Posted on Wharton Magazine blog “The only thing that’s keeping you from getting what you want is the story you keep telling yourself.”—Tony Robbins According to the National Science Foundation, our brains can produce as many as 50,000 thoughts per day. Ninety-five percent of these thoughts are repeated daily. You decide how you think and […]
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What’s Your Management Style
I had the opportunity to work with a group of 35 managers this week in a full-day strengths based leadership training event. One of the first questions I asked was for each person to describe their management style in one word. Obviously you might need more than one simple word to describe your style but […]
Alissa Finerman’s Living in YOUR Top 1% Action Plan Podcast
I created this special Living in YOUR Top 1% action plan podcast because I know how difficult it can be to get started. I have also learned that we all need some support regardless of our previous achievements. The perfect place to start is right where you are regardless of how imperfect it may seem […]
Using Feedforward to Have Your Best Year
As we start the new year I like to first take a moment and have my clients focus on their wins for the previous year. What are you most proud about and why? Your wins can be big or small. It’s important to focus on what went well and what accomplishments you achieved. They could […]
Best Articles on Leading with Strengths
As a Gallup Certified Strengths Coach I have seen how a strengths approach can make a difference for employees, customers and companies. It’s a win-win. The Gallup Organization does amazing research on the strengths based approach and how it can help your employees, managers and organization. Here are a few excellent articles to learn more. […]
Sharing Your Voice
This past year I’ve had the opportunity to work with emerging leaders, managers and established leaders in various industries including commercial real estate, education, legal services, food industry, finance, accounting, security, tech and more. What’s most interesting to me is that regardless of the industry, role or title we all face many of the same […]
Building a Strengths Based Leadership Brand
What Does Your Brand of Leadership? this article was featured on the Virgin entrepreneur blog Leaders can be effective with a variety of styles. There is no one size fits all model for success. While some study the styles of others, it’s even more important to develop your natural style that plays to your strengths. […]
Managing the Millennial Factor
Millennials are an important part of the workplace. There are 73 million millennials who were born between 1980 and 1996. Their voice matters and if companies, teams and people are going to be successful, managers need to understand this growing segment of the workforce and manage them more effectively. When people are not engaged at […]
