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How to have a great work relationship with your boss? (Spare her the details) One common complaint among leaders is that they feel bogged down by verbal details from direct reports.  For this reason, I have created a list of five tips for having a great work relationship and to provide direct reports with just…

What the Heck is Personal Coaching? A super-smart criminal lawyer and potential client emailed me the other day. He reasoned that he had decided not to pursue personal coaching because his business was going fine and he didn’t have any emotional issues to work out.  My eyebrows arched. He got me thinking: What do people…

How to break a habit that makes your life miserable: an exercise I stumbled upon Thomas Oppong’s article, Why Eliminating Behaviors That Make You Miserable Can Make You Happier, which references a book by Randy J. Paterson, Ph.D., How to Be Miserable: 40 Strategies You Already Use.  I thought it could be helpful to create…

  In this TED talk video, Simon Sinek takes about qualities that good leaders have. One attribute that Simon highlights in the video is willingness to sacrifice. Simon connects how military leaders willing to sacrifice themselves builds trust and safety among their subordinates - a quality that many business leaders are not known for. Compellingly,…

Self-Help: Better to disappoint than disappear   I always say, it's better to disappoint and disappear We’ve all been in situations where we were confronted with having to disappoint someone, whether it's a friend, family member or a business partner. We kept putting it off because we wanted to avoid the ensuing conflict, justifiably or…

4 Reasons People Don't Try A Work Coach and One Why You Should Here are the four most common reasons most people never try a work coach or professional coaching, I'm fine without it It's mainly for top executives I like doing things my way even if it’s not the perfect way It's too expensive…