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Overcoming Overwhelm
In my coaching, I hear “I’m feeling overwhelmed” a lot. In my past roles, I said “I’m feeling overwhelmed” a lot myself. Today I want to walk you through my go-to technique to overcome this overwhelmed feeling. Stressed vs. Overwhelmed This feeling of overwhelm can stem from any number of root causes, but here’s the…
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Father’s Day Gratitude
Now don’t act surprised. If you read my Mother’s Day post, you knew this one was coming. This Sunday is Father’s Day, a time to practice gratitude and celebrate the fathers and father figures that have touched our lives. My Father’s Influence In my Mother’s Day post, I shared an excerpt from a life story exercise…
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Running with the Bunnies
I dedicated my running in May to the Love in Action Challenge, honoring the memory of Jack Grubbs by raising money for his favorite charity, SHADE, to build a new cafeteria for their school. If you’d like to contribute, please visit my donations page. In today’s post, I’ll share some highlights from the month. If you’re looking for life…
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How Are You?
When someone asks you, “How are you?” how do you respond? For many years I would answer this question on auto-pilot. I was either “Fine,” “Busy,” or “Crazy-busy.” The phrase had simply become another way of saying hello. Once I became aware of my automatic response, I began to take the question more seriously. I…
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The Rider and the Elephant
This week’s post continues the theme of Influencing for Change which I started last week when I discussed how to strengthen your connections. Today I want to share a few insights from an excellent book on the topic, Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard by brothers Chip and Dan Heath. I was gifted this book…
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Strengthening Connections
I recently spent time with a coachee discussing techniques to influence change, particularly in areas where you lack explicit authority. There are numerous strategies you can employ in this area. For today I’ll focus on one key aspect – identifying the key individuals that will help you influence that change and strengthening those relationships. Identify…
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Please Shorten Your Meetings
This week’s post is deliberately short and sweet; I hope you embrace my suggestion and share it with all your fellow meeting participants. As you begin to return to the office, you may find your meeting schedule even more challenging than working from home. Your “commute” back to your desk, the break room, or your…
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Paying Attention
Today’s message is one I expect you have heard many times before. It is easy to understand, and it is often difficult to do well in today’s society. It is essential to show support for your employees and colleagues and grow employee engagement. I’m talking about being fully present with others and whatever activity you…
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Remembering Jack
Today is a special day for me. Last September, fifteen years of running finally culminated with my qualification for the Boston Marathon, which I will run for the first time today. I will carry Jack Grubbs in my heart as I run this race. Throughout that period of my life, Jack was one of my…
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Discovering Our Strengths
In my three-part series on delegation, I left one enemy of delegation unaddressed. This is a thankless task. I don’t want to make someone else do it. This one is undoubtedly relevant to delegation; however, it warrants its own post, touching on one of my core beliefs. Take a moment and list out some of your…
