How often have you been a few minutes into a conversation before you even knew what it was about? Or been deep in a talk with someone,...

Though the title feels less than compassionate (who wants to think of themselves as dummies?) the author, Steven Hickman, is keenly aware...

I'm preparing for an Executive Leadership training program next week and one of the topics we're discussing is boundaries -- what's...

I write and teach a lot about goal setting. And goal setting is great when you have clear, tangible things you want to accomplish -...

In this book, What Happy People Know , Dan Baker, the head of the Life Enhancement Program at Canyon Ranch , offers useful information...

So many people are burnt out. They're exhausted, cynical, and not enjoying their lives. And while the amount of work people have to do...

For the last year, every day at around 1pm, I would get a small visitor in my office. "Mommy," she would say, "can you have lunch with...

If you're anything like two of my favorite people in the world, you may be stymied by a confident, emotional, successful person needing a...

I don't know about you, but I struggle with change and transitions. When the season changes, I miss the one that's leaving. When my...

In his oldie-but-goodie 1995 book ‘Supermotivation’, author Dean Spitzer describes 8 desires which drive our inner motivation. While...

I spent a lot of last year calling my insurance company about a large sum of money they owed me. And every time I called them, the...

When was the last time something came along and fundamentally changed the way you thought about things? Give that question a minute - we...

In my last post, Meet Five of Your Accomplice Saboteurs, you were introduced to The Avoider, The Controller, and the three Hypers:...

In last week's post, The Judge in Your Head, I talked about the universal Saboteur that afflicts us all, the Judge. The Judge spends all...

I woke up the other morning and my daughter was sick, which meant she was staying home from school. I work from home and had a four-hour...

Earlier this year I was in the hospital for a week with a double ear infection and meningitis. (If you're offered the opportunity to do...

Tip number eight of eight - use a predictable template when giving feedback. I've learned and taught a lot about feedback over the years,...

Tip number seven (of the eight ideas I originally shared) is to prep your feedback before you give it. Now you might be saying, "Kate,...

Tip number six (out of the eight I originally outlined) is that to make feedback useful, it has to be delivered while there's still time...

Tip number five (out of the eight originally shared) is to make sure that giving feedback is not a rare occurrence. When we think about...