The Surprising Secret Behind Successful Job Performance is….

This week’s blogpost focuses on a skill that is the most critical driver of overall performance.  Can you guess? According to Marcel Schwantes in an Inc. magazine article of 1/31/17, this skill would not only help you be aware of and even experience the thoughts and feelings of others—it would even help you have successful […]

What Five Hours Can Mean to Your Leadership Success

This week’s Step Up Leader Tips borrows from a recent article in Inc. magazine.  I work with successful, high-performing leaders who never seem to feel they have enough time.  We are always looking for ways to reduce or eliminate things that weigh on their time and energy.  However, we also have learned that certain things, […]

Are You Allowing for a Recovery Period?

I see it all the time with clients.  I’ve done it myself.  Push and push and push some more.  That’s what we’re supposed to do to “get things done.”  Work during the day; work at night and on the weekends.  Why some of us even work throughout our vacations because we “have to.”  But where […]

Leadership Triggers: Teachers in Disguise?

Triggers.  We all have them.  None of us are entirely immune.  I say “entirely” because there are things we can do to reduce the impact that triggers have on us as leaders.  Triggers are events that stimulate our brain into a reaction—often “fight or flight.”  The brain checks into the memory banks and looks for […]

Breath and Leadership: Don’t Wait to Exhale

I am a student who is curious about ways to help leaders with more effective performance and joyful living.  As such, I’ve been paying a lot of attention to an area with a proven ability to impact both:  the breath. Did you know that your state of mind is a direct reflection of your breathing […]