I recently attended the Waves of Change Women’s event honoring former Tampa Mayor, Sandy Freedman and Sheila Johnson, co-founder of BET (sold to Vi...
Prepare and Relax: Finding Balance in High Stakes Situations
The “pressure to perform” can stay with us like an old acquaintance that we would prefer not to see too often. You may feel pressure about negotia...
We Have It Backwards – The Secret is Inside
We are told by people in our workplace, the media, our culture and other sources of external information that if we imitate what’s “in,” work ha...
An Antidote for Victim Thinking
As a trusted advisor and executive coach, I often hear from clients complaining that they have some negative employees who don’t take responsibility...
Pressure is Only There if I Put it There
In my work with athletes, business leaders and coaches, I consistently see that they feel intense pressure as if it were coming from an external sourc...
Courage Under Pressure
In my last blog I wrote about the Courage to Lead. I appreciate your positive feedback and the discussions surrounding this topic. In these challengin...
Strategy or Vision: Does it Matter?
Yes, it does matter. After years of working on strategic planning projects with executive teams, I continue to observe confusion about what strategy r...
Do You Love What You Do?
Valentine’s Day is a time to remember your loved ones, often a time for romance. When you step out of the commercialism, having a day and actually a...
Predict the Future: Write a Performance Letter to Yourself and Create a Personal Development Plan Template
If you were guaranteed that 2/3 of what you put into a letter addressed to yourself would become reality, would you try it? That’s the general conce...