I was coming out of the gym the other day after a morning swim. I passed by several staff members in the hallway and at the counter. And I was amazed at their disengagement. Not one of them even looked at me  Nor did they respond back to me when I said “I hope you […]

I grew up as a computer guy,  tucked away in isolated places to be with my computers. This naturally caused me to not spend a lot of time with people. And naturally I was tagged as an introvert. It wasn’t until years later when I found my real being that I realized that although I […]

I was recently inspired by #LinkedInEnthusiast Clarice Lin who provided directions on how to get your historical data from LinkedIn so you can measure your engagement.  Her instructions to do this are in her post: http://goo.gl/6RgUcM My goal was to determine my engagement, but also to find my common theme in my comments over the past […]

I recently finished working on a strategy session with a client to help them grow their business. We discussed the importance of how all things in life are made up of a destination and a journey. But sometimes we lose sight of this if we don’t stop and remind ourselves about how important that is. […]

I was presenting the other day and I had a person in the room who already made their decision not to listen. They were invited by another attendee, and attended under protest. Their body language, lack of eye contact, constant checking their phone and gazing around the room was enough to tell me that. The […]

Earlier in my career when I was a young leader, I had a real problem with being defensive. Someone would say something to me that I didn’t agree with or something I just didn’t want to hear. Generally it was an email where I would shoot back an immediate smart response, taking a shot at […]

You might know from my content that I was bullied when I was younger. This is a story of strength. I recently moved my family to a new town this summer which opened up many new challenges. One of the biggest was uprooting my daughter from her school. I was concerned for her that not […]

Have you ever taken on a customer and then regretted the decision? Most of us have at some point, especially when we were first starting out. Why do we do this when having the courage to say no actually helps both of you? This customer can be referred to someone else who can still serve […]

A single word can create shame and guilt. This simple word is such a part of our consciousness that we would have trouble not having it in our vocabulary. It is the word “should” .. as in “I should have known better” or “I shouldn’t have done that”. This word causes us to reinforce negativity, […]

Self-Doubt Highly accomplished people in all walks of life feel it. It can make us feel overwhelmed, think we are not up to the task, and question our probability of success. Research shows that self-doubt can significantly diminish our performance in business and in life.  How can we counter the negative impacts of self-doubt? First, […]