CATEGORY - PERFORMANCE Is your business not growing at the pace you desire? There probably are multiple factors causing that stall or crawl. One factor might be the “thinking too small” trap. You have been using motivation, inspiration, discipline, and goals to accomplish growth. That willpower and “cheerleading,” however, has been barely preserving your business’s sustainability. You feel mired in the early years of starting your business, an often grueling period of existin

CATEGORY - CULTURE-BUILDING Phillip Mattera and Siobhan Standaert in their April 2024 Good Jobs First article reported that over the past 25 years there has been a 300% increase in misconduct-related payouts by corporations. That increase represents more than $1 trillion dollars. Reflection/Call to Action How much is misconduct, bad behavior, costing your organization, it’s culture, team performance and individual performance? How comfortable do your employees feel about bein

CATEGORY - PERFORMANCE Has burnout begun to creep into or linger around you or your employees? Have you determined the cause? What could be fueling this workplace hazard might be more subtle than you realized; yet it is openly present daily. Consider the type of work instead of the volume of work that is being performed. The more you or your employees perform work that does not fuel personal joy or passion, less available are energy and motivation to perform that work. Dread

CATEGORY - RELATIONSHIPS Have you ever found yourself without traction in an interpersonal relationship? Perhaps it is a person at work, a former classmate who is no longer a best friend but a bad fallout, or maybe it is a spiritual confidant who has had a moral crisis. The Light in the Heart: Inspirational Thoughts for Living Your Best Life author Roy T. Bennett offers three unfettering insights: “The past is a place of reference, not a place of residence.” “The past is a p

CATEGORY - RELATIONSHIP Are you looking for better techniques for improving your dialogue with others (e.g., peers, senior management, board members, frontline management and employees, direct reports, clients, family, friends)? Dr. Haesun Moon’s interview with Lyssa deHart on deHart’s The Coaching Studio podcast offers thought-provoking and insightful guidance on how to listen for values, how to reduce the duration of circular conversation, and how changing just half of a w

CATEGORY - DECISION-MAKING In the pages of Educated: A Memoir, author Tara Westover escorts readers into the complicated tensions between identity struggles ingrained by our upbringing and identity discovery invoked by an internal beckoning to challenge family, social and cultural frameworks in response to an inner need for Self’s fuller expression. On one occasion, she is stirred by a professor who in essence tells her, “First find out what you are capable of, then decide wh

CATEGORY - RELATIONSHIPS In an onstage interview with Fast Company, Strong Ground: The Lessons of Daring Leadership, The Tenacity of Paradox, And The Wisdom of the Human Spirit author Brené Brown instructed current and aspiring leaders in the audience with the following: "Don't confuse (executive) presence with preparedness." And, "How many of you would put money on a game when the team had no coach? "(Business) leaders are the only high-performing people in the world that do

CATEGORY - DECISION-MAKING Carla A. Harris in her book Expect to Win: 10 Proven Strategies for Thriving in the Workplace, quotes former CEO of eBay, Meg Whitman, who stated, "The price of inaction is greater than the cost of making a mistake." (p. 137, e-book version) Reflection/Call to Action Where are you "conveniently" stuck in addressing an important (leadership) decision? What is it about the potential outcome(s) that is causing stuckness? Which of your strengths or valu

CATEGORY - DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION, ACCESS, BELONGING "You cannot understand someone from a sound bite of information or even through a single heart-to-heart talk." (David Peterson, Mary Dee Hicks, Leader as Coach: Strategies for Coaching and Developing Others, p. 33. Print version) Reflection/Call to Action Am I truly seeking to understand who the person is that I am in disagreement with? Or, in reality am I seeking to "fix," "rescue," or "assimilate" that individual?

CATEGORY - DECISION-MAKING An entrepreneur as well as a thought leader on human potential and the psychology of behavior change, Nir Eyal, posited the following in his book, Beyond Belief: The Science-Backed Way to Stop Limiting Yourself and Achieve Breakthrough Results: "Beliefs don't just change what you think is possible; they change what you're capable of seeing as possible." (p. 56, e-book version) Reflection/Call to Action What decision(s) have I been ignoring as a resu

Coming Soon (October 6, 2026)! This is a monthly blog that will summarize the month's Strawberry Tips, add in some additional "fruits" and include blending from Anointed for Life co-owner Karen Spight. Karen will be sharing her insights from the Home Health Care business ownership and operations perspective. Each blog will post on the final day of the month.

CATEGORY - RELATIONSHIPS In his book Dig Deep, J. C. Watts used the following quote from Booker T. Washington: "There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, pure, simple and useful life." (p. 154, e-book version) Reflection/Call to Action Where in my life is there a need for more purity, simplicity, or ethical integrity to enhance the quality of my relationship with others? In what ways could I be over-exerting, trying to force change in the relatio

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