3 Lessons From Teachers for Business Managers

How many times have you heard it said:  “Schools need to be run more like a business!?”  What if businesses were run more like a classroom? After all, leading in a classroom and leading in a workplace, as it turns out, have some remarkable similarities....

The Power of Unplugging

Do you have any of those lessons in your life that you know to be absolutely true? You support it with all your heart and you know that it is exactly how you want to behave–but there is no [blankin’] way to get it done? Yeah, me, too. I have about 30 of...

Getting Rid of Stress: An Exercise

Sometimes we can get so weighed down by the stress in our lives, we can’t see a way out. It traps us, overwhelms us, and throws us off our game. If you are facing that gremlin called stress, try this simple exercise–it’s one of my favorites! Get a...
Is It All In Your Head?

Is It All In Your Head?

  A few years ago I had a client who was lamenting the fact that she was a procrastinator. She always put things off until the last minute, and she wanted to change that.  “For instance, in college,” she said, “I would constantly pull...
What We Can Learn from Jon Stewart

What We Can Learn from Jon Stewart

Jon Stewart, renowned comedian and host of The Daily Show, retired a couple weeks ago. No matter what you think of his style, his work, or his sense of humor, one thing is certainly true: Jon Stewart was a Superboss. In a striking article for the Harvard Business...