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Inspirational Leadership is About Connection
I’ve been really fortunate throughout my career – and especially in the beginning of my career – to have been in the presence of and mentored by some truly inspirational leaders. Looking back, I can see clearly that my capacity to flourish was directly connected to my...
The One Thing You Need to Cultivate a High Performing Team
When I first started working in the field of Learning & Development in the early 90’s, team-building and cross-functional teams was a hot topic. Everyone wanted to know how to increase performance by working better together. Flash forward nearly 30 years and...
Positive Habits to Live Your Best Life
I really believe that no one wakes up thinking, “How can I be my most disingenuous today?” But, unless we’re very intentional, it’s easy to get swept up in daily tasks without thinking much about whether or not we’re accurately expressing who, what and where we want...
Become Your Best Self
Where on your path have you demonstrated wisdom, and when have you experienced setbacks? I ask because these are defining moments that show you who you are. Whether you experienced incredible acts of vulnerability or authenticity, of great sacrifice or bursts of...
You are the Hero in Your Journey
Everything you’ve been and done has brought you to this point in your life today, and I’m sure it hasn’t all been easy. Your resilience and grit increases when you build from your setbacks and failures rather than let them hold you back. And that, my friend, is the...
How I Exposed My Saboteur’s Lies
I recently wrestled with this thought: I’m a coach and I make for a lousy coaching client. Whew! As painful as that was to admit, I said it. I spoke my truth. Or did I? Afterall, the truth was that I wasn’t following through on the things I identified with my coach...
Self-Sabotage Alternatives
What lasting action can you take to dissolve self-sabotage? I've been discussing how to show up for our best self over these past few weeks, and I think it’s helpful to acknowledge how self-compassion and emotion regulation can effectively change your brain for the...
Understanding Why We Self-Sabotage
If we genuinely want to show up for our best selves, why do we self-sabotage ourselves? It just might be another part of being human. As I wrote in my previous post, suffering and pain are part of our human condition. Fortunately, our brains can help us thrive in the...
Show Up for Your Best Self
How do you show up for your best self? Let’s face it: living through a pandemic has been hard on the best of us. Constantly being forced to adapt and re-evaluate how we live and work is understandably exhausting. And what’s worse, in our efforts to take care of...
Want to be Great at Persuasion? Become More Agile
Effectively persuading the most stubborn or disagreeable colleagues is a theme that comes up frequently in coaching conversations. It’s partly because we are living with a great deal of uncertainty and change and partly because we expect people to act consistently...
Jenna@JennaStoliker.com
Tucson, AZ
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