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Career

Considering a Career Change? 9 Questions to Ask Yourself

Making a prudent career change requires careful consideration, pointed soul-searching and intentional preparation. It’s tempting to switch career gears when…
Leadership

Lead Your Team to Success: Ask The Right Questions

When Joel, a senior VP of sales, first began his executive coaching engagement with me, he was perplexed. His team had…
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Career, Leadership, Life

Does Your Life Align With Your Purpose?

“The secret of success is consistency of purpose.” — Benjamin Disraeli Life is made up of moments. One that I’ll…
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Accountability

Victim Mentality Stands in the Way of Accountability

We’ve all worked with someone who tends to attract drama. “How am I supposed to meet this deadline? I just…
Life

Risk, Reward and Resilience

  Crain’s Chicago Business announced today its 2019 Notable LGBTQ Executives list. For the second year in a row, Jody…
Accountability

Accountability: Stop Complaining and Start Changing

My partner Kathy and I recently took a vacation to New York City. To kill time before our flight, we…
Life

A Serious Summer Reading List

Read anything good lately? I certainly have! Most summer reading lists are full of beach reads or books meant for poolside…
Leadership

How Bad Leaders Lose Good People

Movies like Office Space and Horrible Bosses struck a chord with the audience not just because they exaggerate bad bosses…
Career

Why You Should Never Write your own Resume

Six seconds. That’s the average time an employer spends looking at your resume. That’s not nearly the time your resume…
Leadership

What is an Executive Coach?

During some point in your career, there may be an opportunity to consider hiring an executive coach. Whether you seek…
Career, Leadership

Switch your Mental Playlist to Positive

Today’s music streaming solutions make it easy to add a new playlist to your repertoire. Whether it’s for a morning…
Leadership

6 Ways Leaders Can Eliminate Gender Bias in the Workplace

While we’re often quick to give ourselves a collective pat on the back for how far we’ve come in promoting…
Leadership

Measuring the ROI of Executive Coaching

A frequently cited survey by PriceWaterhouseCoopers and the Association Resource Centre found that the mean ROI of coaching was seven…
Career

Career Change: The Power of Incremental Shifts

When you’re considering a career change, it can feel big. And so, understandably, small steps can feel so… insignificant. The…
Career

The ROI of Career Coaching: A Cost-Benefit Analysis

Career coaching is an investment — of your time, money and energy. Is it worth it? How can you determine…

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