You Are Not Your Company's Crisis

You Are Not Your Company’s Crisis

A note for leaders who are holding everything together — and starting to wonder if they can.   He came into our first coaching session carrying something heavy. Not a laptop. Not a notebook. The weight was invisible — but I could see it in the way he sat down. Slightly forward, like…
Book - Four Thousand Weeks

Any time I’m recommended a book I read it.

Any time I'm recommended a book I read it. The latest was 4,000 Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman. Having done many deep dives into the very idea of time, I found no new ahas, but many great reminders, and thoughts generated, that will allow you to be in control of your time: Live…
Dee Hock- Insights from a Visionary

Dee Hock- Insights from a Visionary

Dee Hock is a visionary. He is most well known as the founder and head of VISA from 1970 to 1984. He is also an amazing thinker and writer. Over the last few months, I buckled down and read all his essays at http://www.deewhock.com/essays Heavy stuff! Here are points he made that most resonated for…
Seven Steps to Up Your Speaking Game

Seven Steps to Up Your Speaking Game

I am constantly trying to stay on top of my game as a public speaker. Since many of my speaking bookings were canceled due to the coronavirus, I have been using this time to catch up on some speaking books, further improve my offerings, and pivot to doing more online training. Here are seven tips I revisited…
Don’t Let Your Story Kill Your Sales

Don’t Let Your Story Kill Your Sales

Over the last few years, I’ve been doing a great deal of coaching and notice the power of the stories my clients tell themselves. So I whipped up this presentation for a client's sales team… and they loved it. https://vimeo.com/442811040 If you are up for it, I would love your feedback too! Brutal…