Am I Ready to Retire?: Take Our Retirement Readiness Quiz to Find Out

Achieving Goals

10/15/26

If you’re starting to think about the transition to retirement, it’s likely that you’ve focused on your financial planning. But how much thought and planning have you put behind designing the lifestyle you want in this next chapter? After all, not all retirements look the same. We find that transitions from more traditional employment into… Read More

The BENEFITS OF COACHING: IT GOES DEEPER THAN YOU THINK

Leadership Coaching

07/22/25

Nicole Wood

The benefits of coaching span far beyond what most people initially envision when they find themselves Googling “career coach near me” late at night after a frustrating day at work. Our clients typically come to us with a specific and fairly surface-level goal in mind, like hitting their career goals or finally feeling aligned in… Read More

2023 Honest Leadership Year in Review

Leadership Coaching

12/18/23

Nicole Wood

Becoming a leader reminds me of bringing your first baby home from the hospital. You can’t help but think, “Shouldn’t there have been more training for this? You’re trusting me with the well-being of this other human?” And even once you get your feet under you, leadership is not for the faint of heart. You… Read More

Maximizing Performance Reviews as a Manager

Leadership Coaching

10/23/23

Nicole Wood

Performance reviews can be a stressful experience for both the person being reviewed and the reviewer. A lot can be riding on them including compensation and promotions, so it’s a heightened experience, often with a lot of emotions surrounding it. Frequently as managers, we are not given any training as to how to handle these… Read More

How to Make an Impact in Your New Leadership Role

Leadership Coaching

08/21/23

Nicole Wood

Congratulations! You’ve landed the big job you’ve been wanting. Now the real work begins. Starting any new role can be intimidating, but this can be exacerbated when the person who held it before you left big shoes to fill. Perhaps that person was an absolute rockstar at their job or maybe they had been there… Read More

Balancing Empathy And Accountability As A Leader

Leadership Coaching

08/07/23

Nicole Wood

As a leader of an organization that has a wellbeing orientation, it can be tempting for me to over-index on empathy and prioritize employee happiness and wellbeing above all else. I truly do care about my team and fundamentally believe that what’s good for people is good for business. But what’s good doesn’t necessarily mean… Read More

Questions All Leaders Should Ask Themselves

Leadership Coaching

07/24/23

Nicole Wood

As leaders, we are time constrained to the max. We are making sure our direct reports have what they need, our superiors or peers have insight to our work, all while trying to get something on our own checklist accomplished here and there. It’s easy to go go go and forget to pause and reflect.… Read More

5 Important Leadership Skills People Don’t Talk About

Leadership Coaching

06/30/23

Nicole Wood

As you continue to rise the ranks as a leader, you’ll gain all sorts of skills and get exposed to many new aspects of business. Do you understand the P&L (profit and loss statement)? Do you know how to manage a poor performer? Can you build and deliver a compelling presentation? Can you build your… Read More

Enough is as Good as a Feast

Mindset & Mindfulness

05/01/23

Nicole Wood

Enough is as good as a feast. I’ve been thinking about this quote a lot. A little while back I wrote about my recent molar pregnancy experience. It’s a rare chromosomal abnormality in a pregnancy that leads to you growing a tumor instead of a fetus. Not only did I lose the pregnancy that I… Read More

Coping With Pregnancy Loss At Work

Mindset & Mindfulness

04/03/23

Nicole Wood

My husband often describes himself as a “toes in the sand” kind of person. He means that he doesn’t get pre-excited for vacations because it’s not real for him yet. It’s not until his toes are literally in the sand that it feels real and he starts to get excited about the fun that lies… Read More

A Leadership Secret No One Wants To Admit

Leadership Coaching

02/20/23

Nicole Wood

We’ve been renovating my condo for a year and a half. It pains me to say this, as my husband and I thought it would be a 3-month job. We’ve done some of the work ourselves and have hired out a few things to specialists, but the vast majority of the work has been done… Read More

The Biggest Mistake Employees of All Levels Make – And How to Fix It

Leadership Coaching

01/23/23

Nicole Wood

In my career, I’ve managed everyone from very young professionals straight out of school to seasoned leaders with decades of experience. Despite the wide variety in experience and background, I continue to find that almost all employees struggle with the same thing: proactive upward communication. This sounds buzz-wordy and like it’s just corporate jargon used… Read More

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Am I Ready to Retire?: Take Our Retirement Readiness Quiz to Find Out

Achieving Goals

The BENEFITS OF COACHING: IT GOES DEEPER THAN YOU THINK

Leadership Coaching

2023 Honest Leadership Year in Review

Leadership Coaching

Maximizing Performance Reviews as a Manager

Leadership Coaching

How to Make an Impact in Your New Leadership Role

Leadership Coaching

Balancing Empathy And Accountability As A Leader

Leadership Coaching

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Questions All Leaders Should Ask Themselves

Leadership Coaching

5 Important Leadership Skills People Don’t Talk About

Leadership Coaching

Enough is as Good as a Feast

Mindset & Mindfulness

Coping With Pregnancy Loss At Work

Mindset & Mindfulness

A Leadership Secret No One Wants To Admit

Leadership Coaching

The Biggest Mistake Employees of All Levels Make – And How to Fix It

Leadership Coaching