How Are You Managing Conflict?

How Are You Managing Conflict?

This week I’ve been thinking a lot about conflict. Mostly though I’ve been thinking about how we perceive conflict as either destructive or productive. I realize that productive conflict sounds like an oxymoron, but it’s the way we view conflict in...
The Final Third

The Final Third

We are entering the final third of the year! 4 months left to go.  It’s crazy how time flies, but here we are. This week I’m having all my coaching clients recommit to their goals and objectives. But before you do that go back over the first eight months of the...
Do You Have a Pre-Shot Routine?

Do You Have a Pre-Shot Routine?

  Recently I read an article by a sports psychologist called “A Pre-Shot Routine.” The article speaks to the importance of having a routine for everything you do. This routine becomes part of your visual and muscle memory, which increases the odds that you...
Are You a Great Listener?

Are You a Great Listener?

Think about someone that you know either at work or outside the workplace that you would qualify as a Great Listener. Picture that person in your head now and ask yourself why? What is it about this person that makes them a great listener. What do they do...
What Are Your Winning Habits?

What Are Your Winning Habits?

This week I was watching a show called Hard Knocks on HBO which follows a football team through training camp and the pre-season. In it the head coach for the Chicago Bears shared something with his team that really resonated with me. He said “Winning doesn’t...