You are a leader…but what is your real identity? In my opining, leadership identity is how I view myself as a leader. It encompasses my attitude, my behavior and the impact I can make. Let’s first talk about our attitude as a leader. My leadership skills include how I “show up” and how I [...]
Leadership…we all know that it is important but WHY is it important and what does it really mean? Being a leader may be one of the hardest things that we do but being a great leader can also be one of the most rewarding things in our life. Leadership is the ability to inspire, [...]
I would hope that many people would say that I am kind. I often smile at people, provide encouragement or let them borrow something which are all acts of kindness. But is there more that we can do to be “kind”? Kindness can be shown in many ways like I mentioned above but can [...]
How can we become a Champion? And I am not talking a champion in the athletic sense of the word but instead being a champion in our life. There are so many things that we can do to be our own champion like asking for what we want, setting bigger goals, never compromising our [...]
We all have had that time (and probably many times) when we were un-realistic with ourselves. It is also proven that negative and unrealistic thoughts (pessimism) is not good for our health. Instead we should be realistically optimistic… blending our hopeful mindset with a practical approach to life. We have to learn to manage [...]
We are all grateful for so many things in life…but sometimes life gets in the way of our gratitude. How do we learn to live in the contentment of the moment? How do we focus on the positive aspect of life? And how do we do that every day? It is a known fact [...]
Let’s talk this week about being INTENTIONAL! There are so many pieces of intentionality when we talk about ourselves. One of the biggest pieces of being intentional is that we make choices based on our personal values, beliefs and goals. When we talk about being intentional, it doesn’t mean that we have to change [...]
Last week I talked about how to be present…but how do we manage that when we have so many things on our to-do list and only so many hours in a day. Often we like to talk about a work-life balance but instead I think we should talk about our work-life harmony. Work-life harmony [...]
We all are in the world where we have a LOT of things going on and often, we are overwhelmed with our “to do” list! I know that I often try to do too many things and overwhelm myself. But one of the things I am working on and trying to do everyday is [...]
This spring I went to a lot of conferences. I love going to conferences to not only keep me up to date on new things going on in our industry but being able to share my knowledge with other attendees. At this year’s set of conference, I had a few things that made really [...]
We talked about adding and communicating value to our clients but now let’s talk about value for our staff. McKinsey recently published a survey of middle managers and talked about how middle managers in particular are vital to organizations. “Managers face pressures from above and below, they tend to be both underdeveloped and unempowered, [...]
Last time we talked about the value they can see and that we provide. But what about the value that they can’t see or measure? Often our value differs from client to client. Understanding what your client wants and what is important to them, helps them to see your value in a way that [...]
When we run a practice there are so many things that we always need to think about today, but we also need to continually think about tomorrow. I think one of the things that we must continually work on is “value”. Value can mean many things that are measurable now as well as things [...]
Welcome to my final post for Women’s History Month! This month is a celebration of women’s accomplishments, the significant personal and societal roles they have always played and how they inspire others today and throughout history. This month is meant to remind us of the achievements of women in our culture and society. It’s [...]
Welcome to my third post for Women’s History Month! This month is a celebration of women’s accomplishments, the significant personal and societal roles they have always played and how they inspire others today and throughout history. This month is meant to remind us of the achievements of women in our culture and society. It’s [...]
Welcome to my second post for Women’s History Month! This month is a celebration of women’s accomplishments, the significant personal and societal roles they have always played and how they inspire others today and throughout history. This month is meant to remind us of the achievements of women in our culture and society. It’s [...]
Welcome to Women’s History Month! This month is a celebration of women’s accomplishments, the significant personal and societal roles they have always played and how they inspire others today and throughout history. This month is meant to remind us of the achievements of women in our culture and society. It’s important to note that [...]
I can tell you that many years ago I would have told you that I made it in this world all by myself…but when I look truly back at my life, there were so many people who have guided me along the way. We all need a guide and you just need to recognize [...]
