Category: Leadership
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The Most Unpopular Blog Post In The World
I’m not sure which is a bigger disservice, when we are told that life is meant to be easy or when we are told that our lack of success is because we aren’t tuned into ourselves. Both make it sound like life is this magical and easy path we meander down. We hear these messages […]
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Can’t Have It All…p.s. Why Would You Want To?
The other day, after being on the road for nine days, and working seven straight days to prepare for the nine I succumbed to drinking soda. I was SO tired and needing to pick up my game to make it through the home stretch without seeming/getting tired and/or crabby. So I’m drinking this soda and […]
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It isn’t failure…it is VALOR…Dare to be great!
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who […]
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You Go Girl! Or Not
Are we living in a world that markets to us that it is equal opportunity yet doesn’t deliver? I found the following link from Little PINK Book a brief interesting item on the likelihood of women landing executive leadership positions. Why is this relevant? Because it is easy to be “marketed” into an environment that […]
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What Just Happened?
This week I found myself asking myself “What just happened?!” I had just finished raising my voice towards an employee. That isn’t me. That isn’t behavior I approve of or exhibit. So what just happen? I want to preface this with I’m overjoyed that I had the knowledge to recognize I was at the beginning […]
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Help vs Hope
It seems appropriate this week of Thanksgiving to reflect a bit on the relationship we have with others. Specifically I’ve been thinking a lot about help vs hope. Last week I saw the TED video of Becky Blanton, a brilliant writer/journalist. She talks about, and it is not always easy to watch or hear, how […]
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Disagree vs Disrespect
There is nothing wrong with disagreeing with a plan, a person, an institution, etc. There is however something wrong with disrespecting them. This morning while following an email exchange I was shocked on how disrespectful an employee was to the board she serves. Being disrespectful is never okay. The next time you feel entitled to […]
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Procrastination
Did you know that procrastination is a form of self-sabotage? An article in the October 2011 issue of “Psychology Today” shares, “When it comes to self-sabotage, procrastination is king.” Why does such a harmless behavior such as procrastination merit such an ugly title? There are a myriad of reasons, but for the sake of brevity […]
Strategic Alignment For Individuals & Organizations 