Strategically?
In my leadership coaching practice, I’m often asked to help executives build or enhance their ability to ‘think strategically’. When asked about their definition of ‘strategic thinking’, it’s not...
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Emotions at Work
I received two more books from The Next Big Idea Club and want to share a couple of my favorite takeaways from No Hard Feelings – the secret power of embracing emotions at work, by Liz Fosslien &...
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The One Must-Have For Innovative Organizations
Innovation. It seems to be all the rage these days! I work with many organizations who are trying to cultivate a work environment that fosters innovation. Market demands are changing so quickly, and...
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Battling Depression and Anxiety At Work
We’ve all read the statistics on employee engagement. About 63% of employees are not engaged, which is defined as “sleepwalking through their day, putting in time – but not energy or passion – into...
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Why Generalists And Late-Bloomers Have An Advantage
We’ve heard about the magic of practicing 10,000 hours. It’s the number of hours needed to excel as an athlete, musician, or any other type of expert. Early focus and specialization is the conventional...
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Kick Anxiety To The Curb By Staying Present
I remember my mom referring to herself as a “worrier” spending time thinking about what could go wrong. If I was out with friends or forgetting to check-in, I’d hear about how worried she was,...
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What’s Really Going On When You’re Distracted?
Are you easily distracted? Have a hard time focusing on the work at hand? Perhaps you choose to take a quick look at your email just in case something urgent pops up? We often rationalize our need...
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Are Your Decisions Taking A Toll On People?
We live in a world where the need for instant gratification is all around us. The need to get that boost of dopamine seems to drive so many of our actions and decisions. After reading Simon Sinek’s new...
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Take Some Time To Reflect On 2019
2019 is winding down and hopefully, you have some time off to wind down a bit as well. To close the year out, how about carving out some quiet time to reflect and have a personal celebration of 2019?...
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3 Tips to Convert Your Resolutions Into Habits
Many make New Year’s resolutions to launch behaviors that lead to better health, improved productivity, or enhanced overall well-being. Conventional wisdom suggests that the key to success in keeping...
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What Good Comes From A Global Pandemic?
So how is life going in your quarantined world? What are you learning about yourself? With all this time to be at home, enjoying a less scheduled life, I’ve become more reflective. The news cycle is...
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Use This Iconic Reminder To Talk Less – Listen More
What has your quarantine and social distancing experience been like these past ten weeks? The at-home isolation is a necessity to slow COVID-19 and has sparked conversations among my friends and...
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Battling Loneliness While Social Distancing
It’s unclear how 2020 will show up in the history books, but for me, it’s been a time where events on a global scale have prompted me to pause, reflect, and learn. While the COVID-19 pandemic and...
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Focusing Your Energy On Important Relationships
I have known, for some time now, maintaining relationships with others, takes time and effort. What I didn’t fully appreciate is how much more energy it takes while practicing social distancing. It’s...
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Use The Three C’s To Reduce Anxiety
As humans, we all experience some sort of social anxiety at one time or another. While we may not want to admit it, we care about what others think of us. In Olga Khazan’s book, Weird – The power of...
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How About Some Good News About Humankind?
2020 has presented many challenges in terms of maintaining positive mental health, and I’ve been focused on trying to proactively manage my intake of information in what I’m reading. One of the recent...
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The Power Of A Dissenting Opinion
I recently listened to one of my favorite podcasts, Unlocking Us, with Brene Brown. While I always glean some useful information from each episode, there was a topic in her latest, “On My Mind,” that...
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I’m Thankful For What I’ve Learned In 2020
No one will argue that 2020 has been quite a year! It’s the first time I’ve experienced a single issue, COVID-19, impact people across the globe in a common way. It’s affected economies and families...
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