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If you’ve been following my books and videos, you may have read or heard me speak about the importance of meetings within organizations. To be more specific… how to have effective, productive, and inspiring meetings. As a leader in a professional position of leadership or a leader of your own life… Meetings of this kind […]

Believe it or not… recognizing, appreciating, and effectively utilizing the superpowers of those on my Team was my weakest skill when I was first promoted to a leadership position! Like many new leaders, my best skill-set was being great at my craft… and you’re promoted and that’s no longer your job! Your job becomes doing

Middle Management can be hard! It’s one of the first steps of professional growth; as you’ve graduated from a Front-Line position, higher-ups have seen your professional worth, and believe you have what it takes to be in a position of leadership… It’s an exciting time; full of pride and anxiety! What no one tells you

Leadership within organizations can be an odd experience… I’ve found leadership positions to be given for odd reasons, accepted for logical reasons, and at times overwhelming due to the number of hats a manager, supervisor, leader must wear. Not in all companies, but many… if you sell a million dollars worth of product; you’ll eventually

Whether you’re in a leadership position, an employee, or an entrepreneur… you care for, serve, and lead your clients/customers! Clients are what make your business matter; without clients you simply have a great idea, a vision, passion, and dream… Clients make it count! Since clients are of utmost importance, let’s define what they are and

I’ve experienced the pain and the opportunity of suffering! Professionally, I remember being promoted due to my skillset but not my leadership skills and suffering. There was a time I struggled to accept and tolerate organizational change and I suffered. As an employee and new leader, I had a strong personality and voice but struggled

I’ll never forget a former boss of mine walking into the office in a frazzled state, rattling off a bunch of conversations to herself aloud, suddenly looking at me, and exclaiming, “I feel squozen!”… Yes, she made up a word and I knew exactly what she meant and how she felt… and I’m sure you

At some point in your career as a leader, you’ll experience the pain and pleasure of mediating between two employees, coworkers, or Direct Reports struggling to get along. As a former Mental Health Therapist, I’ve lost count of how many mediations I’ve had the pleasure of conducting… and to be honest, I enjoyed every single

Over the years, I’ve had the honor of hiring awesome people into my company, my dream, my baby! It was easy to be attracted to the “Inspired & Motivated”, wide-eyed, eager candidate that struggled to blink as you spoke; as you could see your words and mission enter their soul… I call that “Vacuum -Eyes”!

Emails… you know those things that relentlessly pile up in your inbox providing you important job-related information, that endless portal for your boss and coworkers to request things and share information whether you want it or not, that technological wonder that spams you to death, and that thing you check religiously for hours on end