Fake it ’til you make it: the power of visualization

During my graduate program at Temple University, many fellow students became adjunct professors for the extra income. Temple offered a great onboarding and coaching program for the new teachers which we supplemented with the experience we had gained from our prior careers. Before the first winter break, my colleague shared that he “kept getting all …

Keeping Your Career Out of the Cold

Stressful situations often leads us to double down on the skills and behaviors we believe made us successful.  Ironically, this may be the very thing that causes us to fail. By having the courage to dig deep and change the qualities that make us feel safe, we can come out the other side stronger and more confident.

The Trait All Great Leaders Share

Photo by Kirit Vora We say that leaders have vision. They see possibilities in the everyday and in people. They have foresight. They have the ability envision the impossible and turn it into the inevitable. Leaders have insight. They make connections between the unconnectable by seeing their true nature underneath the surface. More than any …

Three Traits of Top Talent

According to Forbes, businesses around the world spend over $3,300 per hire on recruiting, an increase of almost 6% in the last year. US corporations spend nearly $72 billion annually on recruiting services, staff, and products – and the worldwide number is likely three times bigger. Corporate training spend is close behind.  According to Bersin by …

Have a little faith

Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.– Voltaire At a recent conference, Andrew Blum from Trium Consulting made a passing comment in a presentation about leaders having faith in themselves. It was an interesting word that got me thinking. There are countless articles and books that discuss leadership and …

Feel Good About Saying Yes (Part 3 of 3)

Download full size (1289 KB) Another client group had heard of the training program that Jeff’s team had run a few months earlier.  Believing he had learned his lesson, he was not about to enter into negotiations for delivering a program without ensuring he understood the potential impact and how the result would be measured. …