Blog Posts To Lead And Enlighten
Enhancing Your Executive Presence (part 2)
What is EP? Executive presence is a combination of personal traits and outward behaviors that create an image of leadership competence and trustworthiness. Executive presence is how one acts (gravitas), speaks (communication) and looks (appearance). It’s a group of...
Enhancing Your Executive Presence (part 1)
What is EP? Executive presence is a combination of personal traits and outward behaviors that create an image of leadership competence and trustworthiness. Executive presence is how one acts (gravitas), speaks (communication) and looks (appearance). It’s a group of...
Vision: From Person to Paper to People
Without a process, cool visions are only daydreams that "die on the vine". And you gravitate back "the way things always are." How does a vision of a better life or business or team or strategy get from idea into implementation? Formulate the vision. Take the time...
Boundaries and Habits are Like Weed Tarp
In this COVID year, I have heard dozens of stories about how well my clients' gardens and yards are doing--since they've been tele-working and using their non-work hours to do something therapeutic outside. I'm not the green thumb in my household, but I do know that...
Don’t Let the Mosquitoes of Life Get to You
We are fortunate that in my area of Eastern Washington state, we don't have a whole lot of mosquitoes in our climate. And, our local mosquito control organization does a great job of keeping it that way. But I'm from the Midwest, where mosquitoes are often called "the...
8 Ways to Lead Up While Following
You want to be on your boss's good side to get a great performance review, right? And you want to work "as one" with him/her whenever you are both working on an initiative for your organization. And sometimes, you have some needs that she/he can meet, and you want to...
Planning Your Personal Retreat Day
Personal retreat days are pivotal for you to invest in yourself and your future. You give yourself the gift of solitude time to be able to practice the skill of reflection. I have been doing personal retreats for about 15 years, starting with once every few years, and...
What Are You Consuming For Breakfast? Guest blog by John Golden
From the moment you wake up every day, it can seem like life really conspires to mess you up. Maybe you got up this morning and it’s cold and you don’t like the cold. Maybe the traffic is terrible. Maybe the baby was crying all night long, whatever. Maybe your kids...
6 Reasons to Evaluate When Considering Moving On
You've got that restless feeling. Your job doesn't give you that same positive feeling that it used to. Problems seem to outweigh victories. You have tried to hang in there, but it does seem like thoughts of looking for something new are increasing these days. You...