Dealing When Life Throws You Lemons

Imagine that your life is cruising along, with you career and relationships going well. You are feeling confident and eager to keep on this path that is bringing success. But, suddenly, you are thrown a curve ball - or several- and now it seems that your life has now turned sour, as if lemons are …

8 Tips to Properly Prepare For a Job Fair

Today, I'll be reviewing resumes at a job fair; this is the second month I've done this and, while it's exciting to help job seekers present themselves more effectively to a potential employer, it also saddens me when I see how people don't properly prepare to do so. It seems that they think they can …

The Effects of When You Sit All Day

These days, employers want to 'know' that their employees are working and doing their jobs, which typically equates to having butts in the seat. Leaders can 'see' what workers are doing and feel more confident that the work is getting done. This usually means these workers are sitting all day, not leaving their seats or …

Celebrating International Coaching Week

This week is International Coaching Week (May 7-14) - honoring coaches around the globe and the great work you do in helping people to be the best they desire. Personally, I think everyone needs a coach at some point or another, as coaching is not just when an issue arises. It keeps you on track …

How to Deal When You Hate Your Job But You’re Good At It

It sounds like a misnomer, but one really can excel at their job but secretly not like it; in fact, they may hate it. The job either does not align with their values or fit their style of working. It could be the overall culture of the organization that leads to these hateful feelings. How …

3 Ways to Feel More Confident in Your Job

So, you just started your new job and feel really proud that you were chosen for the role. You begin working but uneasy feelings start to rise up; thoughts of self-doubt start to creep in, telling yourself that you don't know what you're doing. You begin to repeat those thoughts and now hold yourself back …

New Month Means New Goals and 5 Questions to Help Set Them

Today is the start of a another new month - hard to believe we're almost half-way done through the year. Where has the time gone? I love a new month as it brings renewed hope and the opportunity for creating new ideas and actions, i.e. goals, to work on. This is the time to take …

Another View on Sheep and Being a Sheeple

Yesterday, I wrote about a sermon I heard recently that was focused on sheep and how it relates to leaders as the sheep of an organization. The sermon focused on the kids, or the lambs, in the herd, and how the sheep help to inspire and nurture them until they, themselves, become sheep. What I …

A Sermon About Sheep and Leadership

As I was siting in church on Sunday, listening to the sermon, it was focused on sheep. The priest was talking to children who were ready to receive their first communion. The focus of his sermon was on sheep and how they are in a herd and follow each other. He then segued into lambs, …