What is required of me to be of service here?
Reviewing Brendon Burchard’s High Performing Habits with my KEY group this week, a mindshift happened in the group. Burchard had spent over a decade researching what motivates people to perform at higher levels of success. He boiled it down to 6 habits. First we reviewed what those were, then he suggested that we reframe our roles […]
Olympic pause
Thankfully, the Winter Olympics have come at a great time to give Americans something we can all celebrate together. Whoa, this is much needed. Isn’t it fabulous to watch? The artistry of the figure skating. The speed of the racers. The jumps, the bumps. The winners, the losers. Broken dreams, broken hearts, broken bones. It […]
One word for 2026
Goal setting is one of the most popular things business people do in January. We begin with such high hopes. If you even remember the resolutions you made on January 1, you may have already fallen behind. In my Vistage groups this month we watched Daniel Pink’s YouTube video Design 2026. He created a workbook […]
Do what only YOU can do!
Who does your job when you are busy filling in for someone else? My guess is that you had a plan for your day, your week, this month, this quarter and on to a 5 year plan, and it tends to get hijacked along the way. Then you spend the quiet hours after everyone else […]
Cultivate hope in your team
“Let’s talk about what truly separates effective leaders from the rest. It’s not only charisma or technical skills—it’s their ability to cultivate Hope in their teams.” – Yira Muse, Ph.D. and Vistage Speaker. She goes on: “What most people get wrong about Hope in leadership: ❌ Hope = staying positive when things get tough ✅ […]
Democracy at work
Buildings in the mountains take a lot of abuse especially from winter weather. You can’t defer maintenance that you might get away with in milder climates. That is one reason we bought a condo in Mammoth so clearing the snow, and fixing leaks, etc would be a group responsibility, not just ours. It seemed like […]
Gamify your day
How often do you look at your best days and analyze what made them better? What if you could create a game around having more of those? Let’s say on Tuesday, you had a good night’s sleep, felt great getting to work, had 5 great calls, moved a project that had been stuck forward and […]
Don’t quit on a bad day!
Have you ever watched a TED talk with a colleague or a movie with a friend and walked away with a completely different take-away than they did? How we interpret data is of course filtered through our own experiences and our mood, ability to focus and a bunch of other factors including how tired we […]
School days
We had the opportunity to visit a rural school in Zimbabwe. It was their break time but a number of the students came to school to greet us. They sang for us as we got off the bus and welcomed us to their school. They were excited to see us and showed us around. The […]
Strengthen your core
If you have done pilates or are building flexibility and strength, you know how important it is to strengthen your core. It is not an obvious focus in the beginning – maybe you don’t even know where it is. Think of holding your stomach muscles in and you are pretty close. Stand with your head […]