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Inspiring both simple and profound changes that cultivate greater clarity, self-awareness, fulfillment, work-life balance, leadership and success.

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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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Team Coaching

The Power of Team Coaching

Today’s teams in the workplace look a lot different than they did a year ago. Most of us are working…
Career

How To Extinguish Gaslighting In The Workplace

We’ve heard the term “gaslighting” a lot over the past year, mostly in politics. We’ve seen candidates claim unconditional truth…
Career, Entrepreneur

The Pandemic is Encouraging Entrepreneurship

The pandemic has disrupted businesses across industries. Over 22 million people lost their jobs last spring and while over half…
Career, Life

Achieving Work-Life Balance While Working Remotely 

Millions of Americans have transitioned from working in an office to their homes during COVID-19, and it will continue that…
Career, Leadership

What to Do if You are Surprised by your Performance Review 

While it’s true you should never be surprised by your performance review, it happens. In a perfect world, employees enter their…
Life

How to Enjoy the Holidays During a Pandemic

The holidays will be different this year – very different. As the country is experiencing a resurgence of COVID-19 infections,…
Crisis Management, Life

The Brain Burden of Constant Tech

Since the coronavirus pandemic began, we have been more plugged in than ever before. We participate in back-to-back Zoom meetings…
Life

Tame Chronic Tardiness and Strive for Punctuality

Do you find yourself apologizing for being late whenever you arrive for an appointment, social event, class or even when…
Career

An Elementary Way to Overcome your Fear of Job Interviews

It’s completely natural to be anxious about a job interview. In fact, a telephone survey done by researchers at Everest College found…
Life

Ask Your Parents These Questions Now

As an executive coach, it’s imperative for me to understand a leader’s family dynamic and important life events, both personally…
Career

Ace that Interview with Coaching

You’ve landed the interview for your dream job. You bought a new suit, reviewed your resume and rehearsed a few…
Crisis Management, Life

A Pandemic of Financial Anxiety

Stocks are roaring to record levels; the housing market is booming and people are starting to spend more on retail.…
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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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