Feelings are Not for Sissies
EI Mentor, Marcia Reynolds, Psy.D. What is the difference between someone who is “in charge” and someone who is an effective leader? What takes someone from parenting to being an effective parent? What do 90% of high performers have that middle of the road workers often lack? What makes someone go from being an acquaintance to a valued friend? What skill determines 58% of your job performance? What is that something special that some people have that makes them so easy to like, so easy to follow, easy to be around and someone who can resolve conflict or deliver hard news without creating...
Read MoreDreams to Reality: Where to Start
I have never met a person who didn’t have a dream. Everyone wants something, right? What is your dream? How much do you want it? Do you want it enough to actually do what it takes to get it? What exactly does it take to get it? Where do you start? Not all dreams have to be monumental. Reaching our little dreams can produce a great deal of satisfaction and can really add up to one incredible journey. Consistently achieving my little dreams is actually a strategy of mine for reaching larger ones. Here’s how it looks: Big dream: I want to be a catalyst for change that results in the...
Read MoreMeet Jill: Another Amazing Woman Changing the World!
See that gorgeous smiling woman standing at the bottom of the stairs (right above the red baseball caps)? That is my friend, Jill Santa. She is an amazing woman who is making a difference. I met Jill at a coaches collaboration meeting with several other iPEC graduates in Scottsdale. Jill started the program just this month to become a professional certified coach. The coaching community and the world is fortunate to have this amazing woman stepping forward to make a difference. Here is her story: “For years I read articles about the plight of orphans and poverty-stricken people...
Read MoreMeet Lilia; Compassionate, Action Leader!
We need more strong, compassionate, intelligent and action-oriented women in leadership. Anyone who has met me for longer than five minutes knows that this is my passion. I spend the majority of my professional life in the circles of women who are changing the world, so, it is no surprise that I am often introduced through mutual connections to amazing women who aspire to bigger leadership roles. Today was a particularly special meeting for me because the person I got to spend the morning with isn’t only aspiring to be a great leader, she already is one and she is reaching out for...
Read MoreMaking a Difference
I didn’t start out doing big things. I grew into them. Walking 60 miles for women with breast cancer as co-captain of an amazing team didn’t happen overnight. Going to China for six weeks to facilitate women’s leadership wasn’t done on a whim and without ten months of preparation first. Running a full marathon in Alaska for Leukemia and Lymphoma Research happened one step at a time, over five months of training. The end results were big events that drew attention, but the real difference was made along the journey. How did I get started? I cared about the...
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