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Part 4: Our Favorite Books on Professional & Personal Development

Finally my favorite books on Professional & Personal Development! These are the last of the books posted in Enerpace's social media during Get Caught Reading month of May 2022. Ever need a good read, just ask me! “Navigating Polarities – Using Both/And Thinking to Lead Transformation”  - Although we live in an “either/or” world, there are many times when reality truly is a “both/and”. For instance, we want our child to be independent AND we want to keep them safe and close to us. The book provides ...

By |2023-10-02T18:45:38+00:00May 11, 2022|Blog, Leadership, Professional Development|
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Part 2: Our Favorite Books on Leadership

All of the following were posted in Enerpace's social media during Get Caught Reading month of May 2022. However, I use and recommend these books so much with coaching and my clients that I thought I would share them in an article. All of the following books are on Leadership!   “The EQ Edge – Emotional Intelligence & Your Success”  -  I’m starting out my leadership book recommendations with the most fundamental competency of them all! Numerous studies have proven that the most ...

By |2022-07-29T10:30:13+00:00May 10, 2022|Blog, Emotional Intelligence, Leadership, Leadership Agility|
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Part 1: Our Favorite Books on Business Building & Entrepreneurial!

During the month of May 2022, I shared all of my favorite books for Get Caught Reading month on Enerpace's social media. These are books I’ve read and applied myself. They’re also the ones I recommend and gift to clients. The first week on social media was all about Business Building & Entrepreneurship!   “You Need to Be a Little Crazy” by Barry Moltz - An oldie but goodie! Read this before starting a business. Barry shares all the mistakes he made so you don’t have ...

By |2022-07-29T10:30:13+00:00May 9, 2022|Blog, Entrepreneurship, Small Business|
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All About Cultivating Team Accountability

I define team accountability as shared ownership of team goals.  In fact, what differentiates a team from a mere group of people IS their common interest in shared objectives.  Let’s say a group of VPs report to a SVP.  Even though every VP may not have a huge role to play in a project, if it’s a goal of the SVP, the entire team is responsible for doing whatever they can to achieve it.  Sometimes that means sharing resources, brainstorming ideas, or transferring ...

By |2022-07-29T10:30:13+00:00March 2, 2022|Blog, Team Alignment, Team Solutions|
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Signs It’s Time To Quit Your Job (And Move On)

How do you know when it's time to leave your job? It's time to quit when you wake up dreading the day. When you're depressed every Sunday at the thought of the week ahead.  When you are bored daily. When your health is suffering. When you don't see any room for advancement or when your boss or coworkers are abusive. It's usually easier to tell that your job is in jeopardy in merger/acquisition situations. For instance, if you work in corporate finance and your ...

By |2022-02-24T16:30:50+00:00February 24, 2022|Blog, Career, Job Search|
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Your Essential Team Member Quits, Now What?

During my corporate career, I often said “Nobody is irreplaceable. It’s just a matter of how inconvenient it is.” I still believe that now, after 19 years working with leaders across many top firms and industries. Hopefully, the company has a talent management program that helps them align a people strategy with their business strategy. Those that do have identified successors for all key roles and have put development plans in place. When we do this work with leadership teams, we place potential candidates in buckets: ready now; ...

By |2022-07-29T10:30:13+00:00June 30, 2021|Blog, Talent Management|
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Addressing Why Your Boss Shuts Down Your Ideas

If your boss keeps shutting down your ideas, it is absolutely appropriate to investigate a bit. Try the following approaches/words that work: It seems like my idea wasn’t appropriate here. What would make my idea a better fit? (OR More realistic? OR Work for our team?) Many times when I offer ideas, they don’t seem to be well-received. What would make them more valuable to you? How do you like to receive suggestions? I love brainstorming and generating new ideas. I notice that mine don’t seem to fly.  Would you provide ...

By |2022-07-29T10:30:13+00:00May 17, 2021|Blog, Boss and Employee Relationship, Communication at Work|
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The ABC’s of Emotional Intelligence

Do you ever find yourself reacting negatively or self critically to a comment made by a colleague? As a result, the conversation takes an unproductive turn and you may become frustrated, defensive or angry. You can feel it happening, but are powerless to pull yourself out of the reactionary pattern. I witnessed just such an interchange between my client and their boss recently. What I heard as a neutral comment given in a neutral tone/manner sent my client into the “I’m not good ...

By |2023-06-06T17:09:35+00:00December 2, 2020|Blog|
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A Balanced Life: What Is It

Work/Life Balance. You hear about it everywhere: in magazine articles, TV reports, and now even entire books have been published on the subject. Everyone seems to want it, yet no one seems to have it! In fact, as a professional coach, most of my clients are overstressed and over-busy people who want more balance in their life while still achieving their highest goals. But exactly what does a balanced life mean to most people? As background for this article, I decided to ...

By |2022-07-29T10:30:13+00:00December 2, 2020|Blog|
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Disengaged Employees? Here’s How to Create Employee Engagement

Employee Engagement is one of the biggest challenges facing businesses today. Why? Because disengaged employees are costing you and your business lost productivity, profits and customers. What is employee engagement? It is a business management concept. An engaged employee is one who is fully involved in, and enthusiastic about, his or her work and thus will act in a way that furthers the organization’s interests. The results for the 2010 Gallup study on Employee engagement are out …AND they are disturbing. First ...

By |2022-07-29T10:30:13+00:00December 2, 2020|Blog|
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