by admin | Jul 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
Your Box isn’t My Box You may be familiar with the line from the movie Forrest Gump, “life is like a box of chocolates – you never know what you’re going to get.” But what about “reality is like a Zoom meeting”? A teacher of mine surprised me one day...
by admin | Apr 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
Your Voice is Important A number of my recent coaching clients are working on making their voices heard. They’ve received feedback that it’s important for their careers to speak up in group settings. Maybe you can relate to this personally or know somebody who would....
by admin | Mar 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
What if We’re NOT Hard-Wired? How often have you heard others (or yourself) say, “that’s just the way I am” or “I’m just wired that way”? These phrases point to an underlying belief that we are hard-wired, and we commonly use them to rationalize our resistance to...
by admin | Jan 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
From Awareness to Action through Self-Coaching Odds are your organization has sponsored one or more iterations of “diversity training.” It’s a sensitive topic and the impact of the training is often unclear. In many cases, participants are left uncertain how to turn...
by admin | Jan 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
Self-Coaching Gets Everyone Involved The idea of a coaching culture isn’t new. It’s been a hot topic for many years now, and all evidence points to its continuing adoption by organizations because it leads to higher levels of employee engagement, among other...
by admin | Jan 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
I’m super excited to enter this new decade and I have significant aspirations for what could emerge. But wait, is it a new decade? During the first few weeks of 2020, I found myself not only wishing people a happy new year, but taking it one step further and wishing...
by admin | Jan 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
More and more sources tell us that a growth mindset is preferred over a fixed mindset. Most people I interact with are on board with that idea. However, as I was asked recently, “How do you shift to a growth mindset?” That’s a great question and here’s my perspective....
by admin | Dec 13, 2018 | Uncategorized
The following is an excerpt from my book, Coach Your Self Up. As we’ve noted, I believe the best thing you can do to drive your career success is to commit to your ongoing personal development—to deepen your self-awareness in pursuit of becoming a version of yourself...
by admin | Oct 11, 2018 | Uncategorized
The following is a direct excerpt from my recently published book, Coach Your Self Up. Odds are, you have at least one person in your life that you would consider some form of coach. This might be a friend, a colleague, a family member, a boss, etc. And maybe you have...
by admin | Jul 2, 2018 | Uncategorized
In his recent podcast on Embracing a Growth Mindset, Mike Robbins said something that made me shout out loud, “That’s it!!” He said (something like), “When people ask me for advice on career development, I tell them the most powerful thing they can do is to make a...
