Okay so it sounds like an absurd question? And yet I was asked to answer it … today! I was filling out a survey in order to do some work with a woman I consider to be a master speaker and coach (all of us need coaches). As part of the process, I had to…
Change Can Be Hard As a consultant I have come to the realization over the years that not every company who says that they want change, really does. The reasoning varies and here’s just a few of the reasons I have observed. 5 reasons I believe that organizations don’t change: Leaders are not willing to…
We all have those times in life when you feel like you get a couple of curve balls thrown at you that brush you back from the plate and get your attention. Adversity shows up in many different ways and through a variety of situations. I try not to make these blogs personal and yet…
At different times in our lives we may feel as though we would like a Do-Over. You know … a get out of jail free card, a second chance, an opportunity to rewind history, to go back in time, a second time to make a first impression, etc. Here’s the truth about Do-Overs … THEY ARE…
Have you ever had … one of those days? You know the day I’m talking about, the one where you feel like your whole is being turned upside down and the harder you try the worse it seems to get. At least that’s what you’re thinking when: You wake up in the middle of the…
How to Bounce Back and Improve Your Resiliency “Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall, All the king’s horses and all the king’s men, Couldn’t put Humpty together again.” There has been much debate about whether Humpty Dumpty was actually an egg … or not. The point here is that…
The path to becoming fully “alive” as a leader begins when you define your purpose – your reason for living. As you get clarity and awareness of your own path you are then able to help others discover and live their own path. Leadership is about pathfinding. In his book Aspire, Kevin Hall breaks down…
I invite you to close your eyes and pretend it is January 1, 2012. You wake up and park yourself in front of the television set and you don’t move … FOR THE NEXT 77 DAYS! 24 hours a day 7 days a week for the next 77 days you do nothing but watch hour…
A Nudge Towards Greatness? Recently I attended the National Speakers Association (NSA) Annual Conference in Anaheim, California. For those of you who don’t know NSA is an organization made up of some of the world’s best professional speakers. Zig Ziglar, Brian Tracy, Les Brown, Dr. Norman Vincent Peal, and Og Mandino are just a few…
I just finished reading the latest book written by Don Miguel Ruiz and his son Don Jose, entitled The 5th Agreement. At one point in this extraordinary work, the authors share the idea that you are writing the script for the movie you are living out in your life. They go on to say that…