Do you ever feel like you are on the verge of something you’re not sure you are ready for? Perhaps you’ve been given a chance to do something you’ve always wanted to do, or you recognize a need that you have the unique ability to meet – but it requires that you step out…

  We hear the benefits of being results oriented all the time. It is important to have goals, to aim high, and to focus on outcomes. But as we have been told since we were kids, too much of a good thing can hurt you. There are three critical areas that suffer if you are…

 As an executive coach, I work with leaders in both large and small organizations – who are passionate about creating inspired workplaces. They aren’t sure how to do it. They aren’t sure people will respond favorably. They aren’t sure it will work at all. They want to break the unspoken, unwritten rules of organizations…

  When was the last time you were really inspired? Can you recall what you were doing? What you were thinking about? How you felt? What was it that inspired you? And what did you end up doing as a result? Wouldn’t it be great if you could replicate the feeling of inspiration and translate…

  I have always been amazed by the number of people who seem to think of work as something of a necessary evil — simply what must be done to earn a paycheck. For so many who toil through their workday, the primary goal is to make it to the weekend so they can really…

  Do you ever feel like—despite your best, most diligent, inspired effort, discipline, and patience—you don’t seem to be getting anywhere? Maybe you have a vision that excites you – an idea of how something could be done differently, a creation you’d like to breathe life into, a way of improving your quality of life…

  You’ve just been promoted. The excellent work you have been recognized for has landed you a new job with expanded responsibility and significance. Perhaps you lead an organization of other talented professionals who now look to you for guidance and support. Maybe you are a leader of leaders. The game you were playing just…

  Though I have been studying and reflecting on the process of working through fear for the better part of my life, my learning came to a head when I was thrown into an environment that provoked a whole spectrum of fear and anxiety. As a martial artist, after learning and practicing basic blocks, kicks,…

  “Every master was once a disaster.” I am all too familiar with that awkward, humbling stage that comes with learning something new – when you want to run with the stallions but feel more like a donkey. It’s a universal phenomenon, really. Ralph Waldo Emerson reminds us that, “Every artist was once an amateur.”…

  “The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur.” ~ Vince Lombardi Winston Churchill once said, “Success is not final and failure is not fatal – it is the courage to continue that counts.” Thomas…