Yearly Archives: 2017

We all struggle with prioritizing the big and important things in life and making time and finding the focus to tackle them. For several...

We talk lot about managing our time, but what about our other finite and equally critical resource – our ability to focus? Just as we...

Happiness in the workplace is tricky. First, agreeing on a definition of happiness is difficult in itself. Second, the remedy for unhappiness at work...

In this episode, we're going to talk about how to train your mind for elite-level performance with our guest, Jason Selk. He is one of the premier performance coaches in the world. He served as the Director of Mental Training for the St Louis Cardinals, and helped them win their first World Series in over 20 years, and in 2011 he assisted the Cardinals in the historic feat of winning their second World Championship in a six year period. He’s also helped professional athletes in the NFL, NHL, NBA, PGA, and even NASCAR.

That's the most important thing that we know it's going to happen, that it's regular, that it's ongoing, and that we both prepare.

I recently had the opportunity to catch up with a friend and former colleague who has just started his first chief executive role.  He’d...

In this episode, we're going to talk about unlocking your team’s potential with just seven coaching questions with our guest, Michael Bungay Stanier. He is the author of several books including 'Do More Great Work' and 'End Malaria,' which is a collection of essays from leading thinkers which raised $400,000 for non-profit, 'Malaria No More.' He is the founder and Senior Partner of 'Box of Crayons,' a company that helps organizations all over the world do less good work and more great work. His latest book is 'The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change The Way You Lead Forever.'

If this goes wrong, how is it going to go wrong.

It was a perfect, sunny day on Aberdeen Creek just off the Chesapeake Bay.  There, in front of me, floating placidly, was a stand-up...