We often think of life as linear, with fixed mile markers setting our pace for the long run: Get your degree. Land the job. Find a partner. Grow your family. Build the career. Maybe even complete an IronMan or two in between. Then, over time, your relationships flex,...
As 2020 comes to a close and we look longingly toward a brighter 2021, I wonder how we will come out the other side of all the unrest, anger, distrust, and fear. I’ve always been a glass half full kind of gal, so I choose to enter 2021 hopeful – without letting go of...
It’s the eve of an election in the midst of a global pandemic. My guess is that when it comes to serving up hot topics, this year your workplace is giving the Thanksgiving table an early run for its money. More company leaders are being prompted to speak up and...
It’s undeniable how hot things are in our country with an ongoing global pandemic playing out in the backdrop of our fractured States of America. It’s likely your team is feeling the heat, and before you even realize it, anger and fear trumps you and your team’s own...
A weed free lawn or garden is not normal. Weeds will take root and grow unless someone takes intentional action to prevent them from growing. To extend the metaphor to the leadership of teams, leaders are the gardener and their team is the garden. Are you the type of...
We’ve all experienced the frustration of two people who are talking past each other – they are speaking in such a way that they are not speaking at each other, rather they are speaking past each other resulting in frustration, mis-understanding, wasted time and...
