As I focus more on my success coaching work that helps women achieve their BIG dreams and visions, I’ve realized that the essential ingredients to this work are helping people understand with absolute, unabashed clarity exactly what their dream is, distill it down to the “right” essence, then birth it through steps that align with their passions, values, needs and wants.  To launch our big dreams, we need a continual...

critical mass  noun 1. Physics. the amount of a given fissionable material necessary to sustain a chain reaction at a constant rate.  

Hands down, this is one of THE most frustrating this to deal with at work.  Working with someone who constantly arrives late, leaves early, takes long lunches, can only handle on thing at a time - very slowly - is irritating. On top of that, these people COMPLAIN about all the work they are...

Hands down, this is one of THE most frustrating this to deal with at work.  Working with someone who constantly arrives late, leaves early, takes long lunches, can only handle on thing at a time - very slowly - is irritating. On top of that, these people COMPLAIN about all the work they are...

I’ve been there a couple of times in my career and I can still remember how horrible it felt. I’m talking about that feeling at work when there are too many hours in the day and days in the week. You’re constantly watching the clock and living for when you go on your next vacation. You are unhappy.

If anyone is experiencing those feelings right now, it could very well be a...

Interviewing for a new job requires research, practice and passion.  The same holds true for employees applying for an internal job.  However, there is one major difference: the internal job requires political savvy.

When applying for a job...

Wouldn't it be nice to ensure a job is a good fit BEFORE you take it?  Almost a slam dunk guarantee?  Well, there is a way.  Some people are so happy to have the offer though that they don't care about the fit.  They just want the job.  Unfortunately, if they skip this step,...

Unfortunately, it happens.  Companies hire individuals who they think are stars.  These individuals somehow sell themselves very well in interviews.  But once they start working, the star quickly fades.  In fact, they are incompetent.  But what’s worse, is that these people manage others.

All day long, negative feedback surrounds us.  We knowingly take a sip of steaming hot coffee and burn our tongues.  We race across the street rather than wait for the light and get honked at by oncoming traffic.  Or we try to make one extra stop before we need to be somewhere and are...

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