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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…

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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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Career

4 Surprising Insights the Highlands Ability Battery Can Reveal

Being good at something doesn’t mean you should build a dream career around it. Yet that’s what many people do—becoming…

Leadership

How to Give Effective Employee Feedback: 6 Simple Strategies

As a leader, one of the greatest gifts you can give your team members is honest employee feedback — and…

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Leadership

Rid Yourself of Monkey Management

Could you be sacrificing your own performance by taking on your employees’ burdens? In a classic Harvard Business Review article (“Management Time:…

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Leadership

Linear Thinking: Overcoming Leadership Challenges

Linear thinkers’ brains are wired differently than non-linear thinkers. As engineers (software, chemical, mechanical, or electrical), information technology specialists, accountants,…

Career

Job Dissatisfaction: Is It My Career, Company, Job, Boss — or Me?

If you live for the weekend — feeling drained, frustrated or stressed by your job — you’re not alone. Job…

Leadership

Effective Leadership: Keeping Power in Perspective

My first leadership experience was educational in more ways than I can count. One of the most important lessons I…

Career

Career Change: 6 Ways to Approach Tough Conversations at Home

Danielle was a corporate attorney, on the fast track to burnout. In addition to the long hours and high demands,…

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High School/College, Life

20 Life Lessons to Empower Your College Student

Your son makes the Dean’s List, but doesn’t have a clue about how to budget his monthly expenses. Your daughter…

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Leadership

How to Fix Challenged Teams by Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions

What are the Five Dysfunctions of a Team? At some point in your career, you’ve likely taken over managerial responsibilities…

Career

What Is Career Coaching — and Could It Help Me?

Do you dread Monday mornings? … Are you envious of friends who seem to have a clear-cut career path? … Were…

High School/College, Life

Helping Your Child Transition to College: The Ultimate Balancing Act

The excitement over acceptance letters (and drama over rejection letters) … ancient history. Shopping for dorm room supplies … check. …

Life

9 Phrases to Boost Your Self-Confidence, Relationships and Career

The messages we tell ourselves have a profound impact on our thoughts and perceptions. The words we choose to convey…

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