In August of 2019 – in celebration of my ten-year entrepreneurial journey – I started a blog to share the key insights I’ve gained as well as the strategies & tools I’ve developed to help business professionals like YOU move your careers forward and self-author a life that is meaningful and satisfying.After ten incredible years of coaching …
In a Human Resources Facebook Group, the following question was asked… “I have a delicate issue I need some advice on handling. I have a wonderful, talented HR person that has trouble with subject/verb agreement, both verbally and in emails. She has a college degree, but I think this is just what she grew up …
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In my previous post, I shared the two components of Emotional Intelligence and discussed, in more detail, how to BECOME MORE SELF-AWARE so that you can more EFFECTIVELY MANAGE YOURSELF. Now, let’s turn our attention to the 2nd component: Situational-Awareness.To better manage your relationships and the various situations in which you find yourself, it is …
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In a follow-up email to a coaching client, I wrote…”The discomfort you’re feeling is the discomfort of being in unfamiliar territory. You now find yourself in an entrepreneurial start-up environment where you’re expected to lead without being granted the formal authority to do so.” His Previous Role traditional environment long-standing, HISTORIED organization multi-layer hierarchical structure well-defined roles & …
Interrupting & Redirecting How a Micromanager Interacts With YouSo much of what I do on a daily basis is help clients subtly influence and redirect the undesirable behavior of others.Here’s a perfect example of what that often looks like… My Client’s Challenge:(To respect client confidentiality names have been changed and some details have been omitted. …
Here lately, after observing several of my clients’ teams struggle to make effective decisions as a team, I noticed two things:1They weren’t deciding HOW to decide.2And therefore, they weren’t making it CLEAR AT THE OUTSET how the team’s decision would be made.To assist them with this, I created a document called Five Methods for Team …
A QUICK STORY…A couple of weeks ago, our little Abbi Lou wasn’t feeling well so I took her to the vet.When Dr. Rice entered the room, she asked, “Same thing? A UTI?” “No, I don’t think so,” I replied, “Not this time. I think it’s something else.” AN IMPORTANT BACKSTORY TO EXPLAIN DR. RICE’S QUESTION…When Abbi disengages from interaction with …
Behavioral Baselines & Deviations: Their Role in Emotional Intelligence Read More »
This week, I had an opportunity to attend #DisruptHRIndy – an event designed to energize, inform, and empower people in the HR field. As I listened to the presenters, two things became abundantly clear about the HR professionals in attendance:1They are fully aware that providing professional development & personal growth opportunities is essential to engage and …
Someone asked last night what I did for a living.Without hesitation, I replied… “I help people make the tough decisions in life that can be career and life-altering. Decisions like the one Andrew Luck just made – based solely on what makes life satisfying and meaningful FOR THEM and not on what the rest of …
I saw this meme the other day… Source: Unknown…and it immediately reminded me of this photo.When the war broke out and millions of men left their jobs to fight overseas, these beautiful ladies were among the millions of women who entered the workforce to do jobs they had never done before while still caring for their children and enduring …
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Here lately, several of my clients have been faced with career-path altering/life-changing decisions so I created a mind map to help them make these pivotal decisions quickly and easily so that they can move on and take action without getting bogged down with analysis paralysis.I thought perhaps you might appreciate having access to this Decision …
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