Happy Monday morning.
Before you open your inbox, answer one question honestly. Did you recharge over the weekend, or was it filled with distractions, Sunday thinking about work and all that you had to do Monday morning?
A year ago, I hit a realization in my own business. I was doing everything m...
A client said something recently that had me thinking of how often I hear this. Itβs said directly, but most often it shows up through questioning. They said if they didn't have his hands on every part of a project, it would fail.
I asked a simple question. What proof do you have of that?
I was m...
You think you're hiding it. You're not. Your team already knows.
For 25 years in sales, I made my living reading what people weren't saying. In sales rooms, I watched buyers pull back in their chairs before they said no. I saw micro-expressions that showed someone didn't trust what was being so...
You built your career on being sharp, building and creating success.. You read the room, you close the deal, you get promoted because you deliver results.. And then you become a leader, and suddenly the thing that made you successful stops working the way it used to.
I have spent 18 years working...
Most of the leaders I coach are not sitting around avoiding work.
They are working constantly. Answering emails. Putting out fires. Managing difficult personalities. Jumping into meetings they were not supposed to be in. Solving problems that should have been handled by someone else. Trying to pr...
Leader Burnout Is Costing You Your Best People
You wake up. You open your calendar. It's full before you've had coffee.
By the end of the day, the meetings happened, the inbox got a little smaller, and the three things that actually mattered to your role as a leader never got touched. Tomorrow lo...
The most dangerous cage is the one you walk into willingly, because eventually you stop noticing the door is open.Β
You build the cage slowly, with good decisions. The stable role, the predictable paycheck, the job or life that you can run with your eyes closed. The comfort of the same people, ...
You keep seeing the result you want: the bigger role, the stronger team, the number you know you are capable of hitting. So why does it keep staying just out of reach?
Start with your habits, the ones that no longer support the goal. Many people start looking at adding new habits and often itβs t...
Companies and leaders keep bringing me the same question lately: how do we get our people to take ownership? For as long as I can remember, this has been a challenge, but it has come up more frequently in recent years.
It comes up in almost every executive conversation. There is a real struggle w...
There was a time, about 12 years ago, when I was completely burned out. I mean absolutely fried. I was working nonstop, trying to help everyone, push through the exhaustion and keep a smile on my face. I said no to no one. My job was closing deals, training with high energy, meetings nonstop. The...
I've spent many, many years coaching and training professionals on their presence, their voice, and their ability to influence others. And I've noticed something that costs organizations millions in lost ideas, stalled innovation, and fractured trust.
High performers stay silent in meetings.
Not ...
Everyone is talking about how to communicate better: tone of voice, body language, storytelling frameworks, executive presence. Courses get built around it. Workshops get designed for it. People wanting to influence without authority. And while those things have their place, they are all working ...
