The best book on branding I’ve read is “What is Branding?” by Matthew Healey. I recommend it be your reference book on branding.  Every graphic designer, product designer, artist, and business person should have a copy of this book and look through it regularly.
Branding is more than a logo, more than design, more than….listen to [...]

Yesterday was one of those typical days: coaching calls, a presentation, a meeting, and some administrative tasks.  As I was looking at my calendar, realizing it was “kids over for dinner” night, (we have a family dinner once a week with the three kids, who are all in college at once, all locally, and often [...]

This topic is not as random as it might seem at first blush. My executive clients tend to be movers and shakers and global leaders.  Almost every successful person I know has a cause that is close to the heart. My cause is abolition of modern-day slavery.  On January 4th, President Obama declared January 2010 National [...]

In my executive coaching, I frequently use the metaphor of someone having their “hair on fire” to describe a leader being visibly super-stressed.
Well, yesterday I got to witness it first hand in a non-metaphorical sense.  Yes, for real!  Get this: my husband and I are in LA on business.  His back was bothering him, and [...]