Starting a new leadership position can be both, exciting and frightening experience. What you do during your first days will contribute to your success or failure in a new role. Following are key strategies to help you understand where to begin as leader so that you win the game. 1. Take time to get to know your direct reports Schedule time with ... Read Full Article »
How Are You Holding Up?
Daily pressure. Expectations. Overwhelm. Responsibility. Challenges. People. Opinions. Business. Personal preferences. Family challenges. And much more. Balancing others' expectations, professional choices and personal life can be tough at times. And somewhere behind fancy clothes, big house and recognition in community you know that things are not ... Read Full Article »
Top 5 Reasons Why Your Business Needs a Blog
Trends come and go, but blogging continues to provide value to businesses and organizations around the globe even in 2018. Many think that regular updates are for mainstream media, but blogging is so easy to set up and manage that even a one-man-show businesses or organizations on shoe-string-budget can do it well if they choose to. With many ... Read Full Article »
How To Lead Through People Challenges
Leadership would be easy if we didn't have to lead people... just ask any leader! Yes, even after 20+ years of leading people, projects, meetings and new initiatives I still think that leading people is tougher than anything else. It's actually so bad that even educators say that... Most of the problems that we face — within ourselves, in ... Read Full Article »
Want To Have a Thriving Business in 2018? You MUST Read This!
It's the end of the year and I am getting emotional. We are finishing a great year. One that took me out of my comfort zone, tested my resilience and made me a stronger person. I faced many obstacles and challenges this past year and many opportunities. I took some good turns and survived the setbacks. And then there were the great things. ... Read Full Article »
How To Create Your BEST Life
I recently found myself in a situation where I just couldn't click with a group of people. I've tried. I did my best to connect, listen, understand, communicate, inspire and much more. Nothing helped. In my frustration I turned to my husband telling him how frustrating this is becoming. He wasn't surprised. Here's what he said: "They haven't ... Read Full Article »
Write Your Own Success Story – Make an Impact
Impact Academy was a dream of mine for a very long time. I had to overcome myself to make it happen. Being an introvert, I couldn't get myself to open up a larger group. I wasn't sure about running a group on ongoing basis - what if I get bored or run out of ideas... In the past I used to run groups of various sizes, but my confidence level was ... Read Full Article »