
It’s so easy to react based on how we’re feeling and our emotions. Most disputes start as a miscommunication. The one thing I love about how I Coach or teach is the ability to emphasize understanding before responding.
Without an understanding of another’s perspective, you’re more likely to commit to an emotional reaction rather than an educated response.
Everyone has heard the phrase, “sticks and stone will break my bones, but words will never hurt me.”
While it’s cute to recite in response to an uncomfortable situation, it’s completely flawed! Words, or a lack thereof, are the most powerful thing…

A business term every successful business leader understands is KPI.
KPI’s or Key Performance Indicators are a great way to measure success in your business plan and ultimately provide data to support the decision-making efforts and improve performance.
Every sustainable, successful business has data that they can track to their decision-making which is essential for Executives and Leaders alike because it often ties into their compensation structure.
What amazes me about KPIs is that the framework compares to a SMART (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Time-Bound) goal used in the Coaching industry to help individuals increase their chances of reaching their…

To be effective in our Leadership, we must first learn what it means to fail. I love failing in things that I try and attempt to do because I learned so much in the process about how to be better the next time. The key is learning to land on your feet even if your failure knocks the wind out of you!
I remember running across my backyard as a child, and I played with a ball kicking it as hard as I could to create different angles off the fence post. …

When you experience an opportunity to work for yourself, we often consider it an “answered prayer,” a gift, something we have always been planning to achieve. Yet, when that happened the first time, the euphoria slowly disappeared after I realized I had no idea what I was doing.
The business failed, but that doesn’t mean I wasn’t trying hard and giving my best, the fact is, I got tired of doing pointless activities that weren’t yielding any results and I ended up burnt out with no substance to give back to the business I thought I was sooo happy to…

Life can be tough to manage when you have several expectations, influences, and environments to exist in and find your place. I often realize the more individuals that I coach, in the beginning, they usually are focusing more on doing what everyone else wants them to do, or what they’ve seen, and not taking care of themselves or doing what comes naturally.
W. Timothy Gallwey wrote an interesting quote in his book The Inner Game of Tennis, which I believe is universally relatable to everyone who has ever sought a leadership role or began to decline in their sphere of…

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