You are Enough

You are Enough

Photo by bruce mars on Unsplash In trying times and ordinary times alike, it’s all too easy to go to extremes and miss what is right in front of our eyes. Face it: it’s easy to see the big stuff. The win, the loss, Recession, COVID-19, the big sale, a bad grade on a...
Delegation is Like Magic

Delegation is Like Magic

Photo by Almos Bechtold on Unsplash MAGIC! That’s how you get someone to do something you don’t want to do yourself. Not the abracadabra kalamazam stuff, but the art of magic stuff. Think about it. What makes magic work? Distraction, right? The magician gets...

How to Develop Workplace Skills that Aid in Leadership

Leadership is not a title, it’s a behavior. So if you want to be a leader, what skills should you be developing? We all think of the basics: confidence, delegation, people skills, communication — all good, of course. Often, however, the most important leadership skill...

The Right Kind of Conflict

Imagine for a moment your team walking away actually feeling excited about having had a conflict. Or, better yet, there’s a contentious issue on the agenda — and people show up early, excited to tackle the problem. Fantasy, you say? No one likes conflict, you say?...

You Control the Pace

Clients in law enforcement and the health industries provide me weekly reminders that business is anything but usual. Old ways simply don’t work, new ways aren’t yet established, and everything feels like it’s changing by the minute. Beyond the everyday mechanics of...