Jun 14, 2024
“If I was awake, I should be doing,” Erika Biddix said on last week’s Joyosity™ podcast. “I made it through college on like four hours of sleep a night, and so then I brought that do do do into my corporate life.” Can you relate? Most leaders have guilt around rest. The “I’ll sleep when […]
May 17, 2024
Emotions don’t belong at work.Emotions make you weak.Emotions are useless in decisions.Showing emotions is unprofessional.You either have emotional intelligence, or you don’t.Emotions make you less productive.Emotions are for the HR department, not leaders. LIES — every single one. But you’ve heard them all, right? Don’t get me wrong. Emotions are challenging and messy, and this […]
Apr 12, 2024
“Wait. You rearranged the entire class schedule? But why?” My fork stopped between my spinach salad and my gaping math in the lunch room. “Because of the tests,” the teacher said with a look of disbelief. Let me back up. As the Director of Assessment, I created an intricate testing schedule for the entire school. […]
Mar 15, 2024
Enneagram is your not-so-secret advantage for creating higher employee engagement and creating a positive workplace culture.
Feb 9, 2024
Your personality is lying to you and you’re probably believing it…To change your results, you have to know the story that’s motivating you.
Dec 8, 2023
“I just gotta Coco Chanel that proposal,” I remarked as we walked up the wet asphalt. My friend turned to me and said, “Ok, I’ve heard you say that before. What do you mean by that?” I do repeat that phrase to myself often. When I’m working on a keynote or training, I’m so tempted […]
Nov 12, 2023
“We didn’t think you’d notice the difference,” the guys said when they came back from the store as they put the Schnucks-brand tonic water on the granite countertop. “It’s just like Fever Tree, isn’t it?” Oh, no, gentlemen. No, it is not. Yet, we were all too tired from the week to go back out […]
Nov 5, 2023
Ideally, feedback plays a crucial role in self-awareness that moves you from the blindspot space to the open space where change can happen (remember the Johari Window from last month?) The problem is most people suck at feedback. Not because they’re bad humans or uncaring leaders, but because they got bad advice, watched bad examples, […]
Oct 8, 2023
“Some people are concerned about using personality as part of our professional development,” my corporate client shared in a prep call. “Tell me more,” I said (BTW…my all-time favorite conversation continuer is “tell me more.”) “Well, some of our staff who came from another agency had DISC profiles displayed, and their personality profiles were used […]
Sep 18, 2023
“Oh, this isn’t good.” The blinking dashboard, clicking sounds, and flickering headlights on my van signaled real trouble. As I pulled into the QuickTrip at dusk, I dreaded turning off the car because I just knew it wouldn’t start again. So stuck in rural north Tennessee, 3 ½ hours from home with my 17-year-old daughter […]
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