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    Resilience Is Adapting Successfully to Adversity, Hardship, and Tragedy
    • Dec 30, 2020
    • 8 min

    Resilience Is Adapting Successfully to Adversity, Hardship, and Tragedy

    “The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived.” -Robert Jordan, The Fires of Heaven Looking Back at...
    Blocked Personal Learners Don’t See Value in Self-Development
    • Oct 5, 2020
    • 6 min

    Blocked Personal Learners Don’t See Value in Self-Development

    “Growth is the great separator between those who succeed and those who do not. When I see a person beginning to separate themselves from...
    What You Should Know About Leadership Development Training
    • Jul 1, 2020
    • 13 min

    What You Should Know About Leadership Development Training

    I’ve spent more than a decade working in three related and intersecting fields: Training, Learning & Development, and Leadership...
    Overcoming Obstacles: Attitude and Approach Are Answers to Pains and Problems
    • Mar 17, 2020
    • 6 min

    Overcoming Obstacles: Attitude and Approach Are Answers to Pains and Problems

    “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”-William Shakespear In his book, The Obstacle Is the Way, Ryan Holiday...
    Pygmalion Effect – A Leader’s Attitude and Expectation Set the Tone
    • Nov 1, 2019
    • 3 min

    Pygmalion Effect – A Leader’s Attitude and Expectation Set the Tone

    In the book, Extreme Ownership, Leif Babin (a U.S. Navy SEAL officer who was a SEAL instructor overseeing the Junior Officer Training...
    Coaching vs. Therapy – Referring Coaching Clients with Mental Illness
    • Oct 7, 2019
    • 5 min

    Coaching vs. Therapy – Referring Coaching Clients with Mental Illness

    [Note: This post was updated February 2021 for freshness & clarity.] A recent article in the Wall Street Journal, titled “Executive Coach...
    Book Review – Compass: Your Guide For Leadership Development And Coaching
    • Sep 9, 2019
    • 7 min

    Book Review – Compass: Your Guide For Leadership Development And Coaching

    [From CCL’s description of the book]:An essential book on leadership development and coaching, Compass is the go-to reference to help...
    How to Manage Better by Matching Leadership Style to Development Level
    • Aug 25, 2019
    • 7 min

    How to Manage Better by Matching Leadership Style to Development Level

    “Oversupervising or undersupervising—that is, giving people too much or too little direction—has a negative impact on people’s...
    GROW Coaching Model: The Fascinating Backstory
    • Apr 9, 2018
    • 9 min

    GROW Coaching Model: The Fascinating Backstory

    One of the most popular coaching models in the world is the G.R.O.W. Model (Whitmore, 2017). GROW is one of the earliest (perhaps even...
    The G.R.O.W. Model In Business Coaching – Simple, Concise, and Powerful
    • Mar 20, 2018
    • 7 min

    The G.R.O.W. Model In Business Coaching – Simple, Concise, and Powerful

    Business coaching is enhancing a client’s (person in a business) awareness and behavior in order to achieve business objectives for both...
    Book Review: Awaken, Align, Accelerate by MDA Leadership
    • Dec 1, 2017
    • 8 min

    Book Review: Awaken, Align, Accelerate by MDA Leadership

    Awaken, Align, Accelerate (2011) is a leadership development and coaching guide from MDA Leadership Consulting. The book harnesses “the...
    Results-Only Work Environment (ROWE)
    • Jan 4, 2017
    • 8 min

    Results-Only Work Environment (ROWE)

    Much of the original research on Results-Only Work Environment (ROWE) came from the field of sociology. Two sociologists from University...
    Why It’s Necessary To Fight Work Stress And How To Do It
    • Sep 30, 2016
    • 4 min

    Why It’s Necessary To Fight Work Stress And How To Do It

    A writer asked for my thoughts about why it is necessary to fight work stress and how to do it. Here’s my response: Why We Must Combat...
    Giving Feedback Is Easy, Much Harder to Accept, Learn From, and Apply It
    • Apr 13, 2016
    • 4 min

    Giving Feedback Is Easy, Much Harder to Accept, Learn From, and Apply It

    About 15 years ago, I was enrolled in a counseling psychology Master’s program. It was quite good and I learned a lot back then and...
    Locus of Control and The Zorro Circle
    • Feb 23, 2014
    • 2 min

    Locus of Control and The Zorro Circle

    In his book, The Happiness Advantage, author Shawn Achor talks about how by first limiting our focus on small, manageable goals, we can...
    Leadership and Management: Are They Different?
    • Jun 19, 2013
    • 3 min

    Leadership and Management: Are They Different?

    [Note: This post was updated March 2021 for freshness & clarity.] Northouse (2013) wrote that leadership and management are similar in...
    A Positive Mindset and Happy Attitude Help You Succeed at Work
    • Mar 8, 2012
    • 2 min

    A Positive Mindset and Happy Attitude Help You Succeed at Work

    In his book, “The Happiness Advantage” (2010) Shawn Achor asserts that happy employees can actually help improve an organization’s bottom...
    Bosses and Powerful People Do Not Listen
    • Oct 4, 2011
    • 1 min

    Bosses and Powerful People Do Not Listen

    A recent study found that the more power people have, the more likely they will discount advice due to an elevated sense of confidence in...
    Steve Jobs Resigns – The Failure to Disengage and Price of Workaholism
    • Aug 29, 2011
    • 5 min

    Steve Jobs Resigns – The Failure to Disengage and Price of Workaholism

    Steve Jobs, the charismatic and visionary founder of Apple Computers has resigned (August 24, 2011). Not to worry, he’s now assumed the...
    The Three Burnout Subtypes
    • Aug 19, 2011
    • 3 min

    The Three Burnout Subtypes

    [NOTE: This post was updated November 2016] Burnout is a prolonged response to chronic emotional and interpersonal stressors on the job,...
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