January 4, 2013

I’m happy to introduce you to my husband Brandon Canaday and to share his most recent post. In it, he does a beautiful job reflecting on the year’s many blessings and capturing the essence of my new book. You can read it here. As you will see, Brandon likes to use drips of inspiration related

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November 6, 2012

With the presidential election upon us, it’s safe to say that we’ve all had a chance to experience the power of perceptions in the last few months. No matter what side of the political fence we live on, we tend to make judgments about the candidates based on how they deliver their messages – their

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October 22, 2012

When we are introduced to new co-workers, we typically don’t receive copies of their resumes along with the nice-to-meet-you handshakes. We might sit through an hour-long meeting with the new guy on the team and not have any idea about his experience, accomplishments or degrees. But chances are, at the end of that hour, we’ve

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October 4, 2012

The most effective leaders bring depth and dimension to their leadership brands by knowing when and how to exhibit varying shades of their strongest attributes – even when those variations might seem like opposite ends of the spectrum. For instance, five mid-level managers within a company might all exhibit extremely high levels of confidence. But

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September 19, 2012

OK, I admit it. Connecting via technology feeds my need to feel somewhat in control of my time, my contacts and my conversations. I love the fact that technology allows me to talk on my office phone, send a text message on my mobile device, and review an email on my computer at the same

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September 3, 2012

It’s the classic battle of Perception versus Reality. We all hope that our “messages” (verbal and nonverbal) are received by others the way we intended them, but many different factors can prevent that from happening. We may not be aware that our behavior or tone is inadvertently contradicting our message. The “disconnect” can take many

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