Maria Shriver recently wrote about women she admires who have stepped out of line in one way or another. They included some familiar...

Albert Einstein has many great quotes that circulate LinkedIn and Facebook. One of my personal faves is: If you're a go getter, if your...

It's pretty normal to try to do your best at all times - in work, in relationships, with your children, as a neighbor. But striving for...

Much of our lives are spent trying to get to that next level....middle school, high school, college, graduate school, the first job, the...

In this week's edition of "A Coffee Break of Inspirational Leadership," the focus is on learning to love your learning curves. Does like...

What does being brave really mean? I was recently reading a book that referenced the bravery of the character in the way she overcame...

So much going on. So many distractions. And its Monday, which means we'll likely be bombarded by more today than most days. What does...

I've been thinking about what I'm good at. Do you do that? From an HR perspective, we often look at firming up the weaknesses of others,...

We've all worked with them. Around them. Tried to avoid them. Some are really obvious. Others are a bit more underground, but their...

Feeling foggy. Traffic at work. Sometimes they aren't just metaphors but real. We all get stuck. Really. WE ALL GET STUCK. And even...

This week's post is a little different than the rest, simply because I wanted to stay current with what I'm doing. I'll be presenting...

I'm not going to apologize in advance that I'm going to talk about women in leadership. It's part of my mantra, and I'm also learning to...

A lot has been said about the importance of speaking up to injustices, unfairness, unethical behavior, and more. In the current era of...

Friday was International Women’s Day….and it gave many friends and I time to pause over the weekend and reflect on our experiences as...

Ever feel incompetent? Join the club. We all go through it. Incompetence is a perfectly normal, albeit it uncomfortable feeling....

I've been reading and listening to a lot of Brene Brown as of late - whether the paperback Rising Strong that I've dog-eared the heck out...

Ran across this term a week or so ago. Microvulnerability. (Note - spellcheck doesn't like it...yet). When I think of leadership, I can't...

Growing up, I was a tomboy in every sense of the word. I was sent to the principal's office for playing tackle football in middle school...

This past week marks the time when New Year’s resolutions fall by the wayside. Did yours? I’ll admit that I haven’t bailed on mine yet...

Sometimes I blog over the weekend, and sometimes I leave it for early Monday morning (very early, like way before I need to get ready for...