Poetry has always been meaningful for me. Not that I love all poetry, but when I read a poem I do love, I’m reminded of some truth I already know, expressed in a way I’ve never seen. It speaks to me in a way that deeply touches me. When I ...

Over the past month, I’ve noticed some of my clients and friends have had long-held dreams come true. This has been gratifying to see. Each of us has dreams, and it’s wonderful to see our visions realized after many years of working toward them. In one case, a friend recently ...

Here’s some material I gathered for a team off-site I helped facilitate this past week. It’s entitled “The Truth About Teams”. These truths are presented in an article I read in a special edition of Fortune magazine entitled “Team Work”. These are certainly not the only team truths, but these ...

Here is a find piece written by my fellow coach, Kate Dwyer. This piece is inspired by a quote from Albert Einstein: “A problem cannot be solved at the level of consciousness in which it occurs.” Einstein’s quote encourages you to consider one problem you’re currently dealing with and finding ...

This week, I’d like to talk about empowerment, a word that’s used a lot in business these days. Here’s one definition: “Empowerment refers to increasing the spiritual, political, social or economic strength of individuals and communities. It often involves the empowered developing confidence in their own capacities.” Recent research suggests ...

I read a short story yesterday that I wanted to share with you. You are eight years old. It is Sunday evening. You have been granted an extra hour before bed. The family is playing Monopoly. You have been told you are big enough to join them. You begin to ...

Last summer, I was working with a team that put together an activity that engaged another group within the company. They went all out: rented a large space in a beautiful park, provided a barbeque, and came up with lots of games that the two teams could play in which ...

Over the years, I have recommended a wonderful book to many of my clients called “The Four Agreements”, by Don Miguel Ruiz. Sr. Ruiz describes four agreements you can make with yourself to improve your life and your relationship to it. For those of you who have not read this ...

I often think about an article written about Dr. Albert Ellis, a noted psychotherapist who died at 93. Dr. Ellis focused much of his psychotherapeutic treatments on action; that is, rather than overanalyzing everything, he encouraged his patients to take action regarding their emotional and psychological states by accepting who ...

One of the most valuable lessons I gained from my coaching training was the discipline of asking effective questions. Like many new coaches, my classmates and I quickly discovered how easily our own thoughts surfaced while someone else was speaking. Instead of staying curious and asking questions that deepened understanding, ...

There are great benefits to cultivating the ability to respect ourselves and others. The definition of respect reads, “esteem for or a sense of the worth or excellence of a person, a personal quality or ability, or something considered as a manifestation of a personal quality or ability; I have ...

This week, I was thinking about what it means to be courageous. The word courage comes from the latin word cor and the french word cuer. It is defined as “mental or moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand danger, fear, uncertainty, or difficulty.” We often think of this in ...