What Are You Speaking For?

In follow-up to last month’s blog on Listening For, this post is focused on a practice area called Speaking For. Beautiful in its simplicity, you only need answer the question: […]

What Are You Listening For?

Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed that listening skills are in a serious deficit? Hello? Is this thing on? But seriously, folks … This was acutely evident […]

Personal Evolution v. New Year’s Resolutions

There’s a familiar topic in the media this time of year that usually sounds something like: “XX% of New Year’s Resolutions Broken by the End of January!” Whatever the failure […]

Fresh Eyes

Children are such pure reflective devices. They notice or say something innocently and it strikes a chord. That happened to me the other night as my husband, son and I […]

The Impact of Inertia

I’m about to introduce physics into a blog about leadership and people development.  Why? Because organizations are in a constant state of motion with inertia cropping up all around us … and […]

Leadership Begins at Home

The September 15, 2016 issue of TIME Magazine includes the cover article by Charlotte Alter titled, “The Secrets of Super Siblings – Nine families raised children who all went to […]

Proximity to Power Corrupts the Mind

Early in my HR career, I was assigned to work with a C-Suite executive who was seriously challenged in filling a key position on his staff. Twelve people flew through that […]

A Good Coach is Prepared to Be Fired

I’m often asked by those looking to make a career transition into executive coaching what it takes to be effective in this role. My response always begins with a foundation […]