Do You Chase Titles or Chase Your Passion?

Do You Chase Titles or Chase Your Passion?

I encourage all my coaching clients to use the lessons they uncover during our sessions to coach the people on their own teams. I learned a long time ago that the best way to really learn something is to teach it to someone else, because in doing so you internalize...
The Email Problem

The Email Problem

I put together a training and coaching proposal for a client recently. I had previous discussions with all of the decision makers so I was pretty confident that I could cover all the bases and provide them what they were looking for. I probably spent 4 hours writing...
Put Some People in There

Put Some People in There

I heard about a study that sought to understand why dogs are so interested in telephone poles. The study concluded they’re not. It turns out they’re interested in the other dogs that had visited the telephone poles.   Have you heard the advice about including a...
Leadership Lessons From Super Bowl 50

Leadership Lessons From Super Bowl 50

Last Sunday, like most of the world, I gathered with family and friends to watch the Super Bowl. It’s always a good thing to still be interested in the outcome of the game late into the fourth quarter. I’m still having bad dreams about the “puppy-monkey-baby” but I...

Super Bowl & Team Member Engagement

It’s that time of year again when even the most indifferent of sports fans will gather ’round over-sized HD flat screens with friends and family to watch something that most could care less about the outcome . . . the Super Bowl. I find it interesting that in a...
What Road Will You Take?

What Road Will You Take?

One of my favorite poems is Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken.” If you’ve never had the opportunity to read it, I would highly encourage you to take five minutes to do so. It’s the story of a traveler heading down the path of life, and finding a fork in the road...