Coaching vs. Mentoring?
I’ve been asked more and more to help organizations train internal coaches so they can coach their own people, strengthen their culture, and retain both new and existing talent. What’s interesting is how much the perception of coaching has changed over the years. When...
Are You “Shoulding” on Yourself?
Imagine if, in our lives and our businesses, there were no words like should, try, want, wish, or hope. Wouldn’t it be great if we simply did something or didn’t do it? If we decided clearly and confidently to act or not to act? Recently I re-watched a movie that...
Change Your Perspective
Perspective is like a pair of glasses. It shapes the way we see the world, understand our experiences, and even respond to challenges. Sometimes, life hands us big moments that naturally shift our view, like taking a new job, moving to a new place, experiencing the...
Getting the Person vs. Getting Personal
Think about how we start most conversations with someone that we have never met before. “What do you do?” Now think about how we tend to judge people based on the answer to that question. How do we judge the people in our own business and lives based on what they do,...
Who Are You Legacy Leaders?
Let’s talk about Legacy Leaders. These are the people who left a mark on your life. Not a small one. A real one. The kind that sticks. We’ve all had at least one. A teacher. A coach. A mentor. A parent. A manager. Someone who saw something in you before you saw it in...
Leaders Have 2 Jobs
Leaders Have Two Jobs I’ve been coaching a senior leader in a large organization who recently hired a new director for one of her teams. This young man is extremely smart, understands the job inside and out, works really hard, and is great at getting things done. And...
Spring Cleaning for the Mind
Refresh your Leadership Approach It's the time of year we're starting to do our spring cleaning. As I've been cleaning out my closets and decluttering my office I realized now would be as good a time as any to start decluttering some of my thought processes and my...
Ruin Someone’s Day to Make Their Month
Recently in a coaching conversation I asked my client what her favorite part of the role was and where she felt she created the most value for the company. As she described the this part of her job around process improvement and data integrity, she shared her...
Avoiding the “Right” Fight
Do you think it’s possible for 2 people to look at the exact same thing and see completely different outcomes? Of course it's possible. Let me ask you this, is it possible for 2 people to look at the exact same thing, see completely different outcomes and both be...
Leadership Lessons From March Madness
It’s my favorite time of year. March Madness! Every basketball team in the country is preparing for one final push to see if they have what it takes to make a run and win it all. What do I love about it? It’s unpredictable. It’s intense. It’s full of surprises...
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