Choose Something
Success demands we first clearly declare what we want to achieve. Yet we are often afraid to do that. We worry that we will be …
Alignment
Clear, complete, connected, commonly-understood and meaningful mission, goals, and next steps.
Career Checkup
The criteria: Our work is successful and meaningful to the extent that it uses our talents, engages our passions, meets our needs/wants/desires, and helps others (individuals and/or …
Time to Set a Strategy
Stagnation. Lack of results. People spending time on intrigue, politics, silo building, or just rearranging the deck chairs. When we see signs like these, it’s time …
When Meetings Are Painful
Most meetings serve two distinct functions: to track and to choose. These functions don’t mix well. In a tracking meeting, we check progress, coordinate with …
Four Ways To Know You’re In the Right (or Wrong) Career
Work that doesn’t use your talents is work you should have others do. Work that doesn’t engage your passions is a dead end. Work that doesn’t meet your needs, …
The One Success Error We All Make
To be successful, we must first define success. Looking inside ourselves for definitions of success leads to satisfaction, creativity, energy, happiness, and/or meaning. Looking outside …
Can We Have Everything?
The cars, the houses, the career, the family, the vacations, the meaningful experiences, the titles, the accolades, the bucket list, the prestige, the money, the …
The Dance of Change
“What got you here won’t get you there.” – Marshall Goldsmith. “There is no need to change. Survival is not mandatory.” – W. Edwards Deming. …
Start a Movement
Think big: what could be so much better than it is now? To get that, we don’t need a special title. We don’t need permission. …
To Have a Truly Successful Career
There is a bit of a bun fight going on in the career coaching world about what it takes to have a successful career. On …