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Feelings, Emotions and Moods: How to Say What You are Experiencing

Aware or not, most people experience a wide range of emotions during an average day. And, these experiences are highly…
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…
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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Leadership

Habit Loops Can Help You Achieve Your Goals

Habits can be hard to break, and good habits can be even harder to make routine in our lives. But…
Leadership

Breaking Barriers: Strategies for Women Leaders to Thrive in the Corporate World

You won’t hear many women say this, but I had an unfair advantage early in life that helped me later…
Leadership

Let your Core Values be your North Star

Many lost travelers have had their outcomes brightened by the North Star. If you are in the Northern Hemisphere, Polaris…
Leadership

How Can I Convince My Company to Invest in Me?

Today’s workers want more development opportunities. More than three quarters (76%) of Gen Z employees value learning and consider it…
Leadership

Overcome Your Fear Of Delegating With These 3 Steps

Imagine I said you had to immediately take a week off work without giving notice to your team. What would…
Life

Go on a Negativity Fast

There is no arguing we are surrounded by a lot of negativities in our lives. Just turn on the nightly…
Career

The Truth about Lying on your Resume 

It may seem harmless to lie about your experience or inflate your job title on your resume, but if you…
Leadership

How to Activate your Strengths into Superpowers

Leaders face constant challenges and competition, but it’s in those times, you should rely upon your own individual strengths. Once…
Life

Try New Things to Avoid Being Boring

I recently read an article about how when TV writer Rob LaZebnik from The Simpsons turned 60, he realized he had become “boring.” So…
Career

Is Career Cushioning the Work Security You Need?

Worries about job security, inflation, and the uncertain economy are causing workers to engage in what is being called “career…
Life

The New Age of Journaling

I have been journaling for most of my adult life and although my exact process and method have changed over…
Life

How to Get Along with Others at Work

Having worked at the top of organizations for decades, I often have a bird’s eye view of their interpersonal dynamics.…
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