Personal planning questions for a purposeful, powerful new year
As you embark upon a new year, taking time to reflect, celebrate successes from the past year, and plan new goals is an important step for purposefully, powerfully, and joyfully…
Hitting your reset button for big, bold purpose
From time to time, all of us find that it’s time to make a change. It could be the hope for a work promotion, a better job, or dream of…
How to FIND and BE a mentor
A few years ago I wrote a book, Building Your Career Portfolio, discussing how mentoring fits into the activity of lifelong learning as part of a “portfolio” of wise career…
Today counts: Leading and seizing each day with gratitude and value
While in the lobby of a service organization, I overheard a typical conversation between two employees. “How’s it going?” asked the boss. “Well, it’s not Friday, but one day closer,”…
Build your career and leadership portfolio with four investments
When my book featuring a “Career Portfolio” approach was published by Cengage in three languages and distributed globally, I asked questions that today are still rarely asked! That is: How…
Personal purpose: Seven pivotal questions for discovering your guiding strategy for career, volunteer and lifelong learning investments
It’s been said that only one percent of people across the globe have ever taken the time to contemplate and develop a sense of personal mission or purpose… and that…
Leadership advice from top-level public administrators
One of the joys of my professional life is gathering leaders to share collective wisdom from lessons learned, whether it’s at a community symposium or in one of my Arizona…