Welcoming a New Addition
Last year we lost our 13-year-old Dog, he was a little Pomeranian named Desmond. The house was so empty without him, so my wife and I immediately went out and added a new addition to our family, he’s now a 14 pound Pomsky named J.J. and he’s really sweet....
Learn Your Team’s 100
Recently I was facilitating a discussion with a group of leaders about team performance and retention. One of them talked about her success strategy of identifying or learning people's 100. I was intrigued by how that sounded and asked her to expand on exactly what it...
Create a Strategic Plan
As we enter the fall months it’s time to start creating your plan to close this year strong and start the new year with focus and energy. I’m asked to facilitate strategic planning sessions for organizations all over the country so I thought to help you get a...
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...
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 our organizations...
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 year...
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 will...
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?
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 make you...
Plant Your Tree
Guess what? We have firmly entered into the second half of the year so it’s time to kick your actions and productivity into a higher gear. To get you focused on these next five months there’s a great Chinese proverb that asks the question: When it the best time to...
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