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Are you hitting the mark with your team meetings and events?
Posted on January 13, 2015 2 Comments
Depending on what study or report you read, 75% of employees and managers find team meetings and events a waste of time. Personally, you may be thinking that number is low. I did when I read it. So I asked a classroom of leaders if they found meetings or team activities in their organization useful. Not […]
NEW RELEASE: Free Her Voice Online Magazine (1st Addition)
Posted on September 8, 2014 Leave a Comment
The day has finally arrived for the release of the first addition of {her} VOICE Magazine ! As a leader in the beautiful “PNW” Pacific Northwest and beyond, you are a part of a community of women and men who want to do big things with their lives. Partnered together to achieve unimaginable great works for God’s Kingdom, we triumph over evil […]
10 Steps to Being a Great Mentor
Posted on July 28, 2014 Leave a Comment
“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” ― Benjamin Franklin There is more to being a great mentor than talking about your work over coffee. A great mentor knows that words alone do not create purpose driven action. A great mentor does more than teach, they […]
Tuesday Talk…Today’s topic: Reinvention
Posted on April 8, 2014 2 Comments
Tuesday Talk is about YOU! You are invited to write in with topic suggestion, questions, or great thoughts you want to share. I surely do not have all the answers but know that together we can generate some great conversation and have fun in the process. (Feel free to post your topics, questions, your […]
Why don’t most women call themselves leaders?
Posted on April 1, 2014 Leave a Comment
In a Gallup research poll only 36% of women in business self-identified with the word “leadership”. What do you think is the reason for this? I believe, women define “leadership” different than the world defines leadership. The world teaches us that a “real leader” has a platform, a following, a stage. Think of CEO, Presidents, […]
The Fire and Ice of my Dreams
Posted on January 10, 2014 2 Comments
There was something evoking about this picture the first time I saw it. I couldn’t take my eyes off of it; it drew me as I wondered what had been inside this ice blanketed building that caught on fire on January 03, 2014. Dating back to 1882, The Waterman Opera House of Plattsmouth, Nebraska stands […]
The Illusion of Balance – Part 1
Posted on December 31, 2013 4 Comments
In a letter to his son, Eduard (1930), Albert Einstein wrote: “People are like bicycles. They can keep their balance only as long as they keep moving.” Like the woman on the tightrope in the picture above, achieving balance is beautifully illustrated by a combination of focus and forward movement towards a goal. Balance has […]
What is coaching?
Posted on December 10, 2013 1 Comment
“Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson What is coaching? Is it counseling, mentoring, or consulting? These are questions I get often when I tell people that I am a leadership coach. There are two different kinds of coaching I would […]
Girl Meets Self 