Leadership

A few weeks ago I had an unfortunate accident. I spilled a bottle of balsamic vinegar and some olive oil in the backseat of my car. The upholstery is fabric. Oh, snap! After a futile attempt to clean the spill, I contacted an auto detailer and paid to have my car professionally cleaned.  Twice. It […]

Last Tuesday was a long day. I presented to about 2,200 middle school students to help them make a great first impression before heading into a youth career expo.  The day involved me working with groups of about 200-300 students at a time for 20 minutes each and then repeating the process again. I was like a

Pull up a chair and let’s talk! Imagine we are sitting on the patio laughing, drinking a fizzy drink (mine’s tart cherry juice, carbonated water, with a squeeze of lime) with the sun shining perfectly when I sweetly ask you to tell me a few things like: What’s better, milk chocolate or dark chocolate? What’s

My mental math skills are WEAK. Logistics and details are my actual undoing. Excel spreadsheets make me break out in hives. Repetitive tasks are torture. Budgets make me cry. This has been a gigantic concern for me since hard skills seem to pay the bills. The hand I was dealt in life, however, was that

Okay, think of a voice you LOVE to listen to… Did you immediately think of: Morgan Freeman James Earl Jones Alan Rickman Patrick Stewart Kathleen Turner Oprah Winfrey Judi Dench Helen Mirren We love to hear strong, powerful, soothing, expressive voices and know it immediately when we hear one. If you’ve ever tried to listen