Has This Been Happening to You?
How do you find a way forward? How do you show resilience? How do you keep a positive attitude?
Get Yourself Out of a Twist with Flexibility
Week after week, this is how the conversation went …
VP: “How are you?”
Me: “I’m good. How are you?”
Stay The Course
Ever thought failure was okay? I think it is! I often work with leaders who need to improve an underdeveloped skill or need to correct a bad habit or blind spot in their leadership. The improvement or correction doesn’t happen overnight.
Generational Leadership
Take a quick survey of all the people you work with on a daily basis. Chances are you interact with people representing every generation: Baby Boomers, Generation Xers, and the latest addition to the workforce, Millennials.
Turtling Up
Although, I was exercising great impulse control, what I was really doing was turtling up; pulling myself into my shell of avoidance to protect myself.
Don't Stop Communicating
I’m seeing this a lot these days. COVID disruptions, racial tensions, and so much more are pushing people to bottle up what they are feeling and resting in their natural communication style.
Listen Up!
Connection comes naturally to most of us. That’s because we are wired to express ourselves and be connected with others. Just look at the usage of Facebook, Twitter, and TikTok. Most of us have an innate desire to be known and seen. However, when this need is not satisfied by people, we begin to look to other things to fill our need.
Don't Be A Casualty!
It started as a normal day. I got up. I took a shower and got ready for work. I did my quiet time and fixed myself breakfast. Then I moved into my home office to get work done. Probably sounds a lot like what most of us are doing these days. However, before noon, …
Why Am I So Angry?
I think everyone would agree that Coronavirus has impacted all our lives. It may have caused changes in our jobs, finances, home life, routines, responsibilities, cherished activities, our health, the health of our loved ones, and simply the ability to see friends and family. I suspect these changes have spurred a variety of emotion – fear, sadness, anxiety and loneliness. For me, it’s been anger.
What Do You Say To Yourself?
About once a year, I look up an article1 from The Atlantic called “The Confidence Gap.” This article explains the evidence which reveals that women are less self-assured than men.
Time Alone Will Be good
My prediction is that this time alone is going to reinvent business as we have come to know it.
Do You Like This?
Here is what I LOVE about my daughter. She’s willing to tell you what she thinks. If you were to ask her, “Do you like this?” She’d say something to the effect of “I wouldn’t wear it.”
Are You Running A BusIness or Just BusYness?
As I coach clients, and especially at this time of year, I often hear the phrase, “I am so busy.” We’ve all said it. But as a coach, this statement causes me to explore the cause of the busyness. If you often feel busy, consider these three steps.
Problem-Solving
Emotionally intelligent problem solving allows us to work through each of the following basic problem-solving steps regardless of the emotions involved.
Critical Skills for Today's Leaders
I believe today’s leaders needed to be authentic, insightful, innovative, and able to coach. If leaders are willing and able to incorporate these four things in this current business environment, it will cut through many of the barriers we face as leaders today.