I get your world and I want to help you win at work.
I get your world and I want to help you win at work.
Sometimes, a few simple practices are all it takes to produce profound change.
You Owe It to Your Company to do Work You Love
In the last post—You Owe It To Your Company To Take Time Off—we addressed the importance of treating yourself as a resource by viewing time off as a win-win for both you AND your company. In this edition, we’ll dive even deeper into that conversation with a look at...
You Owe It To Your Company To Take Time Off
When you’re actively seeking a move up, you can tend to over-prioritize the things you think will prove your worth, but often at the expense of your own needs. Despite craving a healthy work-life balance, taking quality time for yourself — whether that’s a vacation or...
How Rethinking Productivity Can Help Accelerate Your Career
As managers, getting caught up in daily chaos is par for the course. You spend the day constantly putting out fires and trying to tie up the seemingly endless lists of loose ends. Instead of feeling fulfilled and productive after the long day of hustling and hard...
Change Your Thought Patterns To Shift From Overwhelm to Overdrive
A client recently took on a major new project at work, and, while it was an exciting one he’d been wanting to launch for some time, I could gather from his language and tone that he had some concerns. He said things like, “I don’t know where to start” and “I’m not...
The Costs of Being the Hero and What to Do About It
On a recent coaching call, a client expressed concern about a colleague’s consistent requests for help. She admitted feeling frustrated by her colleague’s neediness and overwhelmed by the thought of adding more responsibility to an already full plate. Sound familiar?...
The Problem with Impostor Syndrome
I first came across the idea of feeling like a fraud in an article by Peggy McIntosh back in 1985. Over 30 years later, the idea is still relevant. Now, this feeling is often referred to as Imposter Syndrome. It happens when, despite past successes, we second guess...
How to Create a Free Flow of Information
There is a powerful dynamic at play that can keep employees from sharing ideas with you simply by virtue of your role and what they make that mean—and not based on anything you’re actually doing or not doing.
Feeling left out? Here’s what you can do.
When you take the time to think through your work, you help build a culture that pays attention to keeping each other informed. With any luck, your leading by example will mean you get left out less often, too.
The Real Secret To A Strong Team as published in Huffington Post
No matter how impressive a new hire’s credentials are, your team’s effectiveness relies most heavily on how well they work together. In other words, all the talent in the world can’t replace synergy
Share the Big Picture to Get the Results You Want
How many times have you had a great idea but lacked the traction needed from a staff member to move it forward? When I first met my client, “Sarah”, she was stressed out and struggling to get everything on her plate done. She was the head of a division in a...
How to Manage Expectations and Build Trust
Delegation occurs any time we’re getting work done with (and through) others. Whether handing work off to a staff member or collaborating with a team, clarifying expectations can help build trust—and that can lead to better performance outcomes. Trust is built when...
Delivering Effective Feedback to Close the Delegation Loop as published in Huffington Post
This article was originally published in the Huffington Post. Imagine you’re working on an important project. You’ve invested months of your time, and there’s more to go before it’s complete. You want to succeed. A colleague close to the project has noticed...