Cooking in our household has gone through the gamut of homemade bread baking, garden fresh vegetables to hurried nights of take-out. For the kids’ first birthdays, I created homemade cakes with fancy decorations. As we’ve entered into their tween years, pizza and store bought birthday cupcakes bought the day of the party became the norm …
A change process is guaranteed to have varying levels of resistance. To break up the routine, reduce fear, and challenge the status quo, a leader is most successful when focusing on transforming the employee’s change experience. Many organizations approach to change result in negative experiences and slow implementation. Business changes faster than ever before. The …
I like creating vision boards. This is my third in the last five years. The last two were in presentation form with music and neat segues in and out of each picture, motivational quote or affirmation that helped me envision what I wanted to achieve over the course of one to three years. My current …
As part of continuing education credits, I studied wellness coaching back in 2010 and it was one of the best investments in my personal training experiences. I am able to apply the principles of positivity, curious questioning (open-ended questions that drive deeper thinking), and support/celebration of successes. In the Webster Dictionary, Wellness is defined as …
Simple Six Steps to a Personal Wellness Plan for a Well Balanced Life Read More »
What happens when you face a crossroads that impacts the whole family? Many sleepless nights and concern for the family well-being come crashing down. I’m a worrier by nature. Toss in the complete shuffling of the family universe and you have one crazy mom juggling a million questions with doubt. Here are just a few of …
Shaking up the Family in a Move is a Daunting Responsibility Read More »
Life is hectic. There are a million things to do and time keeps slipping away. For some people, it’s very natural and part of their daily regiment to carve out time that is purely for themselves. If you’re anything like me, then most of us are running around working to make ends meet. It seems impossible …
When I first started leading teams, I would provide a list of 10 to 12 expectations in an initial meeting while spending a good 20 to 30 minutes covering each. Boy, how boring that must have been! As I’ve developed and matured in leadership roles, the list of expectations shrank to three. I once read …
What Three Expectations Work for Every Leader in Every Setting? Read More »
Businesses in today’s age are complicated and interwoven with multiple challenges yet, success lies in the simple application of The Business Equation: People + Processes = Performance. The right people with the right processes achieve the right performance. One imbalance within the equation with either the wrong people or wrong processes will produce poorer performance than …
