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This is the third of the podcasts that are different. Here’s another scenario for your consideration. I'll read the scenario and you'll think about your approach.

This is the second of the podcasts that are a little bit different. I’m going to share a few more scenarios. They’re real situations. Listen tot he scenario and think about what you'd do. This episode focuses on performance management.

I’m doing a few podcasts that are a little bit different. I’m going to share scenarios that I’ve been dealing with in my consulting life. After sharing I’ll then ask you a few questions to get you thinking about your approach to the dilemma. That’s it. I just want you to think about the issue so you're better prepared if it comes up in your world.

You made up your mind to make changes, try something new, invent something, to pursue a new path. You have the drive, the motivation and a plan. But you can’t do it alone. You need a team of advisors. I’m going to give you a little guidance on getting to go with your own personal advisory board.. There are 6 advisors who can help get you to go and stay the course.

Apologizing is good when you’re genuinely sorry. It’s good when you’ve hurt someone. It’s especially good when you’ve made a mistake. The problem is when we over-apologize. That’s a red flag indicating a lack of confidence. It’s also a sign of insecurity. It’s a way to position oneself as powerless.

Personal power! We all have it. Some of us fear it. Some of us wield it like a mighty sword. What do you do with yours? Are you willing to unleash it so that you get the results that you want in in your life? This podcast is all about finding and leveraging our personal power.

You were great in your subject matter…maybe an awesome engineer, a great teller, a fantastic professor, a gifted architect, an outstanding doctor. Then, you got promoted. You weren’t prepared for a leadership role but you certainly didn’t want to say no to the opportunity. Or, you’re in a position to add new leaders to your team. You look around and see a few talented people. You know that they do...

You’re not dead yet! You still have lots of living to do! There are opportunities at every stage of the life span. My sister Susan says that we don’t need bucket lists, we need living lists. What’s on your living list? What have you yet to accomplish? What are your callings that you’ve yet to fulfill? You’re not dead yet! What have you learned and how can you translate it into action for a fulfill...

Isn’t interesting how many of us would be doing something different if we could. I mean different in our careers, in our relationship, in our lives. WE can! We really can! This podcast is all about reimagining and reinventing our lives. That means we are intentionally transitioning. We are intentionally veering off the path we’re traveling and taking another one. Or, better still, paving the uniqu...

There are times when I get frustrated, flabbergasted, and flustered with spineless leaders. I know the word spineless sounds harsh but that’s what I see far too often. Leaders who are afraid to take a stand. Leaders who waffle when they should stand tall. That behavior just offends me…that’s my bias and I admit it. We're going to explore how we build and demonstrate courage.

Peace is possible. Peace is probable when peace-seekers unite with intention. Dennis Courtney shares strategies that we can use to create peace on the micro and macro levels.

Self-compassion is the ability to be kind, gentle, and loving to ourselves. It enables us to silence our inner critic and give affirming messages. Dennis Courtney explains how we can develop and demonstrate self-compassion.

There are times when we have to let go of people, of habits, of practices. The theme of this podcasts is let go, let grow. My premise is that when we hold on too long and too tight, we stifle ourselves and other people. Let's explore that premise in this podcast.

Is your face in the place? Part of advancing your brand means being seen in the right places by the right people. I’m not saying that you have to attend every conference, cocktail party, and virtual gathering. I am saying that you need to be strategic about where you show up, literally and figuratively. This podcast will give you tools to do that!

There’s so much talk about getting and keeping talent. It’s giving a lot of my clients heartburn…they’re having a tough time keeping their best people. I’d like to address how to get great people, how to grow them, and how to keep them.

This podcast will take you to a place of serenity as you contemplate starting a medication practice. Dennis Courtney, a certified yoga teacher and longtime mediation practitioner helps us explore ways to center and focus inward.

Have you ever wondered what mediation is all about? Dennis Courtney makes the concept and the practice accessible to all of us. Enjoy his insights!

This short podcast is all about what NOT to do when networking. I want to share seven brand sabotage tactics that will kill your networking and self-promotion efforts.

This podcast draws on the wisdom of Scott LoCastro, my golf coach. Last week’s lesson was another great one! He started out by saying “Set yourself up for success!” He was so emphatic and that cemented it in my mind, I have to set myself up for success with every swing. Let me tell you what Scott said I have to do...

I freely and willingly acknowledge that there are real problems in every area of our lives. There are times when those problems can be literally exhausting. But I also think that buried in many problems are potential. The nature of that potential is as vast and varied as the nature of the problems we encounter. Let’s think about how to find the potential in the problem. Of course, that requires a...

It’s not as simple as ready, set, go…there’s a lot of work to ready, even more work to get set and strategize to go. You’ve got to pay attention to your brand, to the spaces you’re entering. I’m going to give seven strategies to help you get ready for the next opportunity. Whether it’s a promotion or a lateral move, you’ve got to be ready!

We’re going to look at influence from three different angles. The first is about you---who do you influence and what influence are you having. The second is about who influences you and the influence that you allow them to have on you. The third angle is about the influencers that you want to connect with to advance your career. These are the people with juice who can make things happen for you.

We all have tough times, challenges and dark days. Linda Roszak Burton provides strategies for remaining grateful through the storms that inevitably come up. She is the founding partner of DRW, a firm that supports the development of positive cultures, positive leaders, and engaged employees. Linda is credentialed through the International Coach Federation and the NeuroLeadership Institute. She's...

Remember that Bob Marley song: Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights…Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights! Get up, stand up, don’t give up the fight. That’s the best mantra for self-advocacy! And a strong mantra for building your brand. Marley is telling us to stand up for ourselves, to stand up and be counted. So, what gets in the way of doing that? Sometimes we’re afraid. Sometimes we...

This podcast is all about developing intellectual curiosity, about cultivating a curious mind. It’s my challenge to you and to myself to ask better questions that probe the why, the how, and the what. I’m going to offer strategies for cultivating a curious mind. First, we’ll talk about the things that get in the way, the perceptual blocks, and then we’ll move to things you can do to create more cu...