Yearly Archives: 2017

In life, respect is one attribute we owe one another; but you can’t force a person to respect you. Setting a boundary defines us;...

Vernice Armour is a former United States Marine Corps officer who was the first African-American female combat pilot in US History. She flew a SuperCobra attack helicopter and served two tours in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. She is the author of Zero to Breakthrough: The 7-Step, Battle-Tested Method for Accomplishing Goals that Matter.

How do we help those around us improve and take their lives to the next level? Helping people, companies, organizations achieve their personal and professional goals, because if we're not doing that, why are we here?

Dr. Susan David is a renowned Harvard Medical School psychologist and a co-founder of the Harvard Institute of Coaching. She challenges the prevailing attitude that we should “fix” our difficult emotions through positive thinking and chasing happiness. Her new book is Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life.

We can tap into these, but without treating them as directives to action. Ultimately, who's in charge here, the thinker or the thought?

Know that how you handle the departure of a team member is mission critical to your cultural integrity.  As part of the employee life...

Rachel Cooke is the founder of Lead Above Noise, whose mission is to empower leaders to catalyze performance that delivers business results. Through consulting and workshops she ignites the activation of microchanges–the tiniest increments of change that maximize impact while minimizing disruption.

I would encourage the leaders think in the space of naked and hungry and ask the lowest level question that you can think of. Ask somebody on your team what is the most small, irksome, annoying thing that makes you less efficient in your day, even it's only taking you 10 extra minutes.

For years I thought that inspiration and motivation meant the same thing. But the more I thought about it, did some research, and became...