Stop Fixing Yourself. Start Leveraging Yourself.
Your weaknesses will never be your superpowers. Full stop. When was the last time you felt completely in flow at work? When did time disappear? When did you realize you'd...
Outsmarting Bad Habits
Bad habits don't announce themselves. They sidle up quietly, offering instant gratification while slowly draining leadership effectiveness. Before you know it, you're checking email during strategy sessions, interrupting your team...
Escaping the Black Hole
Advanced Notice: This message is not about setting goals, starting the New Year off with a bang, or vision board planning. It's about negativity.It's my experience that some of us start...
Navigating the Overwhelm
What are your thoughts on the statement in the picture? Some of us think we can do everything.Some of us think we can do everything, just not all at the...
Using Questions Wisely
We're entering the final month of the year. It's hard to believe another year of Thought Partners has come and gone!As we begin to wind down the calendar year and...
The FORD Method
A big THANK YOU to so many of you who responded to last Friday's Thought Partner on "Assessing Wealth". I always love hearing from you, and your thoughtful responses were...
What Really Scares Leaders – Halloween Edition
While most people may be afraid of ghosts, goblins, and things that go bump in the night, some of you might face a different kind of terror this Halloween. Let’s...
Accentuate or Bloviate
MY REAL LIFE EXAMPLE IS COMING YOUR WAY! Last month, I went viral; unintentionally, I can assure you. My team and I created a post for LinkedIn illustrating why leaders...
What Would They Say?
The image above is from a slide I often use in leadership workshops. On the surface, the activity is simple enough: Take a moment to write three words you would...
What Makes a Coachable Leader?
Earlier this week, I was on a chemistry call with a potential new client and they asked me a marvelous question. They were determining if they were ready to begin...