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3 hard learned lessons about moving forward after failure

I love the first of year. We all get so fired up about our lofty goals and about new initiatives waiting to be conquered! Indeed, there’s a LOT of fanfare around goal-setting at this time of year. However, something equally as important, is rarely, if ever, spotlighted: NEW, CREATIVE PARTNERSHIPS! Sometimes a unique, new partnership […]

It astonishes me. Each and every time it happens, I’m amazed when other people do it. And I know that I’ve been guilty too. You plan to do something. Sometimes, you even pay good money to get information, resources or tools; and then you don’t use them. It doesn’t matter if it’s something you’re doing […]

How many new systems, protocols, rollouts, or even workouts are slated to begin the first of the year? Sounds like a great idea, right? There are so many rational explanations for this type of thinking, such as: Start the year off on the right foot! Let’s just wait until the first of the year when there won’t be as […]

Having spent the last two decades working with individuals and teams to improve performance, I’m constantly amazed that even when people want change and give it lip service, they fall woefully short. It’s usually not because they don’t want to get better. The problems or potential pitfalls are many but four of the biggest obstacles […]

You might think I just fell off my rocker and have come under the spell of some pretty dark forces. No, that’s not it at all. I was working with a client this past Friday and she was deliberating on how to best expand her business. She narrowed it down to several good options but […]

Your success today may actually be giving your future a strangling choke-hold. In fact, I would argue that your past success may be your biggest threat for a bright future. Sounds counterintuitive, I know. The problem is that success breeds contentment and satisfaction. It causes us to feel like we “made it.” And that is […]

Let’s say you’re faced with a unique challenge at work. You’ve got to come up with a way to increase sales by 30% by the end of the year, or a way to market a new service with virtually no budget. Or perhaps you have a challenge in your personal life, like earning an extra $1000 […]

I remember when I first took the helm of a leadership company back in the late 90’s. I knew exactly how I wanted things to operate and I wanted them to be perfect! For years, I took pride in the attention I gave to detail and to getting things completed correctly, and I would use […]

Consider this scenario. At the end, there is a useful question to ask that can help solve this person’s quandary. Sarah is the owner of a wildly-successful, 25 year-old structural engineering firm based in Boston. Her buildings are so amazing they’ve been featured in many popular engineering magazines and journals. What sets Sarah’s business apart […]