Listening well doesn’t mean just being quiet. It means tuning in. And there’s a difference. In other words, listening well means actively refocusing your mind away from your inner chatter and into the world around you. More than ever, to solve our complex problems, we...
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The Power in Being Grateful
When going through a difficult stretch in my life, someone once asked me, “What is it that gets you through?” Much to my surprise, the word “gratitude” found its way to my lips. The odd thing was I did not know where it came from, or how it found its way into my...
Throw Out Your Definition of Time Management
Time management is a myth. We are often exhausted by the end of the day, let alone by the end of the week, wondering how the month went by so quickly. With the demands on our time, we flit from activity to activity, just barely keeping up with it all. Then there...
Leadership Lessons from My Snowboarding Instructor
“What are you doing?!” my 20-something, very talented snowboarding instructor asked as I fell for the umpteenth time, wobbling my way down the Bunny Hill. First time snowboarding. I don’t know what I was thinking. He clearly felt the same. Everything hurt - my...
Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time
Overwhelmed by an endless to do list? Feel like you’re constantly putting out fires with no time to reflect? Exhausted by the end of day? These were some of the questions we looked at our latest workshop, Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time. Energy is the stuff that...
Executive Coaching & Fierce Compassion – The Game Changer
Has someone ever held you with fierce compassion? Told it to you like it is, in a way that may have shocked you, but stuck with you for a long time? Some call it tough love. But I recently heard of it translated another way, as “fierce compassion.” For those of...
Making Peace with Time Management…and Your Inbox
Frazzled clients speak of long hours filled with email, phone calls, meetings, social media conversations, and personal distractions. They tell me they are constantly putting out fires all day, only to forget where they left off when the day started. They are simply...
How to Have Some Fun with Your Accountability (Seriously!)
I was having one of those bad days – I mean, really bad days. Nothing seemed to be working right. It was almost comical. The stoplights even turned red as I approached them. (They really did.) I didn’t want to tell anyone about it, when I was reminded of a great...
Developing Executive Presence
You know it when you see it. Executive presence. Obama has it. So does Sheryl Sandberg. George Clooney definitely has it. There’s that confidence and delivery. There’s that way they walk into a room. What is it about them? And is it teachable? In her book, Executive...
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