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How to Build Self-Trust as a Leader

April 14, 2023 4 minutes of reading

I was just reading an article from the co-founder of Netflix, Marc Randolph, about the 25 year anniversary of the company. He shared that “they simply believed that there “had to be a better way” to rent movies but along the way, we ended up not just changing the way the world consumes content, but how that […]

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How to Have Meaningful Discussions with Leaders Above You

March 24, 2023 3 minutes of reading

I met with a client the other day who wanted to meet with a VP in her organization. However, in the next breath, she said, “but I can’t meet with him and have a conversation, I wouldn’t know what to say.” This is a common response from clients who are meeting with someone at a

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Vulnerability Can Change Everything for You

March 17, 2023 3 minutes of reading

I was sitting in a book editing retreat to learn the best ways to edit my book a few years ago. It was a small group event held in a beautiful resort in upstate New York to teach all the future authors in the room how to edit our books. During one of the first

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How Well Do You Know Your Team?

October 13, 2022 2 minutes of reading

What does a leader who develops their people do, that other leaders don’t? I am sure that just like me, you could look back over your career, and see leaders that you enjoyed working for and some that you did not. What were the differences between those two groups of people? In my own experience,

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Trusted Leaders Create Trusting Teams

August 12, 2022 3 minutes of reading

Have you been on a team that had huge success, accomplished great things and had fun doing it? What made it different than any other team? One of the biggest reasons that a team will have success or failure comes down to trust. It is incumbent upon the leader to create a foundation that is

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How Can You Positively Influence Someone?

November 24, 2020 2 minutes of reading

Let me share a story that I recently heard. Gloria was in the grocery store line and had six cans of beans in her cart. She put her six cans on the conveyor belt. Suddenly, the cashier stopped her. He said, there is a limit on the beans. You can only buy four cans of beans,

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Are You Connecting in the Right Way With Your Team?

January 18, 2018 3 minutes of reading

Looking back over your career, there were leaders that you enjoyed work for and some that you did not. What were the differences between those two groups of people? I can share from my own experience, that there were 4 things that made a difference: Did they actually take the time to connect with me?

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Are You Prepared to Share Your Story?

July 25, 2017 2 minutes of reading

I was at a chamber of commerce event last night with over 70 booths and lots of attendees. Many people came by our booth and chatted with us about coaching, our new program we are launching and having assessments done. Having chocolate is never a bad thing, so a big container of Hershey’s miniature chocolates

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Are You Going to Be the Person to Make It Happen?

July 6, 2017 3 minutes of reading

I am really grateful that there are so many ways to stay in touch with people electronically using LinkedIn, Facebook, Text and Email. Snapchat is also another way (and sometimes the only way) to connect with the millennials in your life. I am by no means an expert on that one, but it is a

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