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Three ways to communicate better with your spouse
Whether you are early in your marriage, a seasoned veteran, or a young couple just starting out, communication is one of those things that always needs work. During the holidays, relationships often experience strain from familial pressures, overbooked calendars, and...
The Communication Builder: A New Tool for Building Drama Free Marriages
Each year around the holiday season, married couples report in our coaching calls that it is a tense season often rife with drama between them. We know from experience that sometimes we treat the people we love the worst.
We Wish you a Drama Free Holiday Season
It is the most wonderful time of the year, according to every carol we know…but sometimes the holidays are actually the opposite: full of drama and chaos because of time spent with families. That’s why we created Seven Days of Drama Free Holidays to keep the drama out of the holiday season and keep the season merry and bright.
Becoming a positive self-storyteller
spine? Immediately, your mind likely raced to comprehend the meaning of the look.
The marriage series: Slowing down to find value
Recently, we asked our Leadership Roundtable participants an open-ended question: What is the biggest communication challenge you have in your marriage? Like many relationships, marriages can be easily strained and stretched when communication is not working. And that...
The currency of ambition
tend to have. Ambition is one of those things, like money, that can be seen as good or bad depending on how you use it. When it is good, it feeds your drive and actions in a positive way. When it is bad, it can lead to selfish decisions, greed, and your own frustrations with your team for not moving at your elevated pace.
Excuse-itis
I’ve worked with a lot of teams over the years and I’ve seen a disease that runs rampant in teams existing in drama. I’ve seen it so much, I’ve even coined my own phrase for it- excuse-itis. Excuses are a pesky thing because they tend to multiply. The more we make...
5 Steps to Build Trust
Over the years, there’s one thing that I'm learning over and over about leadership- it’s a relational game. Leadership is proven by followership. Think about it. No one wants to follow someone that’s unorganized. Nobody is trying to become like the guy who never...
Failure Isn’t An Option
The best leaders are those that realize failure isn’t an option. I’ve got your attention, don’t I? Here’s what I mean. The best leaders are the ones that don’t take themselves too seriously. They understand that life is a cycle of research and development. They...
The Power in Asking
When someone brings you a problem and asks what to do, what’s your typical response? Don’t overthink it. Do you discuss the issue with them? Ask them more questions about their problem and try to get them to a resolution? That’s very noble and no doubt motivated by...
Why Refusing to Rescue Your Team Might Actually Save Them
What if I told you that failure might be the very best thing to happen to your team? It’s a funny thing, but we tend to learn more from failure than we do success. But what happens if our teams don’t have room to fail because we keep saving them? It communicates to...
2 Mindsets to Create Productivity
Productivity tools are awesome. There’s always something new, and they’re so helpful. I’m a fan. And I’m always going to use them, but I’ve found that creating mindsets is what’s most important. Once you have the mindset, the methods will follow. But how do you...