As the year winds down, it’s important to review how you are doing in relation to goals you have set, professionally and personally. A great way to ...
Set Your Mind on Growth
One of the keys to building confidence is making mistakes and even failing. You learn from taking risks especially if some don’t work out. Challengi...
When I Say NO, I Feel Guilty
Some are able to say “no” to a request or opportunity and feel good about it. “This just isn’t the right fit for me” or “I don’t have th...
What Do You Want?
We negotiate daily. Whether it’s to define the scope of a project, close a sale or agree to who picks up who when soccer season starts. Negotiating ...
Many Professional Women Wrestle with Expectation Anxiety
It takes tremendous courage to perform well, even when you are scared. For professional women, this can be especially difficult. Sergeant Lorain Preva...
New Skills for Leaders Now and in the Future
A key factor that separates good leaders from great leaders is the ability to be an agile learner. Learning agility is a competency which describes a ...
Ask Gracefully, But Ask
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...
The Present of Presence
It’s that time of year where many of us search for the appropriate gift to give people we value and care about. Our normal multi-tasking seems to go...
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...
Courage Takes Heart
Leading with courage involves overcoming our own fears, apathy or feelings of hopelessness as we pursue a course of action that we believe is right. I...
Pressure to Perform
Betty runs to the bathroom and begins to throw up. She is feeling the dread of getting up to present before co-workers and invited guests at the quart...