Use This Easy Trick To Pull Your Look Together!
Whether you are a leader, emerging leader, or mama-on-the-go, don’t you always want to feel “pulled together”? Pulling your look together doesn’t mean you have to color match everything throughout your entire outfit. You can create the same affect by using the shapes in your accessories (think jewelry, ties, pocket squares, shoes) to mimic patterns found elsewhere! Is your sense of style more matchy-matchy, or do you like to break it up a bit? #WhatToWear #Seattle #PersonalShopper...
read more“Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.” -Bill Gates
“Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.” -Bill Gates Ouch! If we take the emotion out of Bill’s quote we can see it for what it is, take down our masks, and have a conversation for the good of the whole. When we, as a #personalbrand or #corporatebrand, make a mistake no shame or guilt needs to ensue. …We all make mistakes, right? One of the biggest opportunities in today’s market and culture is to ensure your client feels heard (seek 1st to understand) so that in integrity you...
read moreWhat Do You & These Local Celebs Have in Common?
You each have a story to tell…and we all have faced adversity or obstacles in life… It’s just true! Even Seahawks WR, Doug Baldwin. Even the Seattle Symphony’s, Alexander White. (Watch their interviews here: https://tinyurl.com/y8xd8j5m) The truth is, I believe that we can begin to recognize our sense of “I can do this!” when we pause to consciously connect to our #story. In connecting to our story, no matter the adverse chapters, at some level we discover a (perhaps foggy) path back to our unique...
read moreGetting Interview Ready – Easier & More Successful Than I thought!
Meet Maddy Rud, recent UW graduate in accounting and finance, whose savvy real estate mom gifted her a style & shop experience to curate a professional wardrobe for interviewing and beyond. Maddy is insightful, results oriented, pragmatic, and vibrant…and beautifully natural! Maddy was an A+ student during our 3 HR style and shop excursion to curate her professional wardrobe. If you need a star on your team, I highly recommend reaching out to this young woman who’s ready to take on the world! Below, Maddy shares a bit of her...
read moreOutstanding Leader Goes Out of His Way
“Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it’s amazing what they can accomplish.” – Sam Walton That said, this senior level exec did just that for a participant in our 2-part Personal Branding for Transformational Leadership, Influence & Success workshop at MCA of Western Washington. The bigger news? She wasn’t even with his company! …This absolutely illustrates #transformational #leadership at it’s finest. Thank you John...
read moreA False Narrative Corrected, A Birthday Celebrated!
(From 7.15.18) Tears of Joy…and…Gratitude: My dad would have been 84 years old today! …Been thinkin’ about him all day. Forever grateful for a beautiful “Cinderella” type ending that happened for us before he unexpectedly died of a heart attack almost a week to the day after our last call (2011). That said, I didn’t know my dad all that well as we had a strained relationship throughout most of my life. In my late 20s we engaged in counseling for a short bit, and in my 30s I committed to doing the forgiveness work -of...
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