Choose Less Stress This Holiday Season

I pull up to the ATM, lower my window and can’t quite reach the slot for my debit card. Instead of unbuckling my seat belt, I reach—and then reach a tiny bit further. And that’s when I feel something pop down the right side of my body. I bet you’ve done this kind of thing […]

Polish Your Executive Presence by Projecting a Successful Image

What is executive presence and what does it have to do with you? Everything! Assuming, of course, that you want to be successful in your career, be influential in your company, and achieve your full potential as a leader. Whether you know it or not, you have already been sized up and assigned a rating […]

Seven Strategies for Inflating Your Success

When I ask people to describe characteristics of successful people, they often identify characteristics that they associate with others but not themselves. This never ceases to amaze me. In an informal Red Ladder poll, respondents indicated that the top two drivers for success were 1) having a strategic vision (87.5%) and 2) having written goals […]

Risk Taking Has Its Rewards!

People often tell me that they are amazed at how willing I am to take risks. For me, it’s less about the risk itself, and more about the opportunity and excitement it generates, which compels me to step out of my comfort zone time and again. How Do You View Risk? Most people I talk […]

Reframe Your Attitude and Create a More Positive Work Environment

I often think about something that my uncle once told me when I asked him if he minded getting older. He said, “Age is a state of mind over matter, if you don’t mind it then it doesn’t matter.” With each passing year I have come to appreciate the wisdom of this statement. I have […]

Here’s what I think about the 1-3-5 Method for Daily Planning

As a kid, I had a lot of adult responsibilities growing up in a single parent household. That’s when I started using a tiny spiral notebook to keep track of things I needed to get done each day. I was a teacher’s dream student as I used this process all through grade school, junior high […]

Dial Up Your Success Through Dynamic Communication

Why do 80% of our team issues come from 20% of our team members? And how do you recognize and eliminate these issues? According to the Carnegie Institute of Technology, only 15% of your success is due to your technical knowledge while 85% of success is attributable to your ability to express ideas, arouse enthusiasm, […]

Three Lists Everyone Should Use to Increase Productivity

For those of you who may have had trouble getting jump-started on your annual goals, February is a great month to get back on track with your goals.  Take them out, review them, and prune them. Then take some time to drill down what tactics will help you accomplish your goals. (I’m trying out the […]

Resolutions and Goals – What is your plan?

It is already mid-January, and the New Year is already well underway.  Like most people, you probably took inventory and made plans for the coming year.  Some of you probably even took the time to identify one or two New Year’s resolutions.  Yet, the experts say that 30 percent of the people who make New Year’s […]