Clients often ask me how they can be authentic and true to themselves as a leader while still improving their communication. People...

You might be struggling with feeling inauthentic with your boss when it comes to self-promotion. Although it may feel uncomfortable, this...

This is a fixed vs. growth mindset.  Carol Dweck, pioneering researcher on motivation, wrote “Mindset: the New Psychology of Success,”...

Strange, but true. There’s an important professional lesson hiding in a popular children’s book by Laura Numeroff. If You Give a Moose a...

Great leaders take an active role in helping their employees grow. A major part of that process? They’ve learned to master the feedback...

Did you make any New Year’s resolutions? Even if you didn’t, there’s still something oddly liberating about a fresh calendar in January....

If you’ve worked hard to differentiate yourself by specializing in a certain area, you may run the risk of over-relying on your...

When my coaching clients struggle to move their careers forward, the roadblock usually is not their managers. Or their organizations. Or...

Are you a bulldozer or a Tesla? I promise that question will make perfect sense in less than 60 seconds. Investing the time to understand...

In my last post, I talked about the Fear of Asking for Help (#FOAFH) and how that can damage our careers. Now I want to give you some...

If you regularly negotiate to land new clients and projects—or to convince your boss you deserve a promotion—you probably have some solid...

Imagine getting lost as you drive through an unfamiliar area late at night. You’re faced with a choice:  head down a dark road that...

I was definitely surprised by the feedback from my last blog. While I discussed coping with a boss who avoids conflict, I was bombarded...

Face it, decision making can be hard. We sometimes get into the same old thinking patterns, which may not serve us in every type of...

Well, sort of. Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards famously said, “I look for ambiguity when I’m writing because life is ambiguous.”...

No, I’m not talking weight loss here. I’m referring to that feeling of mental and emotional sluggishness we all get from time to time...

Last week, I had the honor of speaking to a chapter of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers) in Plano, Texas. We got...

One of your employees seems unengaged or not “all in.” A friend complains that there aren’t enough hours in the day. A client struggles...

Networking is not just for job searches. There are countless reasons to build stronger relationships in your company, community and...