Use Stories to Lead Change
Stories engage emotions, and emotions make things happen. More often than not, great leaders are great storytellers.
Coaching Creates Authentic Branding
Check out my chapter in this new book to find out why a perfect method for achieving authentic branding. No one knows your business better than you do. Your unique authentic branding is your unique value proposition. That’s why you are the most authentic voice for your brand. Using the tools of coaching can help you […]
5 Ways to Beat The Holiday Blues
Get through your holiday blues without giving into them. In spite of holiday parties at work and at home, carolers at the mall, and all those twinkling lights, a lot of people aren’t feeling the holiday cheer. Holidays can bring on the blues, leaving you feeling sad, isolated, and even mournful. It may seem counter-intuitive, […]
Five Ways to be Seen as a Leader
If you want to be seen as a leader, you need to act like one first.
Out-Sized Reactions: When Little Incidents Trigger Big Responses
We’ve all seen out-sized reactions: when little incidents trigger big responses. If we’re honest with ourselves, most of us would admit that at one time or another, it’s happened to us.
Introducing My New Mini-Course: How To Communicate Anything
Make your message better with my new mini-course: How to Communicate Anything. No matter what you want to say, using my four-step process for clarifying and improving your message will help you communicate more effectively. As an English teacher, I taught thousands of students how to write. I started teaching at the USC Freshman Writing […]
Three Negotiating Mistakes—and How to Correct Them
Everybody negotiates. Avoid these three negotiating mistakes. We negotiate the big stuff, like salaries and contracts, and we negotiate the little stuff, curfews and who will do the dishes. From my years as an entrepreneur and my coach training, I’ve honed my negotiating skills. I’m not supposed to make negotiating mistakes, but it happened to […]
There’s No Such Thing as Negative Feedback
No one wants to give negative feedback, and you don’t have to. Instead try positive feedback, coaching, and counseling.
How a Vision Becomes a Reality
Today is the 25th anniversary of Sleepless in Seattle, and my husband, Gary Foster, was the driving creative force behind the film. Of all the people I’ve learned from in my life, I’ve learned more from him than anyone else about the ability to collaborate, be tactfully assertive, and build a great team in order […]