Your Success Awaits!

Your Success Awaits!

Your Success Awaits! Written by: Brian S. Szepkouski (2022) What is considered one of the key actions of successful people from entrepreneurs and world-class athletes to celebrated actors and high-achieving CEOs ─ and everyday people building a happy, fulfilling life?...
The Winter Solstice

The Winter Solstice

It’s getting cold out there! I’ve been thinking about celebrating the Winter Solstice this year, and in honor of that age-old tradition, I’d like to share some thoughts… The Winter Solstice For thousands of years, the winter solstice has been recognized in cultures...
The Lost Art of Listening

The Lost Art of Listening

Leaders often speak of the need to improve “communication” ─ perhaps for influence or alignment ─ possibly within their team, with co-workers across cultures, or even in their home-life.  With so many skills and styles involved in such a multi-faceted area, let me...
Leadership and the Power of Words

Leadership and the Power of Words

Leaders, your words shape the world around you. They matter. Your tone matters. Leadership and the Power of Words We are immersed in words every day by email and texts, phone calls, the media, and meetings in-person or on various technology platforms. We are...
The Positive of Negative Feedback

The Positive of Negative Feedback

We’ve all faced it. The dreaded negative feedback. Whether personally or professionally, it can hit us hard. Someone reminds us we’re not perfect! And it doesn’t feel good. Feelings of hurt, doubt, anger, rejection might emerge ─ or perhaps something...