Be The Cracker, Not the Dip

You know how when you’re eating a really delicious dip–be it that spinach artichoke stuff, the guacamole, or the hot three-bean dip you love at Superbowl parties–have you ever noticed that the cracker isn’t the point? The cracker is just the...

Thought For the Week: Navigation

Great leadership raises the sails of one’s dream, navigates it in the direction of possibility, and converts the opposition & challenges to create the lift required to produce power, drive, and forward momentum. Sound complicated?  It’s...

Pessimism Into Engagement

Here’s a thought that’s been on my mind lately: How do you turn pessimism into engagement? The tragedy of a pessimistic attitude is, unfortunately, something we often have to face on a regular basis–whether that’s inside ourselves, feeling...

Benefit of the Doubt: Part 1 of 4

In February, Yahoo’s new CEO Marissa Mayer made an announcement that I think we can safely call controversial, to say the least. Everyone from Richard Branson to the late night talk show hosts have weighed in.  She decided that all employees who had any sort of...

Your Pain is Your Passion

  That was the answer I received when I asked an experienced coach back in the beginning days of my coaching dream how I was to determine my “niche.” All I needed to do now was figure out what she meant!  In true coaching form she resisted the urge to just...