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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

Achieving Awareness both Internally and Externally 

Most people believe they are self-aware, but true self-awareness is actually an extraordinary quality. Even if you find the unicorn…
Health, Mental Fitness

Muse Makes Meditation Easy 

If there was ever a time to try meditation, it’s now, and if you started a meditation practice over the…
Leadership, Life

Pre-crastination: Learning How to Manage in the Moment

We all know the feeling: You’re busy at work, and your boss dumps a new project in your lap. Instead…
Life

Financial Shakeups Shape Us 

There are events that happen in the world that impact us socially, emotionally, financially, and physically, and they can be…
Leadership

How to Measure the ROI of Executive Coaching

If leadership is tested in times of crisis, it would be a gross understatement to say that the past two…
Career, Life

Get Comfortable with the Uncomfortable 

We tend to spend our lives in comfortable positions, and I don’t mean laying on the couch watching Netflix. When…
Leadership, Life

How to Make an Effective Apology

We learn how to say “I’m sorry” as soon as we are old enough to speak, but our apologies often…
Leadership, Life

Dealing with Defensiveness 

Defensiveness is an evil enemy. It gets in the way of personal and professional growth and success and it is…
Crisis Management

Freedom is Hindering Return to Work 

The road back to the office has been full of detours and even dead ends. Omicron has upended the world’s…
Leadership

Use your Motivators to Create Good Habits and Break the Bad 

At the beginning of a new year, many people make resolutions they want to stick to – be more mindful,…
Accountability

It’s Time to Look in the Mirror

Great leaders know how to set clear expectations and standards for their teams. It requires transparency and strong communication skills…
Health, Life

We are Beyond Burnout

People are being asked to do a lot more with a lot less these days. There are fewer workers doing the same amount of work…
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We are a Chicago- and Atlanta-based coaching and consulting company passionate about facilitating individual, team and organizational change. We apply cutting-edge, theoretical and practical coaching approaches to help individuals, teams and organizations bring about significant personal and professional transformation.

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