Growth

Growth

Hello, Powerful Person! It’s not always that managers don’t know how to coach, it’s that conversations with employees often turn into project task updates instead of furthering their growth and development. This is not unusual. I see it all the time when I’m...
Gratitude

Gratitude

Hello, Powerful Person! Appreciating what we have, as well as what we’ve been temporarily relieved of, is all about gratitude. We grow in gratitude when we begin to notice the good things in life. We are not bound by monetary and material constraints, rather, we...
Fuel

Fuel

In spite of wide-spread coach training, unfortunately, many leaders still are not using coaching skills to grow and develop their people. Instead, many leaders still believe in their role as a problem solver, cutting short conversations with employees by providing...
Are You Listening?

Are You Listening?

Hello, Powerful Person! As a child, I loved the Grapevine Game.  A friend would whisper a message into her neighbor’s ear – who would then relay it to her neighbor – who would repeat it to her neighbor, as so on.  When the last in line shared her version of the...
Sleep

Sleep

One of my favorite things in the world – sleep! How are you sleeping? What’s keeping you up? Research reveals that a sleep deficit has a negative impact on our hormones, our exercise performance, and our brain function. In order to optimize our health and...
LEADING WITH THE HEART

LEADING WITH THE HEART

  “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”  – Maya Angelou I believe this quote has captured the true essence of leadership. I’d like to honor leaders by...