As the work week starts up again, i’ts easy to get wrapped up in stress and overwhelm where our attention is focused mostly on what we fear or want to …
Creative First
Feeling blue, again? It may be because you’re not allowing your brain to be as creative as it wants to be – letting it make new connections and come up …
Feeling Stuck? Uncover Your Immunity to Change
At a social gathering a little while back, upon learning that I’m a Career and Leadership Coach, a family friend remarked, “how can someone who is in the middle of …
Mindfulness: The Key to Emotional Intelligence
Daniel Goleman defines 4 crucial competencies of emotional intelligence that are key to high performance: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management. Guess what capacity is essential to all? Mindfulness: …
3 Ways You May Be Giving Your Energy Away
Like most of us that live in the PAID environment (Pressure, Always On, Information overload, Distraction1), I’ve struggled to manage my time so that I don’t always feel stressed, overwhelmed, …
Stepping Back: Why It’s Important to “Manage the Stress of Who You Are”
If you’re feeling stressed out about work or a relationship (or the state of the world in general), it may not just be the work or the relationship that is …
The First Leadership Coach in Space?
If I hadn’t become a coach, I may have become an astronaut. As it turns out, the quality that would have made me a good astronaut is the same one …
Coaching Leaders: Perspectives from a C-level Executive turned Corporate Coach
Recently, I had the opportunity to connect with Marion Gamel, a C-level executive and Registered Corporate Coach™. Marion is a graduate of the BCA Coaching Essentials Program and we chatted over Skype …
Be the Tree: How to Work Smarter, Not Harder with Mindful Leadership
This summer, I am sharing a special series called “Be the Tree: How to Work Smarter, Not Harder with Mindful Leadership.” I created it in response to: My own experience …
Your Future Depends on Where Your Attention is Focused
This month, the “big idea” that the Business Coaching Advantage is working with is: attention matters. Where we choose to focus our attention can make all the difference between creating new success …