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...
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...
Plant Your Tree

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...
Where is Your Laughter?

Where is Your Laughter?

This past weekend we were able to spend some time out on a lake with some friends. If you live in the Midwest like I do, these are the summertime events we look forward to and only get the opportunity to do a few months out of the year. Being on the water with friends...
Is Anybody Listening?

Is Anybody Listening?

  This may surprise you, but in over 24 years of coaching senior executives and individual contributors the two words I have coached my clients more than any others are…. SHUT UP And then ask more questions.     Recently on a coaching call with a client...
Check-Up From the Neck-Up

Check-Up From the Neck-Up

  In case you haven’t been paying attention the year is already halfway gone. I’m not even sure why the accelerated passing of time surprises me anymore, but somehow it still does. So before your check out and enjoy your Fourth of July holiday this would be a...