Each new athletic achievement has shown me that something even bigger is possible. My athletic life has given me a whole new future. In the next 12 months, I’ll do new and different things that would have been unthinkable for most of my life. Go Big And Get Specific “Health” And “Fitness” And “Successful” and “Rich” and […]
Do you feel typecast and pigeonholed in your career? Do you want to be recognized for ALL the skills and experience you can bring to your company and role? Are you ready to spread your wings in a new role, expand your skills or network? You’re Not Alone In my career, I felt like […]
There’s an idea among some venture capitalists that no entrepreneur is investable if s/he hasn’t already had a business failure. The idea is that someone who’s already done it may better recognize the million little pieces of evidence leading up to an eventual failure. The understanding is they’ll be more sensitive to those signals when […]
There I was at work: a team member said something that sounded like fearful gossip about another team (examples are in numbered headings below). While fear-mongering and gossip does occur in the workplace, there’s a skill in correctly managing these interactions. Sometimes, these are opportunities to discuss concerns that are or could be impacting project […]
There I was at work, walking down the hallway to check in with a coworker. Another coworker approached me, moving fast. “That <insert profanity here> just fired me!”* “Whoa!”, I said. “You’re still in the building. Usually you’d be walked out the door if you’d been fired.” “My last day is next Friday.” “Will you […]
