Author: <span>Marguerite Ham</span>

Mastering Difficult Conversations

One of the things I hear quite often from Leaders and Managers at all levels:   “I have to have a Crucial Conversation with someone, and I don’t know how…” This is understandable. Crucial conversations can be difficult. But they are key to helping your team improve performance. As a leader, one …

Reasons People Don’t Take Action & How to Get them Moving

With the start of 2017, many of us think about the goals we want to accomplish this year and beyond.  If we manage or lead others, we are also helping others set and reach their goals.  As a coach, I am often asked/told, “How do I get ‘Name’ to take …

Frogs and Tomatoes Beat Procrastination

How many of you spent time creating goals for 2016?  How many of your goals fell by the wayside  because of PROCRASTINATION and anxiety about not having enough time? Wouldn’t it be great to have a strategy to deal with procrastination and make some real progress, particularly on those goals …

Use an Elephant to Improve Communication

How many times have you been in a meeting and know there is something that needs to be said (everyone is feeling/sensing it) and no one is talking about it???  This leads to communication break downs within organizations, which can negatively impact productivity, effectiveness, relationships, success and fulfillment in the …

Sleep Deprived??? 8 Ways to Get Better Rest and Change Your Life

Are you among the millions of sleep-deprived humans who may be endangering their lives by burning too much midnight oil? In Arianna Huffington’s new book, The Sleep Revolution, she discusses how she healed her poor sleep habits and changed her life. Sleep is a subject of deep concern for everyone. You absolutely need …