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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Jamie Sussel Turner is a former school principal living in New Jersey who is now a professionally certified coach and author. I met Jamie at a conference we were both invited to attend this past [...]
I remember as a child waiting patiently for my cousin, Matthew, to clean the bugs out of the pool so we could all go swimming. He had a net attached to a pole and was making short, quick sweeps [...]
When you think about getting caught in an undercurrent, what comes to mind? For me, I’m reminded of a beach vacation in the Caribbean when I got caught in a nasty churn of ocean and sand that [...]
There’s a feeling that many of us get when we’re in the grey zone. Personally, I tend to start taking more shallow breaths (which you need to pay attention to or you’ll hyperventilate), [...]
Phoebe Anna Traquair has been called the first significant professional woman artist in modern Scotland. One of her works – which took nine years to complete – has been compared to the Sistine [...]
