Life would be great if all of us aspired to achieve some degree of doing more, being more, and giving more. I’m blessed to work among a group of clients and colleagues who work very hard to rise to that possibility. As impressive...
When making a list of all our favorite things about the holiday season, the main highlights are often our favorite rituals - ceremonial acts repeated in a set precise manner. Every year we can count on the cranberries to appear...
When pursuing real change, people often ask us about what they can expect when they try. All the actions and emotions they’ll likely see in others and experience themselves on the road to different and better is what we call...
I’m not easily intimidated, but as soon as class began, I knew I was dead meat. In the first 20 minutes, the instructor said “GEAR UP!!” Six times – and she wasn’t kidding. I could feel the passion oozing from her heart, see the...
I didn’t know my 1-year-old son could speak foreign languages. Today, my nanny shared with me that Jack’s word of the day was “gracias.” He doesn’t pronounce the word perfectly. It doesn’t roll off the tongue like you or I are...
"I’m going crazy!" "What is making me crazy?!" "Why is everyone crazy?!" "Who can I blame for driving me crazy?" "What can I point to for causing all the craziness?" "PLEASE – STOP – DRIVING ME CRAZZZZZZZZZZZZZY!!!" Our world...
Well … it’s over. And just as President Obama predicted yesterday, the sun did rise today. We’re all still here. The United States is still alive and well, albeit clearly divided. However, we can take solace in the messaging...
What is onboarding? And why should you place intentional focus here as a leader, for yourself, for your team, and for your new hires? Onboarding, first and foremost, is different from training … think of a nice car with old,...
The amount of discussion and debate around the upcoming election has been more extreme, more heated, and more divisive than any we have ever experienced. For many of us it feels like November 8th is looming over us more as...
