How to Balance Working, Schooling, and Living at Home During Quarantine
Let me start with a disclaimer, I wouldn’t call myself an “expert”. But I have been working from home in different capacities for 10 years, and next month my daughters will wrap up their third year of homeschooling. So, when this whole pandemic hit, we were pretty well prepared. Yes, we’ve still had to make […]
Resources for Leaders During the Coronavirus Pandemic
If you’ve been following along with SPEARity the past month, you know we aren’t sitting back and letting this pandemic be the end of us. The SPEARity team got together and figured out how to pivot instead of panic when the way we used to do business wasn’t going to work anymore. We’re not trying […]
Trust Your Gut. Is it Time For a Change?
While trying to decide what I wanted to write about, I realized that tomorrow will be the one-year anniversary of my leaving a corporate job and going out on my own. What a perfect time for me to talk about trusting your gut and making bold changes. Gut feelings are the result of a lot […]
Uncomfortable Representation
This is such a great time to be a Milwaukean on many levels. The Milwaukee Bucks are the 1 seed for the NBA playoffs with MVP candidate Giannis Antetokounmpo arguably the best player in the league. The Milwaukee Brewers, fresh off their NLCS appearance are 1st in the NL with reigning MVP, Christian Yellich. Milwaukee […]
Uncomfortable Awareness
Executive Coaching Provides Feedback Even though there’s snow on the ground in Milwaukee after literally 75 degree weather a few days earlier, it’s graduation season for many families across the state. Graduation is an interesting time because on the one hand there’s completion, but on the other hand you’re only beginning your journey. Without awareness, […]
Business Coach vs Executive Coach: What’s the Difference
[Introduction to coaching] What is Business Coaching? What is Executive Coaching? How to know which one to choose What to look for in a business coach or executive coach
4 Ways to Get the Most Out of Executive Coaching
Working with an executive coach can be a powerful way to improve your productivity and leadership skills. And, those are just a few of the ways that executive coaching can help you. However, simply hiring a coach isn’t enough to experience these benefits. If you really want to get the full benefit out of executive […]
Receiving Feedback as a Leader
Years ago, when I was dating my future wife, I was a single dad. My daughter was in high school and I was trying to be healthy and had several Lean Cuisines in the freezer at home. One day I got home and found out my daughter had eaten three of them. I was upset. […]
Consistency: The Key to Great Leadership
Tony Robbins has said, “It’s not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives. It’s what we do consistently.” And at SPEARity, we couldn’t agree more. It’s crucial that you learn to be consistent for yourself and your organization. One of the definitions of consistency in the Merriam Webster dictionary is, “free […]