Mary Key, Ph.D. Having a clear and compelling mission that answers the question, “What are we here to do?” is essential to achieving extraordina...
Clarify Your Values – Have they changed?
Values are a core set of guiding principles that reflect what is truly important to an individual and cannot be compromised for material gain. They se...
Developing Your Organization’s Vision: A Guide to Building a Compelling Future
While mission statements define the purpose of an individual or organization, a vision statement establishes a standard or overarching goal to aspire ...
Toss out old habits – it will change your life!
Are you holding onto limiting ways of thinking, being right or relationships that drain you? It’s time to rethink them and put your bias under a mic...
Willful Blindness – Are you immune?
Are you subject to “willful blindness”? Are you or your organization putting on blinders to go into denial and not address a critical situation? I...
The Board Question: To Serve or Not to Serve?
I attended a program on Women on Boards: Actionable Strategies to Increase Gender Diversity in the Boardroom sponsored by Women Executive Leadership (...
Achieving Goals Made Easier – What are your habits?
Make things easier and achieve your goals. Fresh off the New Year and entering the new decade, resolutions and goals abound. Before you start that 30 ...
Reminder: The Challenge is to be both Efficient and Effective
The very thing that helps us be more efficient can stop us from being more effective. Management guru, Peter Drucker, used to ask groups, “If you ha...
Purge Perfectionism and Be Happier
Perfectionism is sometimes justified as having high standards. No one brags about low standards. You go too far when you become consumed with “g...
Your EARs are Key to Good Coaching
The best leaders make coaching and developing others a priority. Think back to a coach or past boss who positively impacted you and why. You likely re...
A Real Life Wonder Woman
In learning about others in business, it’s not uncommon to come across some outstanding athletes. That being said, I didn’t think I was hearing Su...