Seven Self-Care Strategies of a Successful Leader

“You cannot give what you do not have,” shared a highly respected senior executive of a major Fortune 500 company during a coaching session. “My secret to being a successful leader is making sure that my cup is full so I can pour into my team, my organization, and my industry. When I was an…

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4 Invaluable Insights How to Pivot into Lasting Leadership

Challenging Assumptions and Inspiring Powerful Positive Transformations I have personally gained invaluable insights how to pivot into lasting leadership through the journey and achievement of my Leadership Coaching Certification. My introduction to leadership principles was in a book by John Maxwell given by my mentor over 10 years ago. Since that time my life began…

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Seven Proven Insights Into A Powerful Mentoring Relationship

Originally Published on Forbes Seven Proven Insights Into A Powerful Mentoring Relationship Some of the most successful people in business today have mentors. As a career coach, I can say that mentors have made all the difference in my career development. Mentors helped inspire, guide and shape the person I am today. I firmly believe that,…

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7 Steps to Unlock Your Influential Leadership Potential

How to Lead by Influence | No Title Required The word ‘leadership’ is sorely misused in our culture every day. We commonly refer to those in management or executive positions as ‘leaders’. Leadership does not automatically come with a position. Titles do not guarantee a manager will be a leader. Conversely: anyone can be a…

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The Tremendous Power of Gratitude at Work

How Giving Praise Increases Employee Engagement “Thank You”, one of the most underrated words in the English language. In a fast-disappearing culture of appreciation and consideration for others, these two powerful words are given less credence. As a society, we are more likely to become outraged than offer gratitude. It’s important to note that [inlinetweet…

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How To Go From Powerless to Powerful with Intentional Impact

How To Go From Powerless to Powerful with Intentional Impact Core Article Originally Published on Forbes We keep throwing this word around called ‘impact’. Can you go from powerless to powerful? Do you know what your impact is and how would you define, discover, understand or leverage it? It’s like the way my husband describes calories:…

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The Shocking Truth: Being An Overachiever Will Hurt Your Career

Article Originally Published on Forbes I’m not sure when it all started. From the time I can remember, I put my toys away neatly while other children played with reckless abandon. I was shy, quiet, loved to build with Legos and organizing things. One day I grew up, lost the shyness, became a professional young…

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5 Authentic Ways for Women to Lead Impactful Careers

Why Women? From a career coach’s perspective, my clients that struggle the most with the concept of defining personal achievement are women. It’s not because these ladies aren’t competent, savvy professionals. This phenomenon can be attributed to cultural brainwashing. Quite simply put: we women aren’t necessarily taught to excel in the business world! There are many ways…

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Kindness Might Be the Key to Success

Historically kindness is often considered a weakness in the world of business. We don’t want to subdue the fire and quench the passion that drives us to achieve, be successful, and move up the ladder of the corporate world. We can’t be successful by rolling over, taking a back seat, and being non-confrontational. When we think…

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