You Can Increase Your Positivity Ratio

Smart researchers who study leadership behavior tell us we can examine what we are thinking about and understand how our thoughts impact our emotions and behaviors.  In a reciprocal manner, our repeated behaviors affect our thinking. Researchers say we can make desired changes in our lives by noticing what we are thinking and doing, and by taking … Continue reading You Can Increase Your Positivity Ratio

New Webinar! Emerge: Three Strategies to Move Forward

This past year of pandemic has proven challenging. Staying mentally healthy and professionally productive has taken concerted effort.Describing the pandemic as a “Winter” season is an understatement. "Quicksand" or "Black Hole" might be more appropriate metaphors. Perhaps you’ve lost your professional footing.  Maybe you feel stuck as you attempt to recover from the disappointments and set-backs of this … Continue reading New Webinar! Emerge: Three Strategies to Move Forward

Leading Virtual Teams? Just-in-Time Training is Here!

You are a leader working more in the virtual space.Team leadership is an art and a skill. Meeting remotely as a team is the wave of the future. You need new and specialized expertise to lead well in the virtual space.Leading people who are not in the same room has a special set of requirements.  Are … Continue reading Leading Virtual Teams? Just-in-Time Training is Here!

Time to Think or Time to Act?

Are you a leader who must hit a multitude of goals, as well as motivate and influence others to hit theirs? Do you need to solve pressing problems, as well as have the time to think clearly enough to innovate? Is the proverbial “urgent” overwhelming the “important” in your world? Busy leaders can get stuck in … Continue reading Time to Think or Time to Act?

Want to Improve Your Team? Appreciative Inquiry Should Give You Hope

“I wish this was working better, and I’m not sure how to make that happen.” Have you felt this way about a team you are leading? Perhaps your staff has issues with each another, a professional group can’t stay on task, or your Board of Directors can’t discover how to put everyone’s talents to work?  Change needs to … Continue reading Want to Improve Your Team? Appreciative Inquiry Should Give You Hope

Still Stuck? Three Coaching Tips to Transform Your Status Quo

You are Invited! Ohio Society of Association Executives 2019 Annual Conference– Toledo, Ohio My Workshop:  “Still Stuck? Three Coaching Tips to Transform Your Status Quo" on Thursday, June 20 from 10:30-11:30 A.M To register for the OSAE Annual Conference and for my session on Thursday morning visit:  https://www.osae.org/aws/OSAE/pt/sp/conference_register Imagine how you would feel if… You … Continue reading Still Stuck? Three Coaching Tips to Transform Your Status Quo

Laser Coaching-Five Questions to Save You Time

Are you a busy leader who needs more time?  Do you need to make the limited time you have with your team or staff more productive and more empowering? Let me introduce you to a simple coaching tool that can assist you as you lead your team.  This tool, called “laser coaching”, combines the art … Continue reading Laser Coaching-Five Questions to Save You Time