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This is about as real time as it gets. This week I participated in a certification process for an absolute game changing assessment.

Habit Story

Habit Story is the name of this assessment. At first, I was not sure about the name. What does "habit story" mean? What exactly is being measured? How...

My grandparents had a summer cabin in the Medicine Bow National Forest in Southern Wyoming. This was nothing fancy. it was built by hand and was a true log cabin. It never had indoor plumbing. There was an outhouse. We did not have electricity until almost 1970. To get water, there was a pump...

Trust. When you think of this word, what comes to mind? Trust seems to be such a simple concept but when I ask people to tell me how they trust, they struggle with answering that question. Is there a specific way we trust? Are there different trust styles? Do people trust differently? The answer...

Change. What comes to your mind when I say that word? Is it excitement or fear? Is it curiosity or judgement?

The past few years, it seems like change is overwhelming us. So much has changed. The pace of change just seems to keep accelerating. The amount of data in the world doubles every 9...

Today I have the opportunity to share one of my favorite discoveries. Creating a winning mindset when selling to others.

When do we sell?

I wish I had a dollar for every time someone said to me, "I am NOT a salesperson!" The fact is, we are all sales people whether we call ourselves that or not....

"Why organizational health trumps everything else in business." Patrick Lencioni

This quote come out of his book called, "The Advantage". If you have not read it, I highly recommend that you do. There are truths in this book that keys to opening doors of engagement, productivity, profitability,...

It was the last inning and we were down by 2 runs. It had been a long hot summer in the softball league. We had a very good year and made it to the finals. The finals came after having to win 3 previous games that day. We were tired but excited that we had the chance to take home the first place...

"Wow! I had no idea that is how people saw my leadership!" This is a statement made by a leader I recently worked with after we did his Leadership 360 survey/assessment feedback session. For the first time, he received real feedback on how he was "showing up" as a leader to different groups of...

Are you competent? What a question, right?! There are so many different meanings to the word "competency". For us, let's focus on competencies that add to our life and work success and satisfaction. I define competency as a resource you develop within yourself to provide enhanced outcomes in life...

Having utilized psychological assessments in the business world for more than 35 years, I get a lot of questions about intelligence. There is so much confusion about what intelligence is and how it plays into our lives and work. There are actually many different types of intelligence:

• IQ...

Personality. When you hear that word, what do you think of? Many people think of the way a person behaves. Others might think of someone's social skills. For this discussion, I want to take this more into the realm of psychology.

Personality measures

Did you know that most of the assessments in...

When you think of soft skills, what comes to mind? I use to hate the term "soft skills" because many people would devalue them due to the word "soft". Then I realized that the reason people discounted soft skills is because they do not understand them and the massive impact they have on success,...