Category Archives: Coaching

Employee Engagement – Is it About You or Me?

{EAV_BLOG_VER:11bfb5410f06b7f1} Interestingly I have found this topic to be surfacing in many circles lately. It clearly is a top of mind dialogue for people. Whether it’s coaching leaders, teams or entrepreneurs – engagement is a hot topic. However, I believe that ‘employee engagement’ is being promoted too far ahead as the leader on the “needs”…

Hokey Dinah!

Many of my friends and coaching clients comment on the various expressions I share. If you have hung out with me at all, been on a telecall of mine, follow me on Facebook, or even listened to me speak at an event, you’ve probably heard a saying or two that have caused you to pause….

Top 5 Reasons to Take Time to Smell the Roses

That phrase is a cliché, I know; but at the same time, for the overwhelmed entrepreneur, it’s like ‘music to thine ears’. Whether a busy solopreneur, business owner or latest expert of fill-in-the-blank-industry, many times we swirl about like the raging waves crashing into the shoreline of ‘broke, busted and disgusted’. I actually find that…

7 Reasons for Using Your Bootstraps in Life and Business

This blog post is a continuation of my musings from 2010, which focused on many learning and coaching lessons.  Today, I have a call to action for you! It is time for transparency. Even when working with action-oriented business owners, I realize there are times when all the coaching I can offer won’t produce change…

It’s Not the Load that Breaks You…

In all walks of life, $*it happens. There, I said it..and It’s true! We can’t avoid having things come our way that aren’t even in our peripheral vision, and therefore catch us unprepared. So why, then, does it seem that in those very moments champions are made?

4 Action Steps to Unleash The Flying Monkeys

It’s time to step up and take on the tough situations and not just assume that a kind heart is simply enough. We are all adults at times when dealing with certain situations, people and personalities we have to put on our game face and go for the win. Flying Monkeys help to get the job done!

When The Bags Get You Down – Let Go and Live Full

What I realized I had done was allow the baggage of another to impact my level of comfort and joy. And while I was holding on tight, there was no room for forgiveness. Which is 100% not like me. To make it worse, I wasn’t suspending judgment. (Insert Intervention Here:)

Who Are You Giving Sanction To and Why?

The ability in our life to control our circumstances resides squarely within ‘us’. And yet everyday people give up their control to the benefit of others. In this post we will open the dialogue around choice and living life full.

4 Mistakes Managers Make that can Derail an Organization – Part 2

The second article of two on the Mistakes Managers Make is from an excerpt I wrote for CEO Russia magazine last winter. While they may seem like novice mistakes, they can actually be devastating to an organization. All managers are susceptible to making these mistakes, whether an apprentice or a veteran, no one is exempt!…

4 Mistakes Managers Make that can Derail an Organization – Part 1

Whether you are a new manager or seasoned leader, there are four mistakes that can have potentially devastating effects to your team, your organization and to your future. In this two part article; The Mistakes Managers Make, I will share the common pitfalls that can derail even the seasoned leader accompanied by examples and solutions,…

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