Even the most positive, ambitious, and can-do people, can have a period where they feel some kind of emotional drowning in negativity. Some people encounter depression, can be overwhelmed, or discouraged more frequently during this time of a negative mindset. When this happens, it often activates a “victim” mentality. During
Part of leadership is teaching and mentoring your team to develop a leader mind. This skill as a leader is a type of coaching, which is the ability to really be curious and ask questions that help your report to think through things and find answers. These questions are not
Great communication does not happen accidentally or without effort. Like with anything, what we practice and are intentional to develop we improve in and master. Communication is something that is constantly changing so the mastery of it is challenging and a constant moving target. Despite this, the commitment to improve
Excited to celebrate with Executive and seasoned leader, Suzanne Judy, who recently wrote an article for Heller Search Associates, “5 Reasons Coaching Can Help Your Career.” She shares great insights from her experience in coaching over the last 10 years. She has walked her talk and is committed to consistent
Do you have any favorite sayings or words you frequently use or have made up to reference something? I find that there are a few words that I commonly use to help reference or summarize concepts. I hear others using the words, so thought I would share a few in
Throughout the year things change and evolve. We often set goals at the top of the year, and ideally revisit those each month and quarter. I have noticed in the bigger picture and seasons of the year, the movement between August and September is a good time to take a
As a driven and ambitious professional, you are constantly seeking ways to elevate your career and achieve your goals. In this pursuit, have you ever considered hiring an executive coach? An executive coach is a trained professional who can guide and support you in reaching your full potential as a
We often think about resilience as the ability to bounce back from tough situations and challenges. More broadly and accurately, resilience IS the ability to bounce back and recover faster because we can stay fully charged internally longer, so we handle stress and challenges more easily.
As a coach, the most important thing I desire for my clients is that they walk away better than how they showed up. I want them to have more clarity, focus, and a plan to achieve whatever they were up to.
Sometimes we don’t realize what “the work” of a situation or task is. We often like to see the results and want it without doing “THE WORK”. We like to see what feels easy, the green grass, without seeing the pain point or challenge (ie water, seeding, weeding, etc.) to get the green grass. As humans we can feel entitled at times, as if we have already done our time, paid the price, done the work for a result we feel we deserve.
