Are You “Shoulding” on Yourself?

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...
Getting the Person vs. Getting Personal

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,...

Ruin Someone’s Day to Make Their Month

  Recently in a coaching conversation I asked my client what her favorite part of the role was and where she felt she created the most value for the company. As she described the this part of her job around process improvement and data integrity, she shared her...
The Power of Feedback

The Power of Feedback

  Let’s talk about the value of feedback, both in giving it and receiving it. In a recent coaching session, a client shared a story from her childhood. She used to work in her father’s shop, and one day she went out of her way to help a customer. The...
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...