Executive Coaching

What have you done lately that is a proactive move because of something going on in your field? Be the trend-setter who is always prepared.

Here’s what you need to know to start the year out right. Why settle for what’s done by the rest, when you could peak perform to become the best?

Take a whiff of your favorite perfume or cologne and ask yourself why it makes you feel so good. Then, think about how you communicate. Do you give people the same feeling?

When was the last time you thanked a customer for their business— especially the ones who have been with you for a long time? Now is the perfect time to do it.

What is your natural leadership style? Do you know how to use if effectively? How about all the leadership styles? Are you familiar with them and able to use them? This post will give you the initial ideas you need to get started.

Why does a person start a business? How do they develop passion for what they do? Do they still have that passion or is it time for them to do something else?

Now that we’re beyond COVID, it’s time to step things up and offer more than ever before.

What does your tone sound like? How about the tone of the people in your organization? Is it what you want it to be? Maybe now is the time to do a turn-around if needed.

What does it mean to re-create yourself? This blog will help you understand the concept.

Learning how to dance is a good way to see how quick you are to learn new things and how long you can retain them.

Have you become a slave to your cell phone? Are you starting to spend too much time looking at it at work? This may be the thing that ruins your career.

Take a whiff of your favorite perfume or cologne and ask yourself why it makes you feel so good. Then, think about how you communicate. Do you give people the same feeling?

Loyalty programs are sometimes seen as something for big organizations, but what about smaller organizations? Shouldn’t they be thanking their customers, too?

You are probably facing lots of “firsts” after COVID. So, what might you do differently to get better results?

Think about all you could accomplish if you put your mind to it. Some of the things you do are strategies you learned from the mentors in your life. Others are ideas you’ve figured out for yourself. Combine these two areas so that you can see the effective person you are becoming.

Sometimes when you do things for a long time, you don’t always question them and think about whether there would be a better way. This blog asks you eight questions that might help you consider changes that bring better results than you are presently getting.

This is a great time to examine your customer service, as well as the products and services that your organization offers.

Have you ever observed dogs and watched them in action? There are so many things that we can learn from them. In this post, we point out some of the positive attributes of dogs and how we could be more like them.

Close the door. Pour your favorite drink. Begin thinking about all the future possibilities for your business and your life.

This just in: You need to be able to “change on a dime” if you want to stay in business after the COVID-19 period. Are you ready and able to do that?

What are some important questions you should be asking about your organization in order to operate in this new “After COVID-19” world?

Does your team love working for you? Ask these specific questions to find out and adjust what you do to make them not only happier, but more effective.

It takes courage to feel so strongly about something that you are prepared to say “I’ve got this.” But when you do, you become a better version of yourself.

This could be the perfect time to relax and re-set your mind to enjoy a life where you are more effective than ever before.

Some organizations had never thought about “The Pivot”. Rate yourself using our Pivot Factor guide to find out how you could become more successful at this strategy.

Learn this 10 Step Method to Handling an Anger Person. The more you use it, the more you will win experience and get positive results with challenging situations.

How can we ever achieve our peak performance if we don’t challenge ourselves to do things differently?

Let’s be candid about how much effort you are putting into learning new things that can help your performance. This blog may help you get back into the game and make some great things happen for yourself.

Are your “windows clean” or do you need to check out some of the parts of your business and bring things up to par (especially considered good your competition)?

In the last blog, we explained the Black ‘n Red book. In this one we list some of the things you could be thinking about to help make your dreams come true.

When is the last time you spent time listing what comes out of your brain. Consider a Red n’ Black book to start recording your most creative thinking.

2020 taught many of us how to pivot and create success, even facing obstacles. What are your pivots to create success in 2021?

Do you have something special that you do that people remember you for?

With this blog, you will want to get ready to start completing things on your Bucket List. Life is short!

Saying less rather than more can sometimes pay off. Read this blog to cut down your message to something manageable by the audience you are trying to reach.

Here’s a way for you to plan how you will take all the good things going on in your life and make them GREAT.

What have you done lately that is a proactive move because of something going on in your field? Be the trend-setter who is always prepared.

Sometimes it is the little things we do for customers to really make a difference in their day (or lives). Check out these ideas for surprising and delighting them.

Think about the many ways you could really make a difference in someone’s life and make this the year you do it.

Handling the ONE THING the most important could be the most important strategy you put in place this year.

The best organizational cultures are ones that invite diversified points of view. Ask your team the questions in this blog to test their ability to disagree.

Sometimes mistakes lead to something great. Read this post to consider mistakes you have made that turned into something great.

Every year has the chance of being a great one if you truly examine not only what the new year will be, but what the past year looked like.

Make now the time that you try something that until not you’ve not had the courage to do BUT that might yield great results.

It’s time to wake up and make sure that we hold on to every potential customer by showing them we care.

Just like spring cleaning, maybe we need a “clean up” of what we say and do so that we can move to a higher level of performance.

Why take the chance of offending people. Isn’t business hard enough today without doing that?

How many people have you recognized and taken time to truly listen to today? I bet you could double the amount of experiences you provide for people. They just want some time from YOU.

Stephanie Neal, Branch Manager for Express Employment Professionals asks whether we are treating our internal customers the same as we would our external customers.

What are your thoughts about having a teaching moment with your team members every day they work? If you think it would take too much time, read this blog. You may think differently about it.

