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“I’ll Be There for You…”
“...cause you're there for me, too.” –I'll Be There for You by The Rembrandts Last year, Friends turned 25. Back in 1994, when the series debuted on NBC, millions tuned-in and watched weekly. Viewers grew to know six people in two distinct ways. First, as the ensemble...

The Enneagram: The Real Deal on Relationships
Ready for the possibility of creating extraordinary relationships? The Narrative Enneagram is the real deal for developing the depth of self-awareness necessary to understand and appreciate others’ worldviews, thereby allowing you to truly understand and enrich all of...

Can We Rewrite the Script?
Are We in a Movie All Just Playing Our Parts, or Can We Rewrite the Script and Be Aligned with Our Hearts? As this movie called 2020 rolls, are you the director, truly connecting with and responding to the real people and situations right in front of you, or are you...

Future-proofing Leads to Team Wins
“The most important thing in life is to stop saying ‘I wish’ and start saying ‘I will.’ Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities.” –Charles Dickens, David Copperfield So, the first annual professional athletic championship of the decade...

Percolation before Inspiration
Have you created a vision board or set your goals for 2020? For the past 5 years I have created a vision board for the upcoming year. Typically, on New Year’s Eve I am inspired to do this but this year I spent New Year’s Eve with my mother and wasn’t at home for this...

What’s Your Lesson to be Learned?
This week we’d like to share with you the life lessons for each of the 9 Enneagram Types to learn. Our colleagues at The Narrative Enneagram have created a brief description of what each Type needs to learn to live a freer, more fulfilling life. If you know your...

It’s Not You, It’s Me
Picture this: You’ve arrived at work this morning and more than three-fourth of the team isn’t there. Now, what? Of all the workforce trends, topics and “buzzworthy” opportunities for improvement demanding your focus and attention employee experience and engagement...

Old Long Since
“Sign me up!” “Subscribe today!” “Register now!”…Do you feel like are you are suffering from seasonal “call to action” fatigue? All those inputs and things to do. And then now there is some space. You can finally take a deep breath. Really. Stop and breathe. Now,...

Happy New Year!
Cheers to a wonderful 2020! From Transform, Inc.

Happy Holidays!
Happy Holidays! From Transform, Inc.

Got Humbug or Humble?
If you had to choose a favorite boss among all the holiday classics, could you? UGH! Chances are, images of movie characters are now flashing across your mental big screen – your mind’s eye is busy – since we’ve just thrown a momentary curve ball into your “get it...

Do the Hustle
“Persistence has its own momentum.” —Cheryl Strayed Quick. Pulse check. How is your energy level today? Is it a driving or dragging force on your team? [Rate yourself (scale of 1-5) then, yes, keep reading.] The best business leaders understand and believe customer...

Are you Guy-I-Am or Sam-I-Am?
The book, Green Eggs and Ham, written by Dr. Seuss is having a resurgence in a Netflix 13-part cartoon. I had forgotten about the book until I read a review of the Netflix show in the Washington Post. As with all of Dr. Seuss’ books, its lesson for children (and...
Let our lives be full of…
Happy Thanksgiving from Transform, Inc.!

Pace Yourself
Sweet November. Season 3 of The Crown, the royal biopic of Queen Elizabeth II, finally returns to Netflix. Along with the annual kickoff of: seasonal celebrations and gatherings, fighting for prime parking spots, standing in those Black Friday lines, visiting our...

The Gift of Gratitude is Timeless
“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.” —Cicero Ah, “sweater weather.” Those chilly autumn days have arrived! Naturally, along with the ebb and flow of seasonal weather changes we are also entering that time of year when...

Stand and Deliver
As a business leader you can’t predict the future with certainty. If you can, we suggest that you guard that superpower! However, you can build a team and an organization that’s well positioned to thrive in uncertain times. Leaders that cultivate new mindsets,...

Increased Focus and Attention with These 4 Steps
One of the biggest challenges for us today is to manage distractions whether in the workplace or at home or driving. We are constantly bombarded with beeps, buzzes, horns, alarms, ringtones, people, etc. and our brain can only handle so many of these stimuli. It goes...

2020 – Let the Planning Begin
It’s time to start looking ahead to 2020 and to make sure your business is recession-proofed and ready to steer successfully through shifting economic times. We see it time and time again—companies use the same goal setting process year after year and then, get the...

4 Ways to Proactively Enhance Client Experiences
Whether you are of the opinion it’s a Bull or Bear market, the bottom line remains, regardless of economic analysis, shifts and cyclic trends, all clients (and customers) want results. When faced with conflicting priorities we are of the mindset that a team of...

POP QUIZ for Sales Leadership
Answer these two important questions on a scale of 1-10. Q1: Are you aware of and addressing your sales leadership blind spots? My, oh my, it’s tough to have the leadership bravery necessary to actually look for blind spots. By their nature, you can’t see them...

Economic Eyes Wide Open
Rumble. Rumble. Rumble. Are you tuned in? Most of us are hearing and talking about it. There are certainly conversations happening and important questions being posed. There are signs and economic indicators that we may be heading towards a recession. We’ve heard...

It’s All About Execution!
You’ve held the meetings. All the priorities have been defined. Next year’s strategy has been drafted. Then, more emails and follow up discussions arose. Now, everyone (well, almost everyone!) on the leadership team agrees, is aligned and the annual strategic plan and...

Ready. Set. Reimagine Goal Setting.
Whether you like it or not, it’s time to start looking ahead to 2020. Chances are, your leadership team is having conversations about the annual strategic planning approach or goal setting retreat. You know you have to do it, you want to do it, you want to be excited,...

Manager Addresses Challenging Employee Performance Issue
Thanks to everyone who responded to last month’s “What Would You Do?” The scenario: Laura is a new manager and is having difficulty with one of her six employees. This long-time employee moved into the department a year before Laura took over the management of the...

Happy Labor Day!
Today, we celebrate the courageous contributions that American workers have made to the well-being of our country. Happy Labor Day!

What Should She Do Next?
Laura is a new manager who has six employees reporting to her. Five of the six employees are inquisitive, take initiative, know when to ask for assistance, and receive feedback well. The sixth employee does not. Laura shared several ways she has tried to engage with...

Best > Excellence
“‘Doing the best I can’… is actually not the same as, ‘doing everything I can.’ When we tell people we’re doing the best we can, we’re actually saying, ‘I’m doing the best I’m comfortable doing.’ As you’ve probably discovered, great work makes us uncomfortable.” —Seth...

Courage Empowers a Regret-Free Journey
“All of our regrets come from a lack of courage.” —Bronnie Ware Have you heard of Bronnie Ware? After spending several years as a palliative caregiver to terminally ill patients and learning first-hand about the pain and anguish of those who faced their final days...

Just Listen to This
Does it feel like you have about a million things competing for your attention? These days, the “always on” lifestyle is taking a real toll on our available attention spans – for ourselves and others. Plenty has previously been written regarding the price associated...