“Strategy is about making choices, trade-offs; it’s about deliberately choosing to be different.” ~Michael Porter, Harvard Business School professor Strategic planning is an organizational management activity that is used [...]
As many of you know, I’m a horsewoman following in the footsteps of my mother, grandmother, and my Mom’s Aunt Fay, a legendary ranchwoman. Photos I have seen through the years of these women on horseback symbolize to me freedom, connection and partnership. While I [...]
“Culture isn’t just one aspect of the game–—it is the game. In the end, an organization is no more than the collective capacity of its people to create value” [...]
“You can do two things at once, but you can’t focus effectively on two things at once.” ~ Gary Keller, author of The One Thing Take a moment to think [...]
“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” ~ George Bernard Shaw The root cause of most organizational and relationship issues lies in ineffective communication. When one [...]
Ready or not, it’s coming. Change, that is. Seventy-seven percent of human resource practitioners and leaders report that their organization is in a state of constant change. This latest [...]
It is that time of year again. The holidays are upon us which means our calendars are overfilled and our to-do lists are overflowing. As a leader, the start [...]
“If you’re going to live, leave a legacy. Make a mark on the world that can’t be erased.” ~ Maya Angelou Your leadership legacy is the impact and influence [...]
“Down deep in every human soul is a hidden longing, impulse, and ambition to do something fine and enduring.” ~Grenville Kleiser Nearly 10 years ago, I had the privilege of [...]
As an executive coach, while I am most often working with senior organizational leaders, I also have the privilege of coaching emerging leaders. These individuals have been identified as [...]
