Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Ryan McRae. Most first-year college students have a startling realization around October, when Halloween decorations are being put up. It hits them as they walk […]
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Everything You Need to Know to Find a Mentor
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Jenn Labin. What do Yoda, Doc Brown, Albus Dumbledore, and Mr. Miyagi have in common? Besides representing half of my “movies to watch when I’m […]
How to Pivot Strategically
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Kerra Bolton. Change was in the air and Natalie, my client, was scared. The nonprofit where Natalie worked for 20 years recently called a […]
How to Tell Your Clients You Have Cancer
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Nancy Seibel. It’s hard to tell anyone you have cancer, especially early on. Your emotions are still stirred up and raw. Every time you tell […]
How to Make the Most of Summertime Projects (to Get You Through Winter)
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Ryan McRae. Your Instagram probably looks like mine. Friends at the pool. Mojitos and margaritas on the menu. Vacations, trips, and barbecues abound. Not a […]
A Musician’s Lessons on Leadership
Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Breanne Dyck. Have you ever heard a piano that sounds tinny? Or one that sounds a little thin, cheap, or a bit like it came […]
Is It Time to Surrender?
Is it time to surrender? For me the answer is “Yes!” It’s not an excited “yes,” though. It’s an, “Can I ease into this one inch at a time, backwards, and with […]
How to Stay Productive When You Have Cancer
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Nancy Seibel. By the time my doctor entered the ultrasound exam room, I knew something was wrong. And I was right—something was cataclysmically wrong. She […]
5 Questions to Ask When You See Fear Hiding Under Your Emotions
I recently shared a story with you about expectations, from a conversation that I mediated in a growing organization. The conversation that I told you about was actually the first of a […]
What’s Been Going on Behind the Scenes at PF
Over the last year, we’ve shipped more courses, products, and programs than we had in the previous five years, and there’s been a flood of both new and old posts being published […]
How to Reclaim Your Empowerment with YOU As the Foundation
At dinner recently, Charlie told me about a book he had just finished reading, Turn the Ship Around, which led to an interesting conversation about empowerment. Before you groan and check out […]
How to Save Time by Stealing It
There comes a point where the way you’re spending time doesn’t allow you to do the things that matter most to you. Most people respond to this situation by looking at certain […]
3 Insights That Will Make You Reframe Your World Travels
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Danielle LaSusa. I was grateful that the phone cord was not longer. Another six inches and I would have collapsed to my knees on the […]
Why You Can’t Put Performance Management on the Back Burner
Leaders too often think taking time to examine a team’s performance, whether that’s correcting what’s wrong or amplifying what’s good, is boring or isn’t necessary for getting today’s priorities done. That sort […]
5 Painful Reasons You’re Clinging to Your Self-Concept (and Why You Should Let It Go)
“Change is the essence of life; be willing to surrender what you are for what you could become.” —Reinhold Niebuhr A continual struggle we all face is that where we started is […]
7 Questions to Ask If You’re Failing One Success at a Time
One of the more frustrating things about life, work, and business is how easy it is to look back over what you’ve been doing to see that you’ve done a lot but […]
Take Care of Yourself to Take Care of Your Business
I have been working with two clients lately who have been struggling with very similar issues. They are issues that I have been challenged with myself and are not unique to them […]
Good Self Care Is the Foundation for Flourishing
Several years ago I was in a place where it felt like it was all I could do to get through the day. You know those days when what sounds best to […]