Becoming More Positive I have been giving a lot of thought to how we train or re-train our minds to help us become more positive. One thing we can do is to take advantage of our

I live in beautiful - dry, drought-ridden, fire-scary - Southern California, where a terrifying "Fire Season" is as real to us as as Tornado or Hurricane Season is in many other places. We are very

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I get a call. The person says, "So-and-so has been promoted to CEO. They need help becoming [more charismatic, softer, more results-oriented, more strategic] like their predecessor was." Trouble is, they're doing exactly what

There is an all-too common reason powerful women get plateaued in their careers. They rely on a default behavior set that worked extremely well to help them find success early on in their careers

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Have you ever trimmed your hair and most people don't notice? Even worse, you've made significant behavioral changes, and it seems like no one cares or acknowledges them. The same is true for almost all changes.  We

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Below are some brief exercises to help you develop better practices around your Leadership Bearing.

Your bearing is the first thing people see that influences how others perceive you. Interestingly enough it also influences how you perceive yourself. In this article we’ll examine how to do things consciously that you

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