Peak Performance and Peak Satisfaction in Your Business Career

If you have ever experienced burnout, you may be weary of returning to that mode. If you are in borderline burnout right now, you may be tempted to quiet-quit and pull back from work altogether. In today's episode, I will show you how to find the happy middle-ground of working well without the danger of burnout.  What You'll Learn From This Episode: How to detect if you are experiencing...

As leaders, one of our key responsibilities is grooming and advancing our team members. We may be overly invested in our people, or be apt to hold them to sky-high standards. Use today's episode to objectively evaluate the talent on your team and get them promoted, if it's their time. Get the free download at the first link in the show notes to use my criteria to evaluate your own team m...

If you have ever been held back from doing what you want to do because you don't feel motivated, this episode is for you. Feeling inspired is a hurdle that you can overcome today. When we let feelings rule the day, we end up regretting our decisions and our actions. I explain how to clarify your drive such that feeling motivated is no longer required.  What You'll Learn From This Episode...

If you discover that your team members are bringing you into their daily work such that they are taking more from your capacity than they do to multiply it, it's time to delegate to empower them. Whether you have an amazing relationship with your team member or it's a strained one, there are specific actions you can take that will benefit both of you and the business. As a special bonus,...

In our high-powered business careers, it's easy to get lost in the day-to-day.  We blink and it's 4pm.  Quarters and years, they fly by.  We may be heads down, focused on our business deliverables and not setting aside time to strategically manage our own careers.  For peak performance and peak satisfaction in our business careers, we must pause from the race of our successful businesses...

In this episode I vulnerably share my own journey - the bad, the ugly, and later... the good.  Whenever I share the challenges I faced personally, I am told that it gives others the permission to share their own struggles and gives hope that there is indeed another way to do work and life.  I am resharing this podcast episode as a Must-Listen, so that if you are experiencing anything similar in yo...

The most valuable single hour you can invest in your career and personal development is your consult with me to set your career strategy together.  Without a plan, your dream for your work and life will just remain a wish.  Without progress, you will feel stuck or plateaued. There is no greater gift than feeling like you are working and living on purpose, fully engaged and awake to every moment, m...

If you are searching for your next job or trying to land your next opportunity internally and feel like things aren't going according to plan, this episode is for you.  You may be following all the right tactics and taking lots of action, but still repelling potential employers and setting yourself up for failure.  Learn what to stop doing and what to do instead for more success in your job s...

There are two skills that every successful businessperson could benefit from consistently honing: 1) actively managing our mindset and 2) setting and implementing strategy.  This is how we create the exact results and outcomes that we seek and what allows us to curate how we experience work and life.  In today's episode I explain why I teach every single client these two skills and how to mas...

Executive presence is something that inevitably comes up for every business professional, even decades into their careers.  At first blush, this can appear very vague and ambiguous, but there are specific, concrete strategies to building your executive presence.  It's not an optional thing or purely based on personality. It's a skillset that allows you to be the most effective business p...

When evaluating our work success and comparing our career path to others, we can get laser-focused on compensation because it's measurable and easily observable. There is so much more than that salary or incentive compensation when it comes to maximizing our wealth AND finding satisfaction in our career success.  If you find yourself working for the money, in danger of "selling out"...

Have you ever noticed how we decide to reorganize our desk or sort email in our inbox, instead of doing the uncomfortable thing that will actually move the dial? It can seem productive to complete tasks and we love that feeling of accomplishment, but beware the trap of doing this on the simple things so that you can avoid the important things. In this episode, learn how to choose high-impact work...

The way of the world is that there is never enough, whether it's time, energy, wealth, health, or success. Feeling this lack and scarcity can place a level of pressure and stress on our day-to-day lives. It can seem like a chase for more of a limited supply. There is a lesser taken road when it comes to the chase for "enough" and it is counterintuitive and counter-cultural. In this...

As managers, we may have mastered organizational planning and task management, but we often fail to set aside the time or energy to set the strategic vision for our team and our careers.  While it may seem that remaining ultra-focused on productivity and immediate deliverables is prudent, without bigger picture planning and direction, you may be racing towards the wrong near-term goals. In this ep...

As successful businesspeople, we have followed through consistently to advance our careers to this level. This week we apply this skill in all areas of life and check for sustainability. Listen to this episode to adopt the mindset for rock-solid self-discipline in your career, health, and relationships.  What You'll Learn From This Episode: How following through on creating our vision works t...

If a colleague has ever left you speechless in the moment, whether talking over you in a meeting, parroting your idea, or presenting a narrative as fact that you know is anything but, then you know how shocking and frustrating that can be. This week, we take on Managing Horizontally and all the growth available to us by facing these sometimes tenuous relationships head on. This includes knowing ex...

In business, the one constant is change. Sometimes though, that change can feel like a blocker to our success. In today's episode, I share with you exactly how to set yourself up to thrive in an organization with rampant reorganization.  What You'll Learn From This Episode: How significant change can appear both in hypergrowth companies and mature businesses The mindset that can allow re...

Most of us business professionals in high-powered, high-stakes jobs could reflect at any moment in time on how we feel "busy and tired". In this episode, I will show you how to break this vicious cycle of how we view our situation and stand out in a crowd by feeling more content and purposeful in our daily life. The words we choose to think and say have tremendous power over our level of...

This week we are taking on that sensitive relationship with your manager or leader. There is a lot of drama that comes up here that can keep us from advancing our careers and even enjoying our work on a daily basis. In this episode, learn the winning mindsets and strategies to make this crucial stakeholder a neutral factor in your career and even convert them into an advocate for your success. Wha...

In our business careers, and in life, we can benefit from systematically broadening our perspective. The challenge is that when we are in the moment, close to the details, this is harder than it seems. In today's episode, I will explain why and offer up some hacks to help you shift your perspective on cue.  What You'll Learn From This Episode: How narrowness of perspective tends to sneak...

As managers of talent we may find ourselves on the fence about what direction to take with team members who aren't performing well. Emotions can run high and avoidance is tempting. In today's episode, I share how to make careful assessments and take decisive action in your talent dilemmas. What You'll Learn From This Episode: The mindsets that cause most talent decisions to feel lik...

For successful businesspeople, failure is thought not to be an option. It's feared and avoided at all costs. This robs us of the learnings available to us if we are bold enough to pursue them. In fact, the faster we learn from our missteps, the better off our success and satisfaction will be. In this episode, I will show you why and how to fail fast to succeed.  What You'll Learn From Th...

In our high-powered business careers, it's easy to get lost in the day-to-day.  We blink and it's 4pm.  Quarters and years, they fly by.  We may be heads down, focused on our business deliverables and not setting aside time to strategically manage our own careers.  For peak performance and peak satisfaction in our business careers, we must pause from the race of our successful businesses...

In today's episode I am sharing my personal transformation story, why I engaged a coach of my own and why I trained to become the coach I am now.  It will answer for you, WHY coaching and also, WHEN to take the leap in engaging support of your own.  Take it from someone who didn't know what a coach was, outside of a sports coach that is - it can feel like a whole new world. What You&apos...

Your parents' advice on how to get promoted doesn't work in today's workplace.  The simple suggestions to "dress for success", "wow the boss", and "work harder" simply won't cut it.  Most promotion hopefuls go about it totally wrong following antiquated advice and generic guidance from the consultants and human resources “experts”.  Instead, follow...