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Leadership Transformation

WHY SOME CLIENTS SUCCEED & OTHERS STRUGGLE

Have you ever wondered why some people are extremely successful while others consistently struggle? You may have watched friends or colleagues move up the ladder of success while you saw others staying stuck. Perhaps you even felt like some are super luck and others just aren’t. I am sharing two real client case studies to illustrate the reasons why some people have rapid success and others continually struggle. They will reveal the mysteries so you can make changes in you own career journey. These two professionals have similar educational backgrounds and both work for great companies and they both chose …

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DO YOU COUNT YOUR RAINBOWS OR THUNDERSTORMS?

I have a lot to be grateful for. The Northeast got hit hard by Tropical Storm Ida. She took us by surprise, especially since she had passed through several states before hitting New York. I had been at an all-day training event with clients and was racing to get home before the storm hit – and I did. I am grateful for that because the roads suddenly turned into rivers and flash floods overtook cars and their passengers. When I was driving to the gym two days later the roads were still littered with abandoned cars on the sides of …

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WHAT IS “UP LEVELING” AND WHY DOES IT FEEL SO LONELY?

This photo popped up on my Facebook feed as a memory from last year. It looked beautiful and bucolic, yet the memory it evoked was not. It was 2020 and COVID was raging in New York City along with riots and protests. It felt like the world was ending. I lived in a suburban area just outside the city. The sun was out and it was a gorgeous day. It felt luxurious after months of living in fear and isolation to just take my lawn chair to the park and read a book in the sun. When I posted the …

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DO YOU HAVE THE COURAGE IT TAKES TO SPEAK UP?

I’ve been contemplating how difficult it is to speak up and be heard as a woman and was pondering why. I did a little research on two women who found their voices and spoke up. I discovered that they both were able to do this despite some very intriguing circumstances. Let’s take a peek behind the curtain… Let’s begin with Eleanor Roosevelt. One of my favorite quotes from her is: “Speak your mind, even though your voice shakes.” When we think of Eleanor Roosevelt we think “Strong, Smart Woman;” after all she even has US stamps with her image on them. Yet everything …

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ARE YOU THE ALPHA OR THE OMEGA IN YOUR CAREER?

Are you familiar with Alpha and Omega energies? If you are like me, perhaps you have ‘heard’ of it but may not know a whole lot about it. When I began to explore this topic – it blew my mind. In work life and in wildlife, there is a “status” and a pecking order whether we realize it or not. In the wild, whether it be wolves or lions or other packs of animals, there is an “Alpha” who is the leader of the pack. All the way at the end of the line there is an “Omega” who is …

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BE AWARE OF YOUR THOUGHTS…THEY ARE A PREDICTION OF YOUR FUTURE

Did you know that when we have a thought; just a mere though in our minds, that we have already created it?  It already exists and it is our job to take action to bring it to fruition. Wallace Wattles in “The Science of Being Great” (which was written in 1910 – I find it fascinating that this was written over a 100 years ago and it is so simple) says, “If you desire a thing, picture it clearly and hold the picture steadily in the mind until it becomes a definite thought form…the thing you want will come to …

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ARE YOU A POWERFUL FEMALE LEADER OR A MAN IN A SKIRT?

March is Women’s History Month. You probably want to stick a needle in my eye after reading the headline, but let me expand upon what I mean. I have spent nearly 20 years in the corporate landscape and what I have observed time and time again is that many women, when they step into a Leadership role, begin acting like a man. They make decisions like their male predecessors. They heartlessly restructure departments and entire companies; and they seem to be void of feelings. It is as if they checked their emotions at the door before entering the building. Shamefully, …

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TURN YOUR CAREER PASSIONS INTO ACTIONABLE PLANS

7 Days of “ahhh…” A few weeks ago I went on a Spa vacation that I had been looking forward to for a long time. While I was indulging and enjoying absolute relaxation, I was able to notice all the little beautiful moments that usually pass me by because I am rushing through life, focused on work and attaining my goals. Then I had this amazing realization that some of the best actions can be put in place during these little moments of “ahhh.” I wanted to share my learnings so get out your journals and notebooks. I’m giving you …

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AN UNLIKELY TOOL TO GET YOU THROUGH TODAY’S TUMULTUOUS TIMES

“The text has disappeared under the interpretation.” – Friedrich Nietzsche This quote is a great reminder – what is happening today has all sorts of “interpretations” about the events. Each person, each side, each movement, has its own interpretation of the “event.” The “event” can be a pandemic, protests, political rallies, etc. If we want to look at the “event” itself, we are not honestly in a position to have a real interpretation if we were not there. So, the “event” takes on a meaning which people have assigned to it that represents a bigger movement. In essence, the “event” has …

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ADAPTING TO CHANGE IS OUR ONLY CHANCE OF SURVIVAL

Charles Darwin wrote this way back in the 1800’s:“It is not the strongest of the species that survives,not the most intelligent that survives.It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.” We are going through a tremendous period of change right now. No one is really calling it that. They are calling it things like “horrible,” “awful,” “terrible,” “unjust”… yet it is all just a huge shift in the way we do things. We are all resistant to change. Why? Because our Ego Function, the part of our mind whose job it is to keep us safe and …