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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

How ‘Urge Surfing’ Can Help Leaders

When we think of urges we experience, the need to eat when we’re hungry or the desire to have a…
Leadership

How To Be A Strong Leader While You Are Under-Resourced

Leaders are being asked to do more with less these days. Goals and expectations continue to increase, but executives and…
Life, Wellness

Did the Pandemic Wake Us to the Benefits of Napping? 

Sleeping on the job has been frowned upon since the Industrial Revolution when workers (even children) pulled 12 to 16-hour…
Career

Quiet Firing: A New Moniker for an Old Workplace Concept 

We are hearing about the looming threat of another recession in the news these days, and some industries are already…
Leading Lightly

A Leading Lightly Conversation with Thought Economics

Since releasing my book Leading Lightly last summer, I’ve done countless interviews and podcasts. I’ve talked before about how as…
Leading Lightly

Want to Lead with More Ease? Change Your Perception 

The workplace shapes all of us. Your industry, your office environment, your company culture – all these components will shape…
Career

Virtual and Augmented Reality are Changing the Workplace

Before the pandemic, we had all heard about virtual and augmented reality (remember Pokémon GO back in 2016?). However, the…
Leadership

How is the Hybrid Workplace Working? 

There seems to be a great divide in visions of the future of work between employers and employees. Companies are…
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New Year’s Resolutions are Criminal Promises (and Research Supports That) 

We’ve all been there. Each year as the holidays come to a close, we make a list of “resolutions” or…
Leadership

What will be your Leadership Legacy? 

Every good leader hopes to leave behind a lasting legacy – the impact that lives beyond you and your time…
Life, Wellness

How to Avoid a Toxic Holiday Season 

Is the holiday season really the most wonderful time of the year? The holidays bring joy, but they also deliver…
Career

How to Prevent Quiet Quitting

There’s a term trending on social media right now called “quiet quitting,” but in reality, it’s nothing new. It’s just…
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