One of the hardest things about becoming a leader is realizing that caring about someone doesn’t mean keeping them employed on your team. Firing someone does not make you a …
Fired ≠ Failure: The Employee’s View
Being fired is not the same thing as being a failure. Before I started my own business, I worked in jobs with bosses for more than 20 years. I was …
Why “I Thought I Was Clear” Isn’t Getting You Commitment
I was working with a group of women leaders recently, teaching one of my favorite skills: getting commitment (aka delegation). I told the group this is the skill my seasoned …
A Quick Reality Check on the Job Market Right Now
Over the past few months, I’ve noticed a theme coming up in conversations with career coaching clients: the job market feels unusually difficult right now. Several people have told me …
Lessons from the Pup
I believe that language has power. Our words and thoughts create our reality. Where we focus our attention, grows. Too much venting or negativity attracts more negativity. As I reflected …
Joy – at work!
Last week three of my clients talked about how important joy, fun and laughter were to them. At work! Sometimes we have old beliefs like “work is serious” or “laughter …
Zero-Based Gratitude
A few months ago, I saw something about applying the concept of zero-based budgeting to practicing gratitude. Zero-based budgeting refers to the practice of creating a budget from scratch (i.e., …
Courage’s Missing Ingredient
Over the years I’ve written a lot on the topics of courage, confidence and comfort zones. So I love it when I see something new that expands my thinking. Most …
How I use AI with my Coaching Clients
If you read my last blog, I gave you three tips for using AI – especially if you are brand new to tools like ChatGPT. The last tip was about …
Three Top Tips for Using AI (Today)
I’m a late adopter when it comes to technology, but I always try to challenge myself to do the things that I ask my clients to do. So it was …