Family Vacations: Fun and Fair for Everyone

Family vacation

It’s vacation season in the Northern Hemisphere and it’s got me reminiscing: I’ve been a part of some amazing family vacations and I’ve witnessed some horrific ones. I decided to have some fun and prepare a family vacation guide to help you create family vacations that are special for everyone in the family —including you, […]

Choosing Me Now & Teamwork

Chossing Me Now

Some links may be affiliate links. We may get paid if you buy something or take an action after clicking one of these Many who know me are aware that yesterday, June 4, was the day my latest book was published and became available on Amazon. My team and I exceeded the goals I had […]

Trust is a Choice

trust

We have been taught to believe that trust is a commodity earned by others. Once they have passed certain tests, then we feel safe to extend our trust. In my consulting with several different companies, I found a lack of trust at the root of many of their problems. Sometimes the lack of trust is […]

Leadership & Teamwork

leadership & teamwork

Strong, positive teamwork begins with a leader who has a vision and the ability to inspire a team into working toward accomplishing that vision. Instead of feeling threatened by the expertise and diversity of his or her team, a good team leader engages teammates in a discussion about what quality looks like and what is […]

10 Qualities of Great Leaders

Throughout your life, you’ll meet people you wouldn’t dare follow to the water cooler and others you would follow to hell and back. What is it that makes the difference? What does it take to be a great leader? Great Leaders… Have the ability to articulate a clear and compelling vision. Leaders need to lead […]

Book Review: Gung Ho!

This book was copyrighted in 1998 and I still love it and find it applicable today. I really enjoy books that are told as parables for the business world. In Gung Ho! Turn on the People in Any Organization, Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles write about teamwork from the perspective of a Native American. He tells his lessons through the behaviors of squirrels, beavers and geese.