It’s Not a Cliff; It’s an Elevator
After ten years of consulting while working full time, I was debating on whether I should make a move to launch the business that is now developUs. The part-time gig was growing, and the full-time gig ...
You Are Your First Leadership Development Opportunity
After nearly two decades spent practicing for adulthood, upon your 18th birthday the government deems you an adult. Reflecting upon my 18th, well, the government was crazy. But something magical does ...
Unravel & Remake
Like the shot heard round the world, most of us can recall those powerful instances or statements that alter our outlook on life. I’m not talking about, “Will you marry me,” or “Congrats you won the l ...
Stop Rewarding Top Performers
Ok, not all of them, just a subset of them. We’ll get to that in a minute. First, a little background. developUs builds training, lots of it! And we love it. There’s nothing like creating a solutio ...
My Left Hand & the Gnarled Signature
I was at the end of an intense three-day certification, and my gray matter was mush. The experience had been a rich one; insightful and thought provoking, but I was ready to sprint out the door with m ...
Mangled Meetings
There are countless ways that we unknowingly lessen our impact, here are a few meeting manglers. Launching a presentation by, passing out a copy of the slides “for reference.”Paralyzing the audienc ...
All Dressed Up with Nowhere to Go
Before joining the developUs team, I had a decent amount of experience speaking in front of large audiences, sharing a message on live television, and delivering information for print articles; n ...
The President’s Suit Coat
Many moons ago I sat in a freezing cold executive conference room waiting for a meeting with the President of a multi-billion dollar company. At the time, the President of the organization was m ...
Why I Love The Underdog
A few weeks ago, I was in a meeting with a potential referral source, and we were discussing our backgrounds. One woman observed that throughout my career I had been a fan of the underdog. Gu ...
The First A: Awareness
What would it take to transform your RE-lationship into a REAL-ationship. Linguistically speaking, we just added an “a”, but that one little letter packs a punch. It’s bigger and more influential than ...