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This is a place for you to discover thoughts, wisdom, applications, and practices for skills that create for you more connected communication. At times, I’m known to make some crazy connections to topics like nature, soccer, grand slam tennis, and more.
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How to Avoid Conflict in Your Interactions
What if you could unlock the power of more peaceful conversations? Sure, you can continue to forcefully drive your agenda in meetings by ignoring the feelings of others. However, this may stop you from getting to the resolution you are seeking. A coaching client of...
What Sewing Lessons Taught Me About Standards
At twelve years old, I went to sewing lessons. A sewing teacher in my town had a basement set up with a dozen sewing machines. She was dedicated to showing us the techniques to turn out a stellar product. I bought plaid fabric to make a skirt. Who doesn’t love...
Leadership Evolves: A Study for “A Sunday on La Grande Jatte”
Our leadership evolves. Let's know that there is a process. In the early 90's I took my grandmother into Manhattan for an afternoon of high tea and a visit to The Metropolitan Museum of Art. She'd been born and bred in New York City and yet, she'd never been to The...
Basic Skills: They get the elite teams winning
Today in our business what are the Basic Skills that need repetition and reinforcement? What can we put into practice to ensure success? This is the path to mastery and excellence. When I took over a girl’s youth soccer team as its coach mid-season because their...
Sage Wisdom from an Internationally Successful British Actor
Sir Michael Caine’s memoir, “Blowing the Bloody Doors Off” might seem like an unlikely source of inspiring wisdom, but it contains some great advice. “You are always auditioning”, he says. ‘If you only think you’re auditioning when you’re in the room with the casting...
Why Have Rapport?
Why bother to build rapport? At her husband’s holiday party, a friend of mine met her husband's colleague who originally came from China. This colleague shared the story about his brother who'd been climbing the corporate ladder in his homeland, and he became so...
