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Are you ready to get unstuck and move forward?
Are you ready to get unstuck and move forward? I passionate about the kind of work I do, and in fact, thrive on working with people and teams who want to have more effective conversations, relationships and communication strategies. Your tough people-issues show up and make a difference on the kind of results you get, and I work…
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A Life of Mistakes
Many people try to predict the Kentucky Derby winner, and before the first Saturday in May, there are a lot of different theories as to why one particular horse will be this year’s winner. The sport commentator’s analysis of Mohaymen, a horse who only career loss in the Florida Derby last month, caught my attention. His…
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Accountability + Empathy = Results
Our research shows that compassion is anything but soft…Based on taking ownership and being proactive, the Compassionate Leader Model shows four distinct ways of relating to others. Take a look here: Compassionate Leader Model Is my behavior Proactive or Reactive? Leaders find themselves thinking and behaving above the line (the horizontal axis) when they are…
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What’s your Empathy Quotient?
Over the last three years, I have researched, read and reflected on compassion and how it shows up at work and home. It’s been a great exploration to find the many ways compassion is understood. It’s something we know by experience, and is less clear to define. After many conversations and interviews, empathy is a…
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Is your Mindset Fixed?
Having lounged with my favorite pairing of lemon sparkling water & a good book most of the day at the beach, I was ready to run, but as I rounded the last couple of blocks, my legs told me to stop. I didn’t. In fact, I ran a little harder which ended up in a…
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Make Time for What Is Important to YOU!
“Make Time for What Is Important to YOU!” was the title of a women’s group presentation last week, and like so many, the women felt the stress of having so much on their plate that is seemed impossible to get the important things done. The to do list gets longer rather than shorter and easy to…
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Bouncing Back from a Set-back
Brooks and Grayson both get cut from the team. Grayson accepts that he is not a good player and gives up baseball, but Brooks doubles down and plays harder, convinced that his next tryout will be more successful. Terry and Jack’s performance was a disappointment, and their report was judged a failure. Jack sees the…
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Tips & tricks for keeping resolutions alive
It’s great to hear success stories of my clients and friends keeping their New Year’s resolutions and getting results. Posts on Facebook of pounds lost, miles logged in preparation for a mini-marathon or conversation around a new daily habit of saving money all bring me satisfaction. Possibilities imagined, and realities experienced! But it seems more…
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Habits: Holding you back or moving you forward?
Maybe it’s the sub-zero temperatures, but my recent hibernation has had some benefits, including a TV binge – 3 seasons of Homeland in 7 days (Is Brody really dead, or was it a ploy by Javadi to make us think he is dead?) and also a reading frenzy including Wild – a pretty amazing story of Cheryl…
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High Performers or High Potentials?
Most leaders have star performers, and often times, those leaders work hard to find new ways to engage them to be productive and fulfilled in their roles. Finding new projects, developing a specific skill or getting exposure to different markets or people can all be ways to reward performers. In a recent situation, I worked…
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