Who runs your company: Jeremy Lin or Derrick Rose?
If you were running a company, and had to choose between two NBA stars to run it, who would you choose to lead: new NBA star, Jeremy Lin, or the reigning NBA’s Most Valuable Player, Derrick Rose?...
View ArticleNew Article Posted in Inc. Magazine
I am honored to have had the opportunity to write for Inc. magazine, sharing my experience of transitioning from corporate executive to start-up. Check out the article, “5 Ways Corporate Execs Can...
View ArticleOverwhelmed? Open up, Own it, Organize, Outsource and Get Orderly
Since I have been coaching women and emerging leaders, I am hearing a common concern: “Jen, I am overwhelmed. I just can’t say ‘no.’ Sometimes I don’t know where to start.” When a coach hears her...
View ArticleVolunteering Catapults You & Your Career
Are you stuck in your role at work? Are you missing opportunities to get that promotion? Are you not viewed as a leader yet? Your answer could be as simple as volunteering. Every time I volunteer, it...
View ArticleBig Decision Time? REST.
As a leader, you are faced with difficult decisions that have large impacts on people, families, products, services, and financial results. The more responsibility, the more difficult the decisions. In...
View ArticleHow Beach Volleyball Solved Work-Life Balance
Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings held hands during the National Anthem Wednesday (8/8/2010) evening. They held hands during their late night interview with NBC’s Bob Costas and early morning...
View ArticleWhy I love the NFL? Vision and Role Clarity.
Why do I love the NFL? It is a great mixture of world class athletes, intense and emotional competition, vision and strategy, precise execution, fan interaction, and big business. For example: It’s...
View ArticleDad’s Wisdom, Use Your Vacation in 2013 (424 million days of paid vacation...
In 2010, my father shared some wisdom at his and my mother’s 50th anniversary party: “Have someone to love, love what you do, and have something to look forward to.” Isn’t it best to embrace what your...
View ArticleTransform Results? The Courage to Change
The only way we really learn how to swim is by jumping in (the swimming pool or off the dock into the lake). The fear we overcome quickly is turned in to courage. This courage quickly translates into...
View ArticleThe Three Most Important Questions of Your Life
Have you ever had that moment in a conversation when someone asked you a few questions, and your answers were a bit unsettling? From 2007-2010, I realized it was going to take some work to be able to...
View ArticleYou Matter, Yes, You Do!
Recently, I listened to some upset and “half glass empty” professionals, who had been through multiple leader changes in less than five years. I thanked them for being willing to trust the space we...
View ArticleThe 100 Day Plan. BELIEF.
When my god son, Andrew, called me in August 2015, he was desperate. He was in tears, sitting on the floor of the men’s bathroom, at his workplace. Another one of his buddies had been killed (gun...
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