Give Guidance.   Why do we shy away from guiding others on what we need, want or are expecting?  Instead, we expect others to read our mind and then are disappointed when the outcome doesn’t align to our expectations. A few recent examples from coaching sessions: Performance Reviews.   Whatever system your company uses for performance management, instead of waiting for your manager to share what they observed in your performance, Give Guidance .  Take the time to review your

10 Years.   I never wanted to own a business.  For more than 30 years, I was happy as an employee; give me a job description and let me crush it for your company.  Then I left my last corporate job (we’ll call it a “mutual parting” as the notification to the staff read) and Broad Perspective Consulting  was born.   The double entendre of ‘broad’ was intentional:  broad as in wide and deep experience yielding perspective; broad because my female point of view was unique, gaine

Books in a Library .  Lately, I have been thinking about each of the people in my life as a book in my personal library.  Friends, family, colleagues, former clients, acquaintances - each person represents a book.  Some are larger volumes than others; maybe because of the tenure or nature of our relationship.  A book could have been present for a reason or season.  Other books have been around for a lifetime. As a person who loves words and treasures books, the image is comfo

Moments.   If you have been around here for a while, you know that I don’t subscribe to New Year’s resolutions . In the northern hemisphere (distinguished for a specific reason I will share shortly), January comes at the coldest, darkest part of the year, with the shortest days and some of the worst weather.  It is winter:  a time to hibernate and nest.  WHY would we think we have the motivation or energy to start something new when the universe is conspiring against us? I do