What Is A Toxic Relationship? Toxic relationships are just that. Toxic! They are often poisonous or filled with negative emotion. We all know people who argue for argument sake—pushy when a simple request is all that is needed. They are…
How To Develop Self Awareness How do we discover our true self? We start with self awareness. This begins by knowing who we are, what we want, understanding our worldview and living consistently with reality. It is easy to get…
What Is Emotional Intelligence? Emotional Intelligence is an old idea but how does it affect the workplace? Emotional Intelligence (EI) defined: A simple definition is the art and science of managing one’s emotional and social functioning. EI functions may be displayed…
Why Life Coach? Why did you become a life coach? I get this question often. It is the rare person who really knows what a life coach does for a living. So my job begins by educating people as to…
In my last post I introduced four keys to effective leadership development. The willingness to try new approaches The motivation of the manager The safety the manager feels when trying new approaches, and Determining what success looks like Motivation Managers…
I met Dick Vitale in 1999 while working as a regional VP of operations for a large pizza company. He signed the basketball pictured here because my wife died from her bout with breast cancer several months before. Diane was…
“The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.” Teddy Roosevelt. This Roosevelt was best known more for his social responsibility. He busted monopolies, preserved land for National Parks and worked…