Over this past weekend, a group of colleagues and I volunteered our time to provide coaching conversations to a group of men at the Pacific Garden Mission (homeless shelter) in Chicago. I was one of the first coaches to arrive at the location, so I took on the responsibility of gathering twenty men from a lounge Read More
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7 Skills A 21st Century Leader Will Need To Succeed!
Recently, I provided the keynote speech at a large leadership conference and shared a talk about what makes a leader effective, along with the new competencies of leadership in the 21st century. To start my talk I shared my twitter handle (@linalharris) with the audience to provide them a way to ask questions, since there Read More
Why Live? We’re All Going To Die Anyway!
Stuff happens! The uncertainty of when and how stuff happens is a complex and necessary part of life. Most of the stuff that happens can be categorized as good or bad, however the interpretation and categorization of this stuff, is completely up to us. Or is it? There are a number of things and/or happenings Read More
5 Ways To Make Great First Impressions
You don’t get a second chance to make a first impression. It is the first impression that often closes or opens doors to additional contacts and networking opportunities. Unfortunately, we live in a world laced with bias and stereotypes, so if you truly want to design your own life and open unseen doors of opportunity, Read More
Who’s Running Your Show?
You have dreams. You have ideas. You have all sorts of goals and desires. Yet the realization of these dreams seem to be, so far out of your grasp. Those ideas you have…never seem to gain any traction. Those goals…well, you may complete twenty-five to fifty percent of a goal, but rarely have you seen Read More
7 Ways Haters Can Actually Help You
This past Thursday, I spoke to a group of children in elementary and middle school at Governors State University. At a point in my talk, I began to share a story from my youth, so I asked the kids if they had any haters in there lives yet. I was surprised at how these children responded. Read More
3 Ways To Download SUCCESS Into Your Life
Success doesn’t just happen, it takes intention and work. The human brain operates just like a computer. Very similar to the way we download apps onto our smartphones, we also download the inputs by which our brain will determine our thoughts, moods and emotions. Here are three ways you can begin downloading success into your life Read More
What’s Your Super Bowl?
This weekend was marked by one of the biggest games in sports. This game was the National Football League’s championship game also known as the Super Bowl. The men who participated is this game have spent the majority of their lives, honing their skills and physically preparing their bodies, for the goal of winning this Read More
Top 10 Observations of 2013
1. Cancer Deaths Decline I believe I can boldly state that anyone who reads these words has lost someone to the devastating disease of cancer. That is why I’m starting with this topic for my list of 2013 observations. In a recent report, Dr. Otis Brawley, chief medical officer for the American Cancer Society, Read More
Gold in the Mud!
In 1848, during the California Gold Rush, every prospector who traveled west to get rich had one thing in common. They were willing to get their hands dirty. That’s because, there is only one place you can find natural, unrefined gold and typically, that’s in the mud. Over 150 years after the gold rush, Read More