Networking Education

I want you to think about the power of a jumbo jet. Imagine a 747 flying through the sky. It’s so heavy and yet the amount of thrust created by the engines is massive. There’s speed and a ton of power allowing it to soar and cut right through the air. But when it’s on

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you have to know that the world has been going through some stuff. And that stuff is showing up in some atypical and challenging forms. Sometimes even destructive forms. These occurrences can conjure up a lot of thoughts and feelings. For me, I think of what needs are

Born on May 11 of 1894, Martha Graham was an American modern dancer and choreographer. Her style — known as the Graham technique — reshaped American dance, and is still taught worldwide to this day. She passed away in early April of 1991, a few weeks before her ninety seventh birthday. But only after she

When I was a kid, I was a bit of a people-pleaser. I don’t need to get into detail here but as you might imagine, life up until that point had taught me something — that to fit in, demonstrate my value, and make a positive difference, I would have to learn where people had

“People don’t buy what you do, they buy why you do it.” So says Simon Sinek, in his impactful Ted talk, “Start With Why, How Great Leaders Inspire Action.” This idea, which I’m about to unpack for you explains why some organizations and some leaders are able to inspire while others fall short. In every

As a coach, I love asking people to look “outside the box.” I don’t typically use that actual phrasing because it’s over played. But coming up with the idea that’s new, or different, or outside their comfort zone, holds a lot of possibility because it’s beyond what they already know. So it’s often the place

I’m sure that most of you know the classic tale of the Tortoise and the Hare. One of Aesop’s famous fables, it not only compares two different animals, but also two fundamentally different philosophies on how to approach life and business. As you may recall, the original version actually takes a position, and presents “slow

What if you only had two minutes to make a lasting impression on a potential client or customer? Whether you’re at an airport bar and they’re about to go catch a flight? Or you’re literally in an elevator and they’ve pushed their floor but you can feel their energy and it’s someone you’d like to

Now that we’re a few weeks into the new year, I thought it might be fun for each of us to share how well our New Year’s Resolutions are going! Just kidding. That sounds awful. While well intended, New Year’s Resolutions often make us feel worse about ourselves when we’re no longer able to keep

Good morning Elevate! And welcome to your Wednesday! It’s so great to see all of you, back after a couple of well earned weeks off… I hope it was a smooth and enjoyable transition out of ‘22 and an auspicious start to ‘23… So here we are… in a new year… and though we can