Leaders Make Decisions I am the queen of possibilities. I see so many options that I can become paralyzed. I get stuck. Many options lead to lack of focus and the result 99% of the time is indecision. This trap of options and indecision became so frustrating in my household that one day my youngest [...]
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Decide! Break Through the Option Trap
May 25th, 2011Spring Cleaning For My Head
May 18th, 2011Spring has almost sprung into Summer. As per usual in Chicago, Spring remains elusive – preferring to wander into Summer or continue it’s comfort in Winter. Maybe that’s why I miss Spring cleaning each year. Not this year. I began with a purge of a few things that were not serving me in my life. [...]
Coming Out of the Dark
June 13th, 2010I love Gloria Estefan’s song… Coming Out of the Dark I finally see the light And It’s shining on me How often as the leaders of our business do we become so task oriented that we fail to shine our light in a meaningful way? Where have we made silent agreements with others that we [...]
Clear to Plan
November 16th, 2009More and more business owners are turning their eyes to strategic planning. There has been a lot of hunkering down this past year. Put your head down and plow through. In some cases, people have been in denial and are now just waking up to what has been happening. It has been hard to see [...]
Can You Truly Lead in A Crisis? An Ode to my Sister
October 11th, 2009Meet Kathleen. Sister Extraordinaire. A truly magnificent person. Dedicated to serving others. She is my role model for leading in crisis. How many of you have faced a crisis of whatever proportion? What has been your leadership style? If you are like most of the world, you do one of two things – you either [...]
Leaving the Back Door Open
September 7th, 2009Leaving the back door open – a slippery leadership issue – is the erosion of trust. Trust is the crucial, pivotal, necessary characteristic of leadership. As a leader, I must look for where I allow myself to miss deadlines or to minimize the sense of urgency required for the job at hand. I must vigilantly [...]
Leaders Can Be Leaky
April 20th, 2009Leaders are quite powerful both personally and professionally. A force to be reckoned with can be a force for the good or a force that sucks the life out of a situation, leaving no room for others. The other side of the coin is also true – leaders can lose life-force. Overtime, without the most [...]
A Leader is Self-Aware
April 11th, 2009The mark of a wise leader is that she knows herself. There is an acceptance of all aspects of self that marks a great leader. The balance between ego drive and higher self calling is in tune and Higher Self wins out in most cases. There is a triangle of perception and beliefs that house [...]