I look back over the last three years since I launched out to start the Growth Studio and I don't believe that being a Tedx speaker would be one of my accomplishments for 2016. I set goals for 2016, I built my vision board but being a Tedx speaker wasn't one of my goals. It happened though because I had other goals; goals to speak and train at conferences, at events and at organizations. While pursuing that goal I came across a request for speakers for Tedxerie through Speake

I was working recently with a client facilitating a strategic planning session for her organization and after going over the action items we came up against an obstacle that would have prevented her from carrying out one of the action items we had come up with to help her organization. I quickly pointed her to the SWOT analysis we had completed earlier. SWOT stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats. A SWOT analysis is a tool designed to help individuals and

Happy New Year and welcome to a new year of possibilities. During my planning for the year, I took a look back at the previous year to reflect on what I was grateful for, what worked, what didn't work and what needed to stop. As you continue on your journey of growth and success, some things have to go and some things have to stop. You cannot attain new heights and achieve new goals with certain things that are still in the way. As I worked with clients and talked to prospect

I had the privilege of being a business mentor during a speed mentoring session at the Center for Women and Enterprise Leadership Conference which took place last week. I mentored a few women who had great visions for their businesses. One of the women I spoke with had some issues with her organization and some ideas, but she was stuck because she didn't know how to move forward. I asked her if she had written down what her ideas were and she said no. That was a problem righ

I was listening to a news story on NPR a few months ago about a rat problem experienced by New Orleans residents after hurricane Katrina. The rat problem was so bad that it affected so many people both at home, at school and in work places. They tried to solve the problem by installing rat traps everywhere to kill and get rid of the rats but the problem did not go away. City officials then gathered together to think the problem through and finally came up with right the solut