I was recently asked to share my favourite vacation – taken or planned – as part of a leadership activity to develop listening skills. My response? The vacation that got …
Creative First
Feeling blue, again? It may be because you’re not allowing your brain to be as creative as it wants to be – letting it make new connections and come up …
Be the Tree: How to Work Smarter, Not Harder with Mindful Leadership
This summer, I am sharing a special series called “Be the Tree: How to Work Smarter, Not Harder with Mindful Leadership.” I created it in response to: My own experience …
Your Future Depends on Where Your Attention is Focused
This month, the “big idea” that the Business Coaching Advantage is working with is: attention matters. Where we choose to focus our attention can make all the difference between creating new success …
Are You Ready for Positive Thinking?
A Three-Step Process to Develop Positive Thinking (When You’re Ready For It) “What a horrible summer we had,” a friend pronounced to me recently, and she wasn’t the first. It’s …
Breaking My Own Glass Ceiling: From “Less Than” to Leading
Breaking My Own Glass Ceiling: From “Less Than” To Leading I was almost forty years old when I began to think more about how some men pay less attention to …
Could a Robot Do Your Job?
Why Taking Stock of New Trends is Essential for Your Career Lately, there’s been a lot of talk about robots taking over jobs (see Wired or Forbes for related articles). As a professional …
3 Tips for Becoming a Better Public Speaker
Almost twenty years ago, I gave my first big presentation on behalf of the software company at which I worked. It was a disaster: there were far more people in …
Quitting your job CAN be your best decision
In 2009, I resigned from a successful career in financial technology to start my own coaching business. My decision was quick: one day I was still working downtown, burnt out at …
My Year of Becoming a Process-Based Leader
A year ago I developed a plan to help me become a leader around the concept of process-based living, an organic approach to creating positive change. The plan was made up …
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