by [email protected] | Jul 8th, 2015 | Uncategorized
Ever have a GREAT idea in a meeting? You are so excited about it that you hurriedly explain it to your team while your voice goes up an entire octave. When you are done, you wait to have your boss praise your brilliance, but instead you get that awkward silence and...
by [email protected] | Nov 26th, 2014 | Coaching
Picture it: Colorado, 2012. After delivering one of my first career workshops for my new business, I was driving the long and usually kinda boring, 2-hour commute back to Denver. However, that day, I felt electric. The workshop went very well, the career women were...
by [email protected] | Nov 18th, 2014 | Uncategorized
Ok, I confess. I was a vacation day hoarder. Back when I was working in consulting, there was a year long period where I didn’t take any PTO. I got so entrenched in a project that I thought “I can’t take a vacation now. They need me.” And...
by [email protected] | Oct 31st, 2014 | Coaching, Featured
You are sitting at your desk staring at a blank screen. The report that you need to send out by tomorrow at noon is looming and all you have running through your head is that Taylor Swift song telling you to “Shake it Up!” Yes, there is a time and place...
by [email protected] | Oct 14th, 2014 | Uncategorized
We’ve all been there. You make a recommendation in a meeting that you think is the greatest idea since the iPod and all you get back are blank stares and “huh…er… interesting” from your boss. Or you are all set to make a big speech, but...
by [email protected] | Sep 26th, 2014 | Uncategorized
Congratulations! You successfully passed the initial rounds of interviews. Now, it’s just the last step: dinner with the senior executive team. Dinner interviews are great opportunities for executives to see your people skills and your business etiquette at the...
by [email protected] | Sep 2nd, 2014 | Uncategorized
You just spent the last few days on a beach, drinking margaritas, squeezing sand between your toes and getting really tan. And now, it’s back to work. ugh. Here are 5 Ways to Win on Your First Day Back from Vacation: 1) Actually have a vacation til the night...
by [email protected] | Aug 26th, 2014 | Uncategorized
I was flying back from a speaking engagement and that’s when I felt it: that soreness in my throat and that oddly deep cough. My first thought was “No…I can’t get sick this week, I have too much going on!” We can’t choose when we get sick, but we can...
by [email protected] | Aug 11th, 2014 | Coaching, Confidence, Uncategorized
Think small talk is just a waste of time? Think again. Small talk are those informal conversations you have in both your professional and personal circles that don’t cover functional topics (e.g., work related items) or have a specific purpose. However, small talk can...
by [email protected] | Jul 25th, 2014 | Business, Coaching, Featured
If you were like most people yesterday, you spent your Sunday huddled around a TV eating and drinking while cheering on the world’s best battle it out for the FIFA World Cup. In between the fast footwork, the head knocking jumps, and the oh-so-close shots on...
