Someone’s Always Watching You

Someone’s Always Watching You

Over the years, I’ve often reminded my children that there is always someone watching, so they needed to be careful about what they say and do. The way social media permeates our society, that’s never been truer. Usually, my kids would roll their eyes at me, but I...
Life Lessons

Life Lessons

For most of my adult life, I’ve tried to have one (or more!) people who are older than I am to counsel me. To keep me in my lane. Often, left to myself, I’ll get off course, lose focus, do things I don’t want to do and not do those things that matter to me. That’s one...
You’re Fired!

You’re Fired!

Not long ago, I visited a client’s office after he told me that he would no longer be part of my program. Turns out, he was leaving the company the next month. I made an appointment so we could sit down together. When we met, I could tell he was curious about why I...
Do Less in 2023

Do Less in 2023

I work with a lot of executives in several different industries, but I consistently hear variations of the same story:  Executives today are overworked and overextended; they feel tired and frustrated with a lack of time and a lack of energy.   Whether you...
Year-End Reflections

Year-End Reflections

As a professional business coach with a whole-life approach to coaching, I want to emphasize this end-of-year time as a unique opportunity. Normally, I would tell people to think about the current year and assess how it went using our 7Fs of True Success model. I’d...
Leadership Lessons from a Puzzle

Leadership Lessons from a Puzzle

Having some downtime during the holidays, I thought it might be fun to put together a puzzle.  My wife, Susan, is a big puzzle fan, so when I suggested we do one, she was happy to oblige. Next thing I knew, she had brought up six boxes of puzzles—with pieces...
Expectations (and How to Manage Them)

Expectations (and How to Manage Them)

Expectations (and How to Manage Them) Often when I’m coaching a CEO, president or senior partner of a company and they are frustrated about what someone in their organization isn’t doing “correctly,” they will say: “If I were them, I would … “ Then, they go on to say...
Locus of Control

Locus of Control

We’ve all worked with people who, when things go wrong, blame everyone and everything except themselves. “The expectations were too high.” “I wasn’t given enough time (or resources or guidance or margin) to complete the project.” The excuses are endless, so they go on...
Ask the Right Questions

Ask the Right Questions

Smart questions get results. Uninformed questions get you nowhere. Those are two facts that apply in all circumstances—in all areas of life. For instance, we’ve had a streetlight near our house that has not worked for more than two years. One of my best friends...
The Elephant and the Rider

The Elephant and the Rider

Psychologists will tell us—and we all know all too well—that we have two “always-on” parts of our brain—one is the emotional side and the other is the rational side. Both are involved in decision making of all kinds. Both are necessary to establish lasting good...