Happy Chinese New Year! It is the year of the sheep (it is a goat actually but that's just being picky) and it reminds me of the story of my husband and I on his farm in New Zealand. On the farm there are cows and sheep (and a few wild deer but Read More >>
Child Abuse
I was walking through the park the other day when it happened. I was just minding my own business walking by this father and son. I wasn't really paying much attention to what the son said to the father and then BAM it happened. The father hit the Read More >>
Broken Resolutions
Do you set New Year's Resolutions? I do. Well sort of. I don't actually call them New Year's Resolutions. I call them FLOW Goals and they are part of the Strategic Planning I do each year. This year, I was determined to get one of my personal Read More >>
Leadership Self-Discipline
I've noticed a few people around me who claim to be leaders in their given field display an amazing lack of self-discipline. The details are irrelevant. What is relevant is the behaviour. What I was noticing were these self-professed leadership Read More >>
Big Picture or Detail
I have a friend who told me a story about making a conscious decision to let his boss fail. You see, he was in charge of an event for his organization and the person assigned to handle registrations on the day of the event was called away on a Read More >>
Don’t choke on the feedback sandwich
In my corporate program, Coaching for High Performance, I emphasize the importance of getting rid of the "feedback sandwich" and sticking to the 4-1 rule. For those of you who have never used or been given a feedback sandwich, it sounds something Read More >>
Gym Clothes on the Toilet
Is it hard for you to exercise regularly? For a lot of my clients the answer is “YES!” They know the benefits; all those great neurochemicals racing around making you feel good, mind-body connection, improved muscle tone & coordination, etc. And Read More >>