Take control of the direction you want to go in and the milestones you want to achieve, for career development and success should be a personal responsibility. Gone are the days where you expect your employer to lay out a career path for you. Today, employees and...

The million-dollar question on most leader’s minds is – how can they motivate their people? When I am asked that question, I say that that a more useful question to ask is not how we can motivate our people – but what we say or do as leaders that demotivates others....

I was at a leadership seminar with senior leaders recently. As we touched on the topic of success, a participant said that to succeed, a person needs to have a winner’s mindset. When I asked what makes a winner, I received great answers and insights. What exactly is...

Have you ever felt stuck in your career and need help figuring out what to do next? Or, as a manager, have you wondered how to get your team to achieve more? The answer might be simpler than you think: career development conversations.These aren’t just performance...

Y-SIZE YOUR INFLUENCE Motivating and Igniting Gen-Y Success At Work. I have often shared with others that I feel like a Gen-Y in a Gen-X body? Perhaps in my early years in my career, I have been doing things the Gen-Y way. Not surprisingly, I have a lot of fun working...

A common question I receive from leaders and managers whom I am privileged to train: in what context do you want to increase your influence? Is it about influence at work or influence on a personal level with your people? If it is about influence at the workplace per...

WHAT IS YOUR LEADERSHIP CRISIS QUOTIENT? Leadership is not a set of skills that we can learn instantly to become a great leader. Leaders face multiple challenges with leading people because the answer does not lie in a leadership program but a behavioral one. Real...

Let’s face it: everyone makes mistakes. But how often do we really stop and engage in reflecting on mistakes? In the story of life, each of us is the hero on a journey, and mistakes are the obstacles we encounter along the way. These errors are a natural part of our...

CHALLENGE THE STATUS QUO  You need to be unconventional to make waves. As a professional speaker, I have to challenge the status quo every single time I am on stage. My personal belief is that either I be thought provoking so that I can shift mind and ignite change,...