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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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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.…
High School/College

Like Father, Like Son: Neither Generation Is Engaged

A 2020 study shows that even before the Coronavirus pandemic hit, most high school students had negative feelings about school.…
Life

“We the People:” It’s Time to Use those Three Words

It’s not often that I come across a book about present-day politics that inspires hope in me. With the current…
Career

Informational Interviewing: A Job Seeker’s Secret Weapon

One of the most powerful but underutilized strategies in finding a job is informational interviewing. Informational interviewing is the process…
Career

Social Media can be an Effective Job Search Strategy Tool

Most of us use social media in our personal lives, but it can also be an important tool in your…
Crisis Management

We’re More Stressed Now that Quarantine is Over

More people are feeling more exhausted, depressed and scared now that the country has begun to reopen than we did…
Crisis Management

Leaders: Put Your Oxygen Masks on First

Very few people are flying right now, but think back to the last time you were on an airplane, even…
Career

Give your Resume a Boost During COVID-19

As the country begins to reopen, the millions of unemployment insurance claims show that we are still deep in the…
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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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