Are the people in your organization focused? Here’s another question: How focused are they when you are not there? Read this blog to gather thoughts for your organization’s future.

There are times when a shift in our focus can make all the difference in the world. Read the thoughts of Life Coach Melody Morgan, my guest columnist this week.

Why do you want to be when you grow up. Maybe today you could start thinking about and acting on being the person you know you can be. Re-invent yourself!

You may be a thought leader and not even know it. Today, I’m going to challenge you to come up with the many topics in which you could be “the expert”.

What are you presently doing that create wonderful customer service experiences? Are there ways you could create additional and even better experiences for people?

This is a great time of year to look at your organization and decide what things should be changed for the better— both for your team AND your customers.

You must be ready to hire only the best individuals for your team so that your organization does not fall behind. You should also examine the levels of present employees to make sure you have an “all-star team”.

Close the door. Pour your favorite drink. Begin thinking about all the future possibilities for your business and your life.

This just in: You need to be able to “change on a dime” if you want to stay in business after the COVID-19 period. Are you ready and able to do that?

What are some important questions you should be asking about your organization in order to operate in this new “After COVID-19” world?

If you haven’t found the day and time that works best for you to “pull away and think inspirational thoughts” the time has come to do it.

How objective are you in looking at differing opinions and ideas from your own and are. Are you truly listening to what people are saying and feeling?

Is your birthday special? It could be. Improve your life each year by examining it and making adjustments.

A negative attitude is something that should be handled immediately, whether it’s a team member, colleague, prospect or customer.

There are always new things to learn about how to become a great time manager. This week’s blog gives you a new time-saver to consider.

Sometimes we’re so busy that we don’t take time to carefully think about ourselves as a person, not just a worker. We’ll show you how to eliminating some stress and think more clearly about everything.

What is it that swallows up our time so that we always feel like we are behind, instead of ahead?This post asks you to reflect on how you’re handling your time and how changes could make you feel more satisfied.

How often do you stop and take time to think about your life or are you so focused on your “to do” list and anything else that pops in your mind. Maybe it’s time to STOP and think again.

Take a deep breath and think about what good might come out of a pandemic.

Everyone should know their purpose in life. In some cases you have LIFE PURPOSE and a CAREER PURPOSE. Take time to discover yours.

There are so many people and organizations that could use our help to lead a better life. Ask yourself whether there are ways with you or your organization could get involved to really make a difference for some philanthropic causes in your community.

When there is a pandemic like there is now, sometimes we are not sure what we can do to support our business during a rough time. There are seven areas that you could be working on while you’re waiting to get business back to normal.

I've created this FREE webinar that encourages you to think about COVID-19, how it has impacted our businesses and our lives and how you can plan for and address potential problems with solid, thought out solutions.‍

Sometimes we are so focused on what we’re doing that we don’t think of helping someone else out. Perhaps it’s time to start doing that. After all, when you help someone else, many times they want to help you in true turn.

We not only need to know how to prioritize our projects and goals, but also how to re-prioritize them all day long.

Maybe it’s time to examine what things in your organization need to stay the way they are and what things need to be added or changed.

If we think our surgeon should always be up to date on all the latest surgical techniques (especially if they are operating on us) then why don’t we think it’s as important for us?

You’ve learned so much as a leader. Here’s a tip you may not have tried that could change your style and resonate well with all of your team members.

Life is so much better when you take time to appreciate someone or something someone has done. Here are some tips for doing that.

Here is a formula that will help you if you want to try a “Hit Refresh” program in improve the results you get in your organization or your life.

This is a great time of year to “hit refresh” so that you are continually “leveling up”, no matter what you do in life.

Here’s a process that can add real enlightenment to your upcoming year and make it a success!

Let’s fill in some 2020 blanks so that we envision one of the best years of our life.

Each year we should re-evaluate our office setting and see if we can shake it up, since that will shake up our thinking, too.

Does what you say and how you say it create a positive experience for the audience or audiences you are talking to?

It’s time to evaluate everyone in your organization and what level they are serving their customers or potential customers.

What we need today is more people who lead their areas. They take ownership of whatever they are responsible for and get results.

Keeping up with the ways to connect with people is essential. In this blog we explore how to save time and money by doing more videoconferencing for your meetings.

Each time we think of a way to productively handle our time, we get one step closer to becoming the best time manager we know.

If you handle clients and provide all you can for them, they will come back to you again and again.

A real measure of happiness in your job is whether you dread going to work OR whether you cherish almost every day.

A solid training program for a new employee is usually the last thing to be created. Meanwhile, your new employee struggles.

Examine what you do and how you do what you do so that you’re sure you want your employees to do things this way.

Some leaders are so busy developing others that they don’t even think a bout their own PDP (Personal Development Plan).

Imagine what you could accomplish if you hired people who were better than you at their area of expertise. This makes a great company.

Each time you get to be a “servant leader” it should make you feel good. You’ve given someone else the tools to do a great job.

This post examines what it would be like if you begin to “think like a boss”. Note: You’ll be surprised when you find out who your new boss is.

How do you handle big projects? Do you work away until you eventually hate the project, or do you know how to take some breaks?

It’s time to think about your morning routine and examine it. After reading this, maybe you want to change it up a bit.

Maybe now is a good time for you to think about what you offer and whether it makes sense, when compare to your competition.