Did you know that storytelling can be a powerful tool in your business toolkit? According to Forbes, leaders who use storytelling as a communication tool can increase employee engagement, build trust, and inspire action. Storytelling can also help leaders connect with their audience on a more emotional level, making their message more memorable and impactful. In fact, in a study by HBR, leaders who use storytelling as a…
I am looking forward to a big vacation this holiday season. It’s the third big one for me and my daughter this year. I’m reflecting on how small decisions to delegate, assign tasks, hire help and generally offload tasks have enabled me to take more time for myself and my family from week to week and even year over year. I work no more than 30 hours a…
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Whether you are • experiencing the crush of life’s surprises and challenges while you’re trying to reach your goals, or • feeling overwhelmed in the midst of your goal getting, or • facing a toxic work environment, or • life has thrown you some other kind of a curve ball… We have four LIVE sessions with like-minded leaders like you that will inspire you uncluttered your mind, let…
Have you considered that achieving laser focus can be an act of kindness to yourself? In fact, it’s another form of radical self care because it allows you to prioritize the goals that are important to you and get them done. In fact, persistent distractions can be costly, to yourself, your life and your leadership aspirations. Think of it like this: if your goal is to be a…
There’s a disease that is rapidly spreading on social media, and that’s people teaching, mentoring or even coaching on topics that have little to no experience or credentials in. It’s the other pandemic. Smarts can get you to the table. Experience and wisdom will not only keep you there, but it will elevate you to access to rooms where the real business is done. So Sis, slow down.…
Are you giving yourself grace? Or are you attempting to power through as if nothing has changed although we have been through and are going through so much.? Well, your body knows better–especially your brain. Today’s #NSCRockstarLeadership Tip of the Day explores brain fog, why more of us are experiencing it right now and what you can do about it. Watch to learn more–and take it easy. Want…
The #NSCJournalPrompt can guide you through it. Get your journals ready, and reserve time on my calendar for a strategy session to put the languisihing in the rear view mirror. You can check out my conversation with licensed trauma therapist Tina Robertson on episodes 165 and 166 of The Culture Soup Podcast®.
Bigger isn’t always better. In fact, sometimes it can be draining and produce a small return. Are you trying to do too much? It could be what’s slowing you down. In today’s #NSCRockstarLeadership Tip, I give one example of how keeping it simple meant working smarter. These small yet smart actions allowed one of my mentor coaches to launch one an extremely successful practice in a short…
So who exactly should be a member of your tribe to support your leadership aspirations? In part five of our six-part series on Assembling and Activating Your Tribe we discuss one final group. There are six categories of people, as outlined in my book, No Thanks: 7 Ways to Say I’ll Just Include Myself. It’s the #nscrockstarleadership tip of the day, and it may not be who…