Make Your Learning Stick

Feb 1, 2015 | Business

My whole world is about equipping professionals with the business soft skills they need to add value to their clients, their firm and themselves. It’s the focus of all my training and coaching. So you can imagine how frustrating it is for me to hear someone remark...

Overcome “Why You Can’t” II

Jan 25, 2015 | Business

In last week’s message, I reported from the latest brain research that you control how you approach situations: either possible or impossible. Read it again. Then I asked you for input about your experience with overcoming “why you can’t” thinking. I agreed to share...

Overcome “Why You Can’t”

Jan 18, 2015 | Business

Don’t you just hate it when something comes out of nowhere, like when a client makes a seeming impossible request or you’re faced with a significant market change you didn’t see coming? It really takes all the air out of your balloon. No matter how much you try to...

Goals Aren’t Enough

Jan 4, 2015 | Business

In the December 8 message, Your Presence is Showing, I challenged you to identify a characteristic or trait by which you wanted to be known by the end of 2015. Did you do it? Hopefully you gave it some thought. Now it’s time to be specific and name it. This is...

Don’t Chase Rabbits Too

Dec 15, 2014 | Business

I’m in the middle of an engagement for a client and I’m in unfamiliar territory. I’ve become a source of frustration for my client. This is unusual, as I strive to not only be the solution, but to generate ideas, options, and ways of preceding that add value to the...