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It’s been one of those days … you started with a meeting at 8:30, had back-to-back conference calls until 2; and then get a text from your boss at 2:15 asking to review your team’s latest results.  There have been some extenuating circumstances, and your numbers don’t look so good. Knowing there’s not enough time…

When we operate more from a growth (vs. fixed) mindset, we are more successful. There are numerous specific benefits – increased confidence and resilience, better ability to manage time and solve problems, to name a few. You can learn more about this from Carol Dweck’s work and other professional resources on the subject.  People often…

A lot has been written about mindset and why it matters. Most often the discussions address the disparity between the fixed and the growth mindset. Those with a fixed mindset view intelligence, abilities and talents as something you are born with while those with a growth mindset believe these traits can be improved with effort.  …

Strengths overused become weaknesses?!? What?!?  It’s easy to get derailed by all the advice we are given about how to evolve our leadership. Work on my weaknesses. Work on my strengths. Don’t let my strengths become my weaknesses. As we think about it – knowing our brains are always looking for shortcuts – it can…

I’ve had a lot going on this past year, from professional to personal…and while I’m ready to move into 2023, having an overflowing ‘plate’ has helped me gain greater clarity about where to focus in the future. Just because I can do something doesn’t mean I should. The truth is: I won’t do everything very…

I’ve been on a mission these past weeks to save Monarch butterflies. While we have planted hundreds of milkweed plants, they have been eaten down to their stems. As a result, I’ve been searching for caterpillars and moving them around the yard to plants that still have some leaves. It’s been working. The metamorphosis from…

As I reflect on the power of teams, I remembered a blog from 2019 that I wrote; I think it’s worth sharing again… Most of my career has been about leading change; often, it was to fix something that wasn’t working.  One of these opportunities – inside a Fortune 10 company – resulted in what…

It’s been just over 11 years since I lost my mother. She taught me many valuable lessons, and one of them was from her favorite activity: crafts and especially quilting. While my mother was good with crafts, I’m not a ‘crafty’ person. When it came to quilting, there were too many intricacies, I thought, as…

Comparing ourselves to others can be useful, and it’s also very natural. Why we do this may vary: we may be curious about others, look to others for validation, or maybe want to relate through similarities. When done in excess, comparisons don’t serve. Why? Because one mark of a brilliant leader is having the confidence…

For days, people constantly watched an image like this one – on their televisions, computers and iPhones. It seemed like the screen was being constantly refreshed with an updated image. Hurricane Ian was on the move.  As somewhat new residents to Florida, albeit each in different cities, my business partners and I readied for the…