Tips & Advice about 'Your Relationships' from Capacity Building Solutions

Blog Posts

The Importance of Taking Time Off

September 24, 2021

As I’ve gotten older, I’ve grown to appreciate more benefits of time off. Sure, when I was younger, I liked going on vacation, but it was just a chance to blow off…

How to Navigate Business Collaborations

July 9, 2021

We often hear talk about mergers and acquisitions in the current economic environment. Minimal energy is spent talking about strategic alliances and collaborations. The truth is that there’s a wide continuum that…

Conversation Avoidance Is A Professional Defect

April 19, 2021

I am regularly surprised by the lack of conversational courage in professional circles these days. Not every conversation ends up with a great outcome. Sometimes you must deliver disappointing information. You may…

Feedback Is a Gift, Even When It Is Hard To Hear

March 11, 2021

I live and operate in a professional world where feedback is a part of life. I am fortunate to surround myself with people who pay for the privilege to hear what…

Happy Thanksgiving 2020!

November 25, 2020

In doing my research for this year’s Thanksgiving email, I found this over a 100-year-old poem, The House By The Side of The Road by Sam Walter Foss (below). I instantly felt…

Business Advice for Navigating the Current Environment (from a Seasoned Executive Coach)

September 23, 2020

I have the good fortune of working with over 50 businesses on a regular basis. I get to see the good, the bad and the ugly when it comes to leadership…

Reading Excerpts

Positive Intelligence by Shirzad Chamine

December 5, 2020

Chapter 1 – Positive Intelligence and PQ Your mind is your best friend, but it is also your worst enemy. Positive Intelligence measures the relative strength of these two modes of your…

Emeralds of Oz by Peter Guzzardi

August 9, 2020

“We must fight the tendency to sleepwalk through our lives, and awaken. This is the fundamental aspect of the Hero’s Journey.” Insight #1: There are no mistakes, only lessons. There…

Manuscript Found in Accra by Paulo Coelho

July 26, 2020

Chapter 1 – I would so like to begin by writing: “Now that I am at the end of my life, I leave for those who come after me everything that…

Leadership In War By Andrew Roberts

July 5, 2020

Chapter 1: Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon recognized that the best way to inspire his people was through two means: imbuing people with the belief that they were fighting for honor and ideology,…

The Road Less Traveled by M. Scott Peck

July 4, 2020

SECTION ONE – DISCIPLINE Problems and Pain “Life is difficult…This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see…

Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart by Dr. Gordon Livingston

June 23, 2020

“We are not what we think, or what we say, or how we feel. We are what we do.” “The three components of happiness are something to do, someone to love,…

Free Downloads

View more

Direct Report Information Success Tool

Human Resources (HR), Management, Your Relationships

Creating The Conditions for Success In Business and Life

Executive Coaching, General Business, Miscellaneous, Your Actions, Your Decisions, Your Knowledge, Your Leadership Role, Your Life, Your Relationships, Your Words

Effective Collaboration Presentation

Mergers & Acquisitions, Strategy, Your Relationships

Leadership Team Performance Accountability Analysis

Human Resources (HR), Leadership, Team Building/Development, Your Relationships

Leadership Wheel Presentation

Executive Coaching, Leadership, Team Building/Development, Your Actions, Your Decisions, Your Knowledge, Your Leadership Role, Your Life, Your Relationships

Video Favorites

What do all great leaders have in common

Leadership, Personal Development, Your Actions, Your Leadership Role, Your Relationships

Ken Blanchard – Servant Leadership

Culture, Leadership, Management, Your Leadership Role, Your Relationships

Favorite Articles

How to Have More Successful Conversations

Top Performers Have a Superpower: Happiness

Managing Anger, Frustration, and Resentment on Your Team

The Art of the Awkward 1:1

5 Things High-Performing Teams Do Differently

9 Uncomfortable Truths You Should Accept Early in Life

Helpful Websites

Insight Timer

Mediation focused app offering tools and tips to help with sleep, stress management, and managing anxiety.

betterpet

Advice from a team of actual pet experts

Totally Accountable

offering tips and tools on how to build a more accountable business or organization

Linked In

an interconnected network of experienced professionals from around the world, representing 170 industries and 200 countries. You can find, be introduced to, and collaborate with qualified professionals that you need to work with to accomplish your goals

Meeting Science

makes it easy to steadily increase the quality and purpose of meetings in your organization

The Happiness Project

website based on book by the same name by Gretchen Rubin

Your Relationships Resources