Unplug From the Matrix
Summer has always been one of my favorite times of the year. Not because life slows down. Because it gives us permission to. Every summer, my family and I spend time in Northern Michigan. If you've ever been there, you know what I'm talking about. Crystal-clear...
Check-Up From the Neck-Up
In case you haven't noticed, we're almost halfway through the year. I don't know why the speed at which time passes still catches me off guard, but somehow it always does. The Fourth of July is one of my favorite holidays because it gives us a chance to slow...
If We Don’t Change, Then We Choose
There’s a quote often attributed to Albert Einstein. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. It’s become a bit of a cliche, but like so many old phrases it sticks around because it’s true. In business, in leadership, and...
Thank You for Being Part of This Journey
Every Friday morning, I sit down with a cup of coffee and hit "send." And every Friday, I wonder who might need to hear that week's message. Maybe it's a leader struggling with a difficult conversation. Maybe it's someone who feels stuck in their career. Maybe it's...
Graduate to Your Next Level & Become a Lifelong Learner
It’s Graduation season, which is always one of my favorite times of the year. It’s a time for new beginnings and a renewed sense of energy and spirit. And just like those of you that have graduated in your workplace to a new role in leadership, well my friends the...
Be the Backstop
I’ve been facilitating a lot of sessions recently around coaching and effective delegation, and I keep running into the same misconception from leaders at every level. Somewhere along the way, people started believing their job as a leader is to remove every problem,...
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,...
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