Knock It Out Of The Park

Dec 12, 2016 | Business

I write these weekly messages to motivate, inspire and challenge you to focus your energy and actions that will make you the professional you aspire to be. The goal is always to stimulate you to assume responsibility for your progress and your career. After all,...

Turn Fear To Anticipation

Dec 4, 2016 | Business

You know that feeling you get when you have to do something you’re not looking forward to? It’s a dull, sickening sensation that makes you want to ignore it or run away—anything but take it on because you fear or dread it. Yeah, that feeling is bad news. Now, you may...

Assess Your Leader Progress

Nov 27, 2016 | Business

It’s fairly difficult to assume a career as a professional and not take leadership seriously. Even if you don’t aspire to a leader role, you are or will be elevated to lead your clients, client work and younger staff. That being the case, you need to invest in your...

What Do You Tolerate?

Nov 13, 2016 | Business

I just returned from a counselor’s continuing education conference. Besides being able to geek out with my colleagues about behavior theory and practice, I co-presented an ethics seminar with a complaint investigator. Yes, I really did enjoy it. One of the concepts we...

Balance Your New-Biz Activity

Nov 6, 2016 | Business

If you are like most professionals, you didn’t get into the business to sell your services, but to perform them. Yet your career success is dependent on finding new clients for whom you can do your work. Here is a simple tool you can use to coordinate, prioritize and...