Sorting Out the Pieces
When I first begin working with clients they bring me a bag full of puzzle pieces and throw them down in front of me. They have no idea how everything fits together. While conventional wisdom says to start with the edges, sometimes their pieces don't even contain so...
Love Vs. Fear
At Toastmaster's last night a new member was giving her "ice-breaker" speech. This is a 4-6 minute speech on any subject. Jenny, a new member, chose to speak about her struggle with crippling depression and anxiety. She ended the speech by quoting Alfred, Lord...
It is Your Vision.
If you google how to write a mission statement more than 300,000 results pop up. Each one of those articles contain different advice on how to write a great company vision statement. Really, a vision statement should only have one purpose; inspire others to want to be...
Standing in your own way…
I would get really excited when one of my team members applied for a promotion. Mock interview would be scheduled and clandestine research would be completed on the interview panel. I had an interview "war room" like process to get my team members promoted. However,...
Are You In?
I love structure. It allows me creative freedom to put my ideas in motion. I can figure out a starting point and fill in all steps necessary to get me where I am going...except sometimes I don't know where I am going. Sometimes something happens and the only thing I...
Stand for the Silent
If you all haven't seen the documentary Bully I recommend you watch it...now. It tells the very real story of five families who are living with the affects of bullying. One story told is that of Ty Smalley. Ty was 11 years old and from Perkins Oklahoma. For over...
Ready…Set…Go…
I have had the pleasure of watching Ready. Mindset. Go, a small business development program, unfold over the course of the past few months. I am so excited to finally be able to share the information with you! The small business acceleration program is a...
You Aren’t as Busy as You Think
Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much can be done if we are always doing - Thomas Jefferson ...
Success Defined
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You Can’t Fire Someone for Being an Asshole…
Or can you? I recently went to a screening of Bully. While I have seen the documentary before, it is one I recommend everyone watch more than once. The teen focused drama is s sober reminder of the ramifications cruel intentions have on targets. Having said all that,...
