Tap into your creativity
"My boss always wants the impossible," sighed Trudi to her colleague over a coffee. "I’ll never pull this one off." "What’s that?" asked Tom. "She says I have to be more creative in my work if I’m ever going to be promoted. I guess I better start looking for a...
Making friends with adversaries
Thanks to a recent great post by Dan Rockwell, aka The Leadershipfreak, I took a walk down memory lane, thinking about "bonehead" career moments. That was an enlightening and humbling walk for sure! In light of current events, one of those bonehead positions really...
Leadership and the Power of Storytelling
Remember in elementary school when you had to write your first report? Usually those early life reports were a few sentences filled with facts along with a couple of pictures you cut from your mom's magazines. Have you been asked to write a report for work? Again,...
5 issues holding you back
Three telling comments about putting things off that the department head said within thirty minutes: "When our new regional director starts next month, then I'll start re-organizing my department." "When the new online performance review system is up and...
How I maintain an inventor’s mindset through imagination and ingenuity
Today's post is from Amy Diederich, President at Braithwaite Innovation Group. While Amy's career includes an impressive list of corporate America positions, she refers to herself as an entrepreneur and inventor. True to her inventor’s mindset, Amy skips over the...
Follow your dream
I'd just finished delivering a workshop on mapping out your life purpose when a session participant approached me and asked for a word of advice. “I have worked in sales for ten years, and it's time for a change. I'm tired and burned out. What should I do?" She asked....
