When I think of excellence, it means something different for me. In fact, we all define what excellence means differently. At work, excellence is a core value. In fact, we say it’s the “relentless pursuit of excellence” on our little team. It is the single most defining factor for who we attract and retain. It’s made hiring more challenging, in…
When things don’t work or go wrong, for many people, they blame. They look outside themselves (mentally or verbally) and reason their lack of results to someone or something outside themselves. This is an automatic reaction conditioned over years and practiced with others. This happens with my clients as they learn EOS or practice new leadership behaviors. It doesn’t work.…
In the quiet still of the morning, everything seems possible. Hope is visceral, the day is new again. Peace envelops you. Within the stillness, the birds converse, the sun greets you, and the sparkling water dances with joy. When you unplug from the busyness, there is only space. When you pause, breathe, and embrace the day within this moment, the…
You can learn a lot watching people. When travel fails, service is slow, people make mistakes, you wait in line, or stay on hold too long. Name the situation and you’ll see another side of people emerge. Sometimes grace is the greatest gift in the situation. Great opportunities occur during the collisions between our expectations and reality. Would you respond…
“Get comfortable being uncomfortable” is a healthy guideline for participation in our session rooms. It’s a way of working together that facilitates greatness when fully embraced by the people in the room. No matter how many times I walk teams through this, I’m surprised at how it frees leaders up and grants permission to say the things they previously only…
Sometimes you simply need to connect. Nothing more. Time to relax, be outdoors, let your mind roam, break up the monotony, do something different, and be at peace letting go of the pace. When you do, you are renewed. There is space. There is abundance and connection and caring. When you make the time, time expands, and you are better…
Sometimes, organizing the environment around you calms the mind. When I receive challenges, bad news, or find myself feeling overwhelmed, I organize and clean. For whatever reason, it calms my mind, gives me time to think, reduces external clutter, and during the process, I reduce internal clutter. It does not take much brain power for me to clean and organize…
I read a simple quote today. It says: “God has only three answers to your prayers, There’s no downside. Do I have the presence to pray as if it’s up to God and act as if it’s up to me? Today, this is my framework for success as I do the work.
Goals. They’ve seemed more challenging to envision this year, haven’t they? When uncertainty prevails, we default to paralysis. We wait, hoping for certainty, familiarity, and what we “know” to be true. Funny thing is, it wasn’t true, it was predictable. Truth be told, predictability will fail you. When any of us gets too comfortable, we settle. Settling leads to mediocrity. …
Have you ever noticed you can’t see things until you’re ready? They were always there, you just weren’t able to see them. It’s like when you buy a new car or get a new phone or tablet – you suddenly see them everywhere. Where there were none, suddenly they appear as if someone highlighted them on a blank piece of…