Ever worked with an executive coach? 19 years ago, I found someone to help me realize I was doing it ALL wrong. Then, just 12 years ago, I took everything I’d learned, and started to serve leaders as a “voice of reason” and someone who “looks at things differently!” I talked with one of my…
April 5th, 2018
Want to know how to regain 30-60 minutes a day? This is the goal, every April, at Get Momentum. During April, I work 1:1 with our PLUS and Executive level members to guide them to change their routines and build habits to be more effective, work less, and produce MORE every day. Want a hint of…
April 4th, 2018
Welcome to the Institute for Management Studies If you’re anything like me, you hate leaving the office late… feeling like you didn’t get everything done. You also hate the idea of people on your team not working as hard or caring as much as you do. You wish things were different. As busy executives, we…
March 15th, 2018
In 1995, I was a first-year Graduate Student, at the University of California. My job was to question everything. At the end of one especially difficult day, I asked for a meeting with a mentor. For about an hour, I explained how hard it was, how challenging the program was, how I might be re-thinking…
March 10th, 2018
Get Momentum members around the world are study such Momentum Themes as: “Connection: Building Meaningful Relationships.” Click here to see an overview… Please accept this video invitation to join together and meet for a cup of coffee/tea/hot chocolate as you start your day. See you soon! For the “up to date” schedule of #CoffeeChat events…
January 6th, 2018
Change Your Perspective… …change your life! “How are you?” a colleague asks. “So busy,” you reply. Does this sound like a typical day in the office? Also, it’s the #1 reason we co-founded the GET MOMENTUM Leadership Academy in 2012 and wrote our book by the same title in 2016. Your routines can be valuable when they streamline your…
December 22nd, 2017
Thanks, Happy-Giving! In 2007 I sat down with a mentor of mine – his name is Jim – for one of our quarterly breakfast meetings. Between bites of oatmeal (him) and pancakes (me), Jim asked me a question that changed my life. Have you ever had that happen? Have you ever walked away from a…
November 21st, 2017
Write a letter. Heard a good story lately? Write it down. Done something amazing? Write it down. Worried about something? Write it down. You get it, right? Spend a little more time today thinking…and ink it in your Momentum Journal. Just about everything I do begins as an idea in a notebook. Or on a…
November 10th, 2017
Do you have your own way? Recently, a journalist reached out after reading Your Best Just Got Better (chapter 1 here) and asked: “Do you have a list of “To Dos” that you make sure to do every day?” I opened up my favorite application for “free-thinking” and wrote out a quick mind-map of the…
November 8th, 2017
In 2015, an existing Get Momentum member realized how relevant the experience would be to other professors at Samford University where he serves as a tenured Associate Professor. He approached us to design a customized Get Momentum program for recently tenured Associate Professors. Research shows this demographic is driven; however, they actually experience a decrease in productivity, publishing…
November 2nd, 2017
Courageously, 47 Federal and state government leaders from Oregon and Washington attended a course I taught titled: Secrets to a More Productive Day Together, they spent a day studying productivity habits and tactics they can use to: Reduce Stress Collaborate Effectively Get The Right Things Done End Each Day Feeling More Productive I won’t attempt…
October 27th, 2017