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  My Aunt Barb, who has had a successful career as a teacher, minister and author, gave me some good advice when I started my leadership coaching practice almost 15 years ago.She said for [...]

Disrupt Unhealthy Work Patterns I didn’t mean to get into a heated discussion with a Pastor, but 21 years ago during my mandatory pre-marital crash course, I kind of did. We somehow got onto the [...]

Has your mother ever told you to mind your Ps and Qs? Honestly, I never knew what she was talking about. Be good? I did a little research on the origin of the phrase and my favorite explanation [...]

Around midnight – nine hours before the bell would ring for the first day of school – my husband and I were having a whispering debate about how to treat our eleven-year-old’s flu [...]

Just because you’re good at something doesn’t mean it’s your passion… I highly suspect that Lu is suffering from career burnout, but he isn’t your typical employee. Still, twice a day Lu [...]

Managers Need to Step Up and Course-Correct I recently met with the head of a company who said she’s finally figured it out. She actually had to fire some employees if she wanted to grow the [...]

I find it mildly ironic that I’m reading a book on boundaries and in the four weeks since I’ve started, I’ve been interrupted so much while trying to read it that I’ve only reached page 40. It [...]

  We often think that advancing in our career means moving up a rung in the corporate ladder. This seasoned professional has proven that it’s more about finding a role that aligns with your [...]

On a recent trip to the US, I lost my cell phone. It happened when I was frantically rummaging through my bag at the airport looking for my passport.  If you’re thinking about now that I, Karen [...]

What I love about this Fairy Tree is how it got its start. It wasn’t always the star of the forest. In the 15 years or so that I’ve been walking along its popular path I hadn’t really paid it [...]