Leadership

According to an Australian neuroscientist Silvia Damiano, women make a common mistake by saying “sorry” too much. This holds them back in the business world.  She justifies this as follows: “Women tend to apologize quite a lot, but it isn’t necessarily due to a lack of...

I had the honor of speaking last week at the Women’s Council of Realtor’s National Conference. It was a high energy learning environment. Many of the participants were eager to learn about a leadership model that is intuitive to how women step into their power. According...

Simply put, being authentic is just being yourself. Yet to be authentic, it takes self-awareness. Many of us think we know who we are and what’s important to us, but are we living in a world of lies and self-deception? I recently read an article that...

There is only so much I can divulge about this business story because of the confidentiality we hold for the members of our Women’s Executive Club Group.  (peer support) However, the story is so amazing that it needs to be shared. We’ll call the member Abby....

From my years of coaching training and working with a coach, I believed that I knew who I am as a leader. I know my traits, my skill set and in what areas of leadership I really excel. I know personally and from my clients...

We live in a fast paced, hectic world. We’re always connected, multi-tasking and somewhat present in our life – constantly trying to find that “work-life balance” – whatever that means. And then you get stopped in your tracks by a personal challenge. Something that may...

Would you agree that some of your employees are rock-star performers, some are OK and a small few you’d like a genie to change them into statues so they stop disrupting others? Let’s take a minute and think about your workforce. How many people are...

I was speaking to a business owner yesterday and he said that an employee was constantly messing up their production schedule by taking on rush orders. The company has strong sales, so they are working at full production capacity. The owner is proud of their...

Many small business owners are concerned about the changes to the overtime rules that will come into effect in December. Currently employees who make an annual salary of less than $23,600 are eligible to be paid overtime if they work more than 40 hours a...