Location: Shrewsbury Boro School (asbestos laden) Auditorium.Year: 1988.Event: school talent show.Rewind 8 weeks prior, when the school announced there would be a talent show. I walked home from school with an announcement to share with my Mom. “Mom, I signed…
Let’s drop into day two of a leadership development workshop. Location: LA. Company: Biotech firm. Agenda item: hearing lessons learned from a senior leader. He was a big name in the company. Big position. The team had been buzzing all…
I came to the call partially fired up and partially…well, mostly hungry. What started in the fall last year had come together in the past few days. I was REAL fired up because earlier in the day a bunch of…
I’ve finished up work with three coaching clients. They all came to me for the same reason: they were getting video for a speaker reel. They were all shaking.Essentially 💩ing themselves.They didn’t really know what to say, although they had a…
“What do you do when there are people that are going to be in the training that think this isn’t for them and they already know it all, or don’t want to be there in general?” Genuine question asked during…
If you pay attention to these sorts of things, there’s a lot of articles and commentary about how confidence comes second. As in people ask, “How do you get confidence?” You gotta do the thing!Get out there!Do it! Fail! Reflect!…
The video came via text. “Keep your eye on 24.” I hit play and watched 24 position herself in front of the goalie, in position for the face-off. Blamo! Out of no where the goalie cheap-shotted 24 and gave her…
You know those Dr. Rick Progressive commercials, the ones that say, “Don’t become your parents.” The premise being once you buy a home, you start doing older-parent-type things. Examples: When there’s a person calling out names on coffees on the…
I tend to be a rule follower. In the same breath I will say, “Rules are meant to be broken!” Sometimes it’s confusing being me but I enjoy the challenge. 😉 My current take: Write the rules Erin. then follow…
Have you ever picked up the phone for a sales call with a tornado of butterflies fluttering around your belly? Have you ever walked up on stage at a conference with freezing cold hands, heart racing, feeling like you need…
