Blogs

This link is to a blog of a client/friend of mine who has been fighting invasive cancer for almost two years. Her strength is overwhelming, her passion for life and people admirable. And she has more positive spirit in the face of numerous adversities than anyone I have ever known. She is a gift that I am sharing with all of you.

http://www.themelissawaller.com/2010/06/favorite-things-2/

Lesson learned: The power of focusing outward, versus inward.

On Friday I met a co-worker to go on a new business call. On our two-hour drive, we had plenty of time for her to update me on what she knew already of the client. I had done my research on line so was prepared with the questions I needed to ask, and with information I knew they wanted from me.

The building was...

Good Afternoon beautiful Marsha!
February 14th, 2010

My daughter, Kelly had her first school experience at age three. (I won’t tell you what she did the first day that made me afraid they would kick her out and she wouldn’t even graduate from Nursery School!)

As they do at most nursery schools, she had a music teacher who came in every day with a guitar and sang with the kids. Kelly adored her. I...

In my last blog I talked about the intense power of stress on our interaction skills and how the higher our cognitive ability, the greater the impact. I talked about Jake the genius, a leader who had lost his ability to motivate and positively impact the behavior of his team during this stressful, leaner business environment.

Our brainpower—or cognitive ability-- to think, innovate and motivate can get severely squeezed by the stress...

Recently I was asked to coach a manager whom I first worked with 5 years ago. Let’s call him Jake the genius. He is one of the top ten smartest people I know. When I first met Jake, I was impressed with his insight, his forward thinking, and his ability to motivate and develop the sales team that worked for him. He hired extremely talented people, and they would sing his...