New Year’s Resolution and You; What Can You REALLY Take On?
The end of a year can have an emotional pull in polarized directions. To our left we see our accomplishments, celebrated victories, new friendships and relationships and to our right we see heartbreaks and incompletions. Depending on your personal wiring you will tend to keep one side closer to your vest. But regardless of your […]
“Success”: A Function of the Brain
By Barbara Schwarck, PCC, MPIA How many of you can honestly say that you are always 100% successful when you are tackling a goal? Well, if the answer to my question is “yes”, wow, my hat is off to you. I know there are a few people out there that are always successful when they […]
Practicing Gratitude in Your Career Every Day? Really?
By Barbara Schwarck, PCC, MPIA There are certain times of the year when we are caused to consider grace and gratitude: Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and so many other religious milestones and holidays. What about today or tomorrow? In the middle of a hot summer day or the cool autumn breeze? What about in the […]
Learning from Your Mistakes
By Barbara Schwarck, PCC, MPIA How many of you like to make mistakes? No one? Oh, why not? Perhaps it has to do with the belief that mistakes are bad, wrong and usually full of negative consequences. Well, let me tell you a little story. I recently had the opportunity to make a very big […]
Honesty with Yourself: An Underused Tool for Your Success
By Barbara Schwarck, PCC, MPIA Can honesty be used to move your goals forward and perhaps make you a more effective leader? Yes, no, maybe; what are your thoughts about that? These days honesty has become the buzzword for creating trust in teams as well as in entire organizations. Management gurus like Jack Welsh believe […]
How to Overcome the Fear of Rejection
By Barbara Schwarck, PCC, MPIA How many of you can honestly say that you are 100% successful when accomplishing a goal? My hat is up to you. I know there are a few people out there. The rest of us know that we are successful with accomplishing goals in some area but not so successful […]
Different Yet the Same
By Barbara Schwarck, PCC, MPIA I recently attended a global HR conference in Europe where I had the pleasure of observing people from many different cultures. If I am not mistaken there were people from all five continents present. It was a mix of women and men, white and brown, internal and external consultants, married […]
As an Executive, How Are You Managing, Evoking and Dealing with Change?
By Barbara Schwarck, PCC, MPIA Change. Do you love it, like it or hate it? Perhaps “it depends”. Since all of us deal with change on an ongoing basis, I thought it might be helpful to take a closer look at change. According to Webster’s New World College Dictionary, “change” is defined as “to put […]
Brain Reconditioning: The Secret to Rapid and Lasting Change
By Barbara Schwarck, PCC, MPIA Help! My amygdale got hijacked aka I got triggered, overreacted or simply flipped out. Sorry, I guess people do not flip out in the business world, unless of course they do. Have you ever been in a situation where you could not control yourself? For example: you were talking to […]
Be a Loving Leader
I recently lost a very good friend to cancer. Her passing was not unexpected, yet the experience gave me an opportunity to evaluate some of my beliefs and behavior about life and death as well as the leadership role I took in the situation. Death never comes at a convenient time and it challenges us […]
