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Life

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

Why Projects Fail 

Have you ever had a big project fail, leaving you with your head in your hands? Unfortunately, it happens often…
Life, Wellness

The Hidden Stresses that Drag You Down and How to Tackle Them

If you’re like many leaders, you may feel you have the ideal life. You have a good job that pays…
Leadership

Leaders Need to Have The Great Conversation 

Leaders have conversations with their employees every single day. But whether it’s a casual check in, a regularly scheduled team…
Life

How Can We Become Indistractable? 

We place a lot of blame on our phones and gadgets for our inability to pay attention during a movie…
Leading Lightly

Magnify Your Leadership With Multiple Perspectives

One of the keys to being mentally fit is the ability to discover multiple perspectives, perspectives beyond the ones we initially hold.…
Career

How to Ask for a Promotion

Asking for a promotion can be extremely stressful because it puts you in a vulnerable position. But if you believe…
Career

Why Your Resume Deserves More than ChatGPT

Everyone is talking about generative AI tools and how they can make our lives easier. OpenAI’s ChatGPT is the most…
Leadership

How Can I Convince My Company to Pay for Coaching?

This is an extremely common question when individuals are looking for executive coaching. They want to know how they can…
Leading Lightly

A Hidden Roadblock For Effective Leadership: You’re Attached To Your Story

When you get a new eyeglasses prescription, you have to be willing to let your old glasses go. Sure, you…
Life

How To Train Your Brain To Separate Work Life From Home Life

Flexible work is no longer a temporary pandemic solution—it’s a mainstay of the modern world. According to a survey of…
Life

Will ChatGPT Create a Revolution?

ChatGPT and its recently unveiled successor GPT-4 are certainly having their moment in 2023. Open AI’s generative AI chatbot has…
Leadership

The Impact of Words, Tone, and Body Language 

Most of us know that most of our communication is nonverbal. In fact, we may even be familiar with the…
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