Become a Great Leader by Acting like a Child
If I told you that you can increase your executive presence and strengthen your leadership power by acting like a toddler, you would think I am absolutely insane. But think about it. The reckless abandonment with which toddlers approach interactions, requests and relationships yield great results. Most people find themselves smiling at, charmed by and wanting to appease a toddler.
What Being Misquoted in the Press Taught Me
A few weeks ago, I presented my signature speech on Effective Self-promotion to a group of 60 to 70 highly successful women in the Venture and Private Equity space.
The event went very well, and I had great feedback from the organizers and the audience. And then it happened… Something, that as an entrepreneur, you always hopeful but also fear. A press article was written about the event and my presentation.
Life Lessons that Spin Class Taught Me
Earlier this week, feeling remorseful after all the gluttony that ensued over the holiday weekend, I decided to drag myself to my favorite spin class. I expected to feel energized and accomplished from a nice, intense workout, but I didn’t expect that I would also come away reminded of some of life’s most important lessons.
Performance Review Giving You Anxiety?
Many of you have told me that you are dreading your upcoming performance review OR that your recent review is stressing you out! It seems that you never feel like you get any meaningful information from the review, and you are more confused after your review happens than before.
Wanna influence someone? Start telling stories!
I have a two year old son. Well, actually he is almost 3 but I’m going to stay in denial as long as possible. Right around his second birthday, without any warning, my sweet little baby turned into an opinionated and persistent little DUDE. The “terrible twos” have been in full effect in our house.
Shocker! When you self-promote you actually help others
As a career coach, I work with clients who are top professionals in their fields. Despite their accomplishments and the desire to have more visibility in their careers, many struggle with self-promotion and self-advocacy. They come to me hoping to learn to articulate their value proposition and accomplishments to key stakeholders (i.e. managers, prospective employers, clients) without being perceived as boastful or bragging.
Criticism! Three steps to prevent it from stressing you out
Criticism! Three steps to prevent it from stressing you out
How to get the most out of your summer intern
Our two summer interns started last week. We are a small company and feel vulnerable every time we bring someone into our little nucleus and open our business up to them.
Beware! These toxic thoughts are success killers.
No matter who you are or what you do I am willing to bet that if you are having any of these thoughts below then you are holding yourself back from achieving great success. As an executive coach, I am fortunate to work with and get in the brilliant minds of the brightest and most success executives on Wall Street and beyond. Like the rest of us, my clients have insecurities that we work on recognizing and banishing them from their minds. Here is the list of thoughts that are surprisingly common and are the greatest offenders to our success