Tag: confidence

Recently I had two separate leaders from completely different organizations tell me they didn’t think their team could be successful around accomplishing the challenge...

It’s well understood that culture can make or break a workplace. Understanding what “culture” means, however, is a whole other matter. As a working...

A few days ago, I ran up to the store to pick up a few items for homemade chili, a personal favorite. I had...

During my late twenties and thirties, I worked diligently to suppress the emotionalism and wild ambitions that had characterized most of my youth. Instead,...

My mom’s 50th birthday forced me to face a fear. She wanted to go up in a hot air balloon to celebrate. Back then,...

Much has been written about the ways a leader exudes presence. While there’s no singular definition, presence is often associated with charisma, how someone...

Bike-shedding refers to the act of spending lots of time on unimportant details while leaving crucial matters unattended. The term traces back to 1955 article...

Have you ever listened to a speaker who has had every point in her presentation nailed down, Power Point was near perfect, and closing...

It was a blog post about Chick-Fila sauce that made me think about the haters. A simple, well-written metaphor, that compared personal taste for which